Southeastern Channel sophomore Taylor Nettle has been honored by the Press Club of New Orleans with its prestigious journalism scholarship worth $2,500 presented at its 63rd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony. Nettle was recognized for the award at the virtual ceremony hosted by New Orleans television celebrities Fletcher Mackel of WDSU-TV and Doug Mouton of WWL-TV (her presentation begins at 1/28:10 of the link). Nettle qualified for the award by earning a 3.5 overall grade point average as a Communication major with a concentration in Television and Multimedia Journalism. At the Emmy-winning Southeastern Channel, Nettle has anchored and reported for episodes of “Northshore News,” recently named the best student newscast in the nation by College Broadcasters, Inc. at its National Student Production Awards. Although only a sophomore, she directs the award-winning live, weekly student sportscast, “The Big Game”, along with directing Southeastern football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, and baseball live game broadcasts streaming on ESPN+. Nettle has also written, produced, directed, shot, edited, and acted in a variety of Southeastern Channel productions, including short films, music videos, promos, station IDs, public service announcements, the student comedy show, “College Night”, and live multi-camera broadcasts of performance events and forums.
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