MAKO Media Network brings news, entertainment, and insight to the community in and around Nova Southeastern University. It consists of three main outlets: Mako News (the online portal to all NSU student media content, especially student reporting from The Current, NSU’s student-run campus newspaper), Mako Radio, NSU’s student-run radio station, and Mako TV, NSU’s source of student-run broadcast journalism. All three of these outlets play an integral role in keeping NSU’s community informed and connected.
Mako News
Mako News is your online portal to student-run media at NSU. Its main source of news is The Current, NSU’s student-run newspaper and MAKO Media Network’s longest running outlet which began in 1981 as the Nova College Day Division Student Government Newsletter. Today, The Current is run by students, advised by faculty and staff members in the NSU Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, and covers a wide range of topics such as sports, news, health & wellness, sports, arts & entertainment, and opinion. Physical copies of The Current can be found across NSU’s Davie Campus.
Mako TV
Mako TV provides video coverage and reporting of life on the NSU campus and beyond. Mako TV was founded as SUTV (Sharks United Television) by SGA’s Sharks United Party in 2009. Today, Mako TV continues to unite our sharks by covering NSU-related news packages on and off campus, engaging a wide array of story topics including sports, news, health, the arts and more. Mako TV can be watched at any time on YouTube.
Mako Radio
Mako Radio is a non-commercial, non-profit radio station delivering music, news, and entertainment to the NSU and south Florida community. It began in 1990 as a cable-based station, broadcasting solely to students residing on campus, and now serves Broward County to Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties live on WKPX 88.5 FM Sunrise and through our online livestream. Mako Radio is a major supporter of local bands and the music scene, featuring interviews with South Florida’s up and coming musicians. Mako Radio also releases a regularly scheduled podcast, Off The Record, on Spotify. Mako Radio DJs events for NSU as well. Mako Radio can be found in the Rosenthal 140 at NSU’s Davie Campus.
Awards
The work of MAKO Media Network staff under the direction of student, staff, and faculty leadership has led to the following awards or nominations received:
- Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Awards
- Finalist for college TV magazine, April 2023
- Finalist for college television newscast, April 2024
- Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, for Region 3
- Finalist for Best Affiliated Web Site
- Finalist for Corbin Gwaltney award for best all-around student newspaper (large)
- Winner of Retail/Small Business Journalism for Region 3 in April 2024
- SPJ 2024 Sunshine State Awards
- Finalist for Student Publication and Website
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