16 Oct Six Awards (So Far) for Matt McKeown’s Song

In October 2011, Matt McKeown (right), associate pastor of First UB in Holly Hill, Fla., wrote a song for the city of Palm Coast for their marketing campaign called “Discover Palm Coast: Find your Florida.” The campaign was launched in February 2012, and the song was put with an accompanying video showing life in Palm Coast.

Since then, Matt’s song has won six national awards. Most recently, it received three awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). Here are the awards:

• First place: NATOA Promotion of a City/County
• First place: NATOA Visual Arts (Operating Budget Under $300,000)
• Second place: NATOA Public Service Announcement (Operating Budget Under $200,000)
• Bronze Telly Award: “Find Your Florida” (Non-broadcast production/Direct Marketing)
• Bronze Telly Award: “Find Your Florida” (Branded Content/Promotional Branding)
• Silver Communicator Award of Distinction: “Find Your Florida” (Promotional Branding)