Junior Traffic Reporters visit 680 NEWS for special VIP experience
Posted February 21, 2020 4:36 pm.
Last Updated February 23, 2020 10:48 am.
Friday, February 21, 2019 marked the first inaugural 680 NEWS Junior Traffic Reporter contest brought to you by 407 ETR! The 680 NEWS team was challenging GTA students and their families, Grades 1-12, to show us they had what it takes to become a 680 NEWS Traffic Reporter by submitting a 30-60 second video reading a traffic report.
It was an exciting contest period, where we received a total of 110 video submissions across 6 different school boards in the GTA over 2 weeks. Two finalists from each age category (1-5, 6-8, 9-12) were selected by the 680 NEWS judging panel to move onto 1 week of public voting! We received a whopping 1,800+ votes among the 6 finalists … but there could only be one winner from each category!
After the public voting period completed, 680 NEWS tallied the final votes and was thrilled to announce our 3 Junior Traffic Reporters! A big congratulations to Sakina Hassanali from As-Sadiq Islamic School, Mayah Abramson from Hollycrest Middle School and Maya Bhanji from Norman Ingram Public School on being the winners of our 680 NEWS Junior Traffic Reporter contest brought to you by 407 ETR.
Each winner received:
- $500 for the student
- $500 for the student’s school
- VIP experience for the winner in the 680 Newsroom – including a tour and feature on-air and online at 680news.com.
WINNERS
Grades 1-5
Maya Bhanji
Norman Ingram Public School
SUBMISSION VIDEO
What made you want to submit a video for the contest?
“Well, my grandmother found it out, and I had fun so i just wanted to enter it.”
Do you want to be a traffic reporter when you grow up?
“No, I want to be a soccer player, but maybe you can talk about me on the news.”
What will you do with the money?
“I’m going to donate some and keep some for myself.”
Grades 6-8
Mayah Abramson
Hollycrest Middle School
SUBMISSION VIDEO
What made you want to submit a video for the contest?
“My Dad, he is always listening to 680, like, every single day and he heard about it and told me about it. He also does videos and stuff so he helped me put it together.”
Do you want to be a traffic reporter when you grow up?
“I think I might want to go in that direction. It was very interesting to see how it all works today and just do it all. It was really fun.”
What will you do with the money?
“I have no idea, I don’t know. It’s a lot of money.”
Grades 9-12
Sakina Hassanali
As-Sadiq Islamic School
SUBMISSION VIDEO
What made you want to submit a video for the contest?
“My mom told me about hearing it on the news. She told me ‘this is made for you’ because I love talking.”
Do you want to be a traffic reporter when you grow up?
“Maybe, we’ll see. I love the idea of talking to the people and getting to send out messages to people. I love gaining the confidence so I think it’s cool.”
What will you do with the money?
“$250 I’m going to contribute it to different organizations including the cancer organizations, Sick Kids hospital and another one for the environment.”
