Southeastern Channel reporter-anchor Raychelle Riley has been named Louisiana Student Broadcaster of the Year for 2021 by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters at its annual Prestige Awards ceremony. This year the LAB presented a virtual ceremony to honor the winners. Riley was honored by the LAB, comprised of all television and radio professionals in Louisiana, out of all college television students in the state.
In the 8 years that the LAB has presented the Louisiana Student Broadcaster of the Year award, a Southeastern Channel student has won it 6 times…
In the 8 years that the LAB has presented the Louisiana Student Broadcaster of the Year award, a Southeastern Channel student has won it 6 times with the winners currently enjoying success in their television careers right out of college. Riley, who has been hired as a TV News Reporter for WVLA/WGMB-TV (FOX 44/NBC 33) in Baton Rouge (DMA 94), won the LAB’s prestigious Student Broadcasting Scholarship worth $4,000 in 2020. She was also Southeastern’s first-ever recipient of the Robin Roberts ABC Good Morning America internship in 2019. Previous Southeastern Channel winners of the LAB’s Student Broadcaster of the Year were Chris Rosato, currently news reporter for WAFB in Baton Rouge; Wesley Boone, now sports director/anchor of KTAL in Shreveport; Erika Ferrando, news reporter for WWL in New Orleans; Paul Rivera, currently news reporter for WESH in Orlando, Fla., and Dominique Brogle, formerly news reporter for KTBS in Shreveport.