Cox Plugged In TV AUDITIONS
Saturday, June 6, 2009
10am - Noon
Cox Administrative Building
2121 Airline Drive
Metairie, LA
CLICK HERE FOR 2009-10 AUDITION INFORMATION
In January 2008, Cox celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Cox Plugged In Television Program. For 10 years, over 110 students have participated in this unique local program centered around high schools students from the parishes of
Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard and St. Charles parishes.
The reunion TV special brought back over 60 alumni and current students to reflect back on the past years, discuss how the show has impacted their lives and reunite with former students who were a part of the show's history.
Cox New Orleans unique Cox Plugged In initiative is a comprehensive outreach that attempts to inform and partner with educators in various capacities – print, electronic, television and on-line. The CPI initiative recognizes that communication is essential for the success of a company’s outreach to the education communities it serves. Annually, Cox publishes and distributes 20,000 monthly copies of the informative and award-winning local newsletter Cox Plugged In. The CPI
newsletter is distributed to teachers, library/media specialists, instructional specialists and school administrators in the four-parish area. These publications provide information on course work, lesson plans, study guides, teacher grants, contests, news, educational resources plus unique programs and opportunities for schools, teachers and students.
Television definitely gets the Cox educational message out to the community. The Cox Plugged In TV show is an informative, fast-paced and energetic hour program that promotes the good things happening in education and the community on a local level. Cox annually auditions over a hundred students to fill the student positions on the Cox Plugged In TV program. Selected student learn to produce segments, create news packages and discuss the show’s many topics, subjects and educational issues.