Dr. Bob Jacobs, Professor of Communication and Director of the John C. Hench Production Art Studios at Bradley University, has won two international awards for his television production work. Jacobs produces a bi-weekly news feature series called, “Postcards From Home”  for WEEK-TV (NBC) in Peoria. Two of his stories, “The Fifty Year Race” and “The Blue Knight” won the “Telly” Award for 2010.
Telly awards honor the best local, regional and cable commercials, programs and video and film productions. More than 13,000 people submitted entries to the international contest, which is judged by television producers and directors from across the country.
“The Blue Knight,” showcased a former police officer from Bellevue, IL, who was shot in the face while on duty. The officer, an avid motorcycle rider, lost his vision and could no longer ride. But local members of the Blue Knights, an international law enforcement motorcycle club, allowed the former officer to ride with them on the back of their motorcycles.
The other winning postcard was about a man who won a motorcycle race in Daytona in 1959 and returned to the track 50 years later to race on the same bike.
Jacobs has taught television production at Bradley since 1992, bringing with him a resume that includes working for the Walt Disney Company and producing specials for major television networks, including a Simon and Garfunkel special.  He captured a Telly in 2009 and won an Emmy in 2000 for “Postcards.”