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TRENTON, NJ (October 18 2001) - October brought a flurry of awards to media producers at Telequest. The Trenton based production company garnered five prestigious accolades in a two-week period. "Something of a company record" says Dan Preston one of three partners.

Community Cornerstone Campaign, a fund raising program for the Princeton Public Library that helped raise 18 million dollars for a new building won an Aurora Platinum – Best of Show award.

For a Child’s Sake, an agency information and promotion video for the Children’s Home Society, won an Aurora Gold award.

Dust Does Not Discriminate, a program produced for Isles and Rutgers EOSHI to help city residents make the connection between household dust and a child’s health, also won an Aurora Gold award.

Respect, a co-venture production with Corporate Matters Ltd. Is part of a training program for middle school children that deals with issues of peer manipulation. It won a CINDY Gold award. The program is currently in use in the Chicago and New York City school systems.

Garbage In Garbage Out, won a CINDY Silver award. The program was a key part of a public relations campaign for the Marcus Group and BFI to gain acceptance to an environmentally friendly alternative to thousands of trucks hauling New York City’s garbage through New Jersey.

"We’re running out of space for all this stuff," says partner Dick Blofson. If you have visited their Chambersburg offices you would know he’s not kidding. They have a very sizable collection from a nearly 30 year history. Among the collection are an Emmy nomination, Columbia Dupont Broadcast Journalism Award and The Line King a documentary about famed caricaturist Abe Hirschfeld for which Dick Blofson was principal cinematographer was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997. "The peer recognition is great but kudos from our clients are even better and you don’t have to dust them." mused partner Scott Nielsen.

Ever changing, Telequest’s current work moves them into the arena of streaming video for the web and web based training. The new look can be seen on their new web site, www.telequestinc.com.


Triad toasts triumph, Telequest partners (L to R)
Scott Nielsen, Richard Blofson and Dan Preston

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