For the second year in a row, former Southeastern Channel news anchor-reporter Erika Ferrando has been named the top TV news reporter in a two-state region covering all of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Ferrando won the Associated Press Arkansas-Oklahoma Broadcasters first place award for “Best Solo Journalist 2018” for her moving story, “The Lord Moves Arkansas Veteran to Mow Law for Woman in Need“. Now a news reporter for WWL-TV Channel 4 (CBS) in New Orleans (DMA 50), Ferrando won both AP awards while working as a reporter for KTHV-TV Channel 11 (CBS) in Little Rock, Ark. (DMA 58). A former news anchor, reporter and producer for the Southeastern Channel’s student newscast, “Northshore News”, Ferrando graduated from Southeastern in 2014 when she was named the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters’ first-ever “Louisiana Student Broadcaster of the Year” out of all college TV and radio students in the state. A Mandeville native, Ferrando’s first job after graduation was as a news reporter for KPLC-TV Ch. 7 (NBC) in Lake Charles, La. (DMA 174). At the Southeastern Channel, Ferrando also won “Best in the South” recognition for news reporting from the Southeast Journalism Conference (eight states) and Mark of Excellence awards for news reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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