About BASH awards
The Broadcast Alliance for Senior High Awards, known as The BASH Awards, is an annual celebration of student broadcast journalism and video production founded by Southold School District in 2017.
BASH moved to its new home at the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University in 2023. BASH is part awards ceremony and part learning conference for New York Metropolitan Area school students, teachers, and school administrators involved in high school journalism programs and media production classes.
The goal of the BASH Awards is to showcase the talent in the growing broadcasting and film classes across New York Metropolitian Area. The event looks to bring together the teachers, administrators, and (most importantly) the students that make up the next generation of media creators.
The Event
We highly encourage all students to look their best at BASH. Formal / semi-formal attire is acceptable. This is the Academy Awards of high school broadcast work after all! So, don’t forget your best “BASH Attire,” as some students like to say!
Bring your cameras, your microphones and your talent. Be prepared to shoot a standup or create an "as live" at the event.
Buses should drop off right outside of the School of Communication building. Students will be greeted there by Hofstra staff who will direct students to the Adams Playhouse.
venue
BASH Awards 2026 will be held in the historic John Cranford Adams Playhouse, next door to Herbert Hall
Hofstra University
118 Hempstead Turnpike
Hempstead, NY 11549
Our Sponsors
We are thrilled to welcome BASH to its new home on the Hofstra campus, and to the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, where we work every year to educate and inspire a new generation of storytellers. We are looking forward to an exciting day – as high school students learn from professionals, exchange ideas with their peers, and celebrate their best broadcast work in the awards competition.
WABC-TV, the No.1 station in New York, is proud to partner with Hofstra and Newsday, to support the pursuit of journalism in our high schools and the development of future broadcast journalists with this prestigious program.
BASH is excited to welcome longtime sponsor Newsday back for its fifth year in partnership with the event in supporting and promoting student broadcast journalism on Long Island and in the New York suburban region.
Broadfield's President Gary Bettan, has a long history of supporting efforts to build media labs in underprivileged communities and schools. Broadfield is looking forward to supporting BASH and encouraging students right here on Long Island to pursue their passion and creative futures in live production and streaming.
