Former Southeastern Channel news anchor-reporter Kaylee Normand has been hired as a TV news reporter for KATC-TV Ch. 3 (ABC) in Lafayette (DMA 125). In her new position, Normand will handle general assignment reporting duties for KATC’s daily newscast. At the Southeastern Channel, Normand was anchor-reporter-producer for the national award-winning live newscast, “Northshore News.” Normand’s reporting contributed to “Northshore News” winning first place in the nation for “Best Video Newscast” as presented by College Broadcasters, Inc. at its 2018 National Student Production Awards. Earlier this spring, Normand’s weekly anchoring and reporting for the “Northshore News Update: Coronavirus on the North Shore” resulted in the Southeastern Channel being named by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) as one of the top three schools in the nation for College Coronavirus Coverage in broadcasting. She won second place in the nation honors given by the SPJ for “Best Overall Television News Magazine” for her co-anchoring and reporting for the Southeastern Channel’s News Magazine, “Southeastern Times.” The program also won first place in SPJ’s regional “Mark of Excellence” awards for “Best Overall TV News Magazine” for Region 12 (Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas). In addition, Normand won an SPJ “Mark of Excellence” first-place award in Region 12 for “Best Television News Feature Story” for her feature on Juliana Puipuro of Mandeville. Normand’s reporting played a key role in “Northshore News” winning first place for “Best Television Newscast” along with “Best of Show” at the 2020 Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press College Broadcasters Awards. Normand graduated from Southeastern on December 8th.
