The Southeastern Channel’s “Northshore News Update: Coronavirus on the Northshore” has been honored with a national College Coronavirus Coverage Award given by the Society of Professional Journalists in conjunction with the Associated Collegiate Press, the Society for News Design, College Broadcasters, Inc., and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
From Alaska to Florida, Southeastern Channel graduates who are now television news anchors and reporters are busy covering the Coronavirus crisis and providing critical information and stories on a daily basis for their viewers.
Former Southeastern Channel film screenwriter, producer and director Keisha Davis is now a screenwriter, director
and producer for Flying Ghost Productions, a film and digital media company in Greensburg, La.
The Southeastern Channel’s live 24/7 broadcast is already available on the high-quality Apple TV HD streaming device with immediate playback of uploaded Video on Demand coming soon.
The Southeastern Channel has been honored by the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists with seven first-place Winner awards and three second-place Finalist awards at its regional 2019 Mark of Excellence Awards competition for Region 12 made up of all colleges in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee.
From how to get tested for the Coronavirus to school food distribution, timely and important news and Coronavirus information specific to residents of each North Shore parish will be the subject of a brand new weekly segment airing on the Southeastern Channel.
Former Southeastern Channel news anchor-reporter Amanda Kitch has been hired as a news and traffic reporter for WAFB-TV Ch. 9 (CBS) in Baton Rouge.
The Southeastern Channel is now offered on the streaming service Roku, the most popular streaming platform in the United States.
Southeastern Channel students have been named Finalists for six awards given by the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press College Broadcasters.
Southeastern Channel reporter-anchor Chris Rosato has been named Louisiana Student Broadcaster of the Year in Television for 2020 by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters at its annual Prestige Awards luncheon at L’auberge in Baton Rouge.
