Mercy College teacher receives Peabody Award

Vic Fina II, a Mercy College computer arts faculty member, is a recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award for his work with ABC News on Hurricane Sandy. The award is given as recognition of distinguished achievement in electronic media, radio, television and cable.

The Peabody Award noted that “ABC”™s exemplary coverage of the monster storm was enabled by the 20-20 foresight with which it deployed its journalistic resources, including embedding a reporting team with a family in Breezy Point, N.Y. “

Fina had worked at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” where he was part of the design team that won four Emmys. He also received an Emmy for “Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Craft: Graphic & Artistic Design,” for the work he did at ABC News on the farewell to President Gerald Ford. In 2005, he received the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for his work on ABC News”™ live coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II, as well as the conclave of Pope Benedict XVI. Fina has worked for CNN, NBC “Sunday Night Football,” “ABC World News,” “CBS News,” CBS Television, the New York Stock Exchange and USA Networks.