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.
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.
Former Southeastern Channel news reporter-anchor Caroline Patrickis, a reporter at WJLA-TV (ABC) Channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (6th largest U.S. TV market), recently won the TVNewsCheck Social Media Excellence Award for Media Talent for a story she enterprised and produced on a Washington, D.C. Pakistani restaurant that provides free meals to homeless people.
For the eighth time, the Southeastern Channel has won 1st Place as “Best College Television Station in the South” out of over 40 universities covering an eight-state region of the U.S., including Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
The Southeastern Channel won 1st Place in the Nation honors twice over the weekend at the College Broadcasters, Inc. annual National Student Production Awards convention in St. Louis.
The Southeastern Channel’s student newscast, “Northshore News”, won 2nd Place in the Nation honors for “Best Video Newscast” at the College Broadcasters, Inc. annual National Student Production Awards convention in St. Louis over the weekend.
The Southeastern Channel was named a National Finalist (one of the top four in the country) for a short film at the College Broadcasters, Inc. Visual Media Festival recently in St. Louis.
“Pearl River Dam,” a news story produced by former Southeastern Channel reporter Amanda Kitch, has been named a national finalist as one of the top four in the nation for “Best Hard News Story” by College Broadcasters, Inc. for its 2019 National Student Production Awards to be held Nov. 2 in St. Louis.
The Southeastern Channel’s live football broadcast of the Southeastern-Abilene Christian game Oct. 18, 2018 in Strawberry Stadium has been honored as one of the top four live student game broadcasts in the country by College Broadcasters, Inc with its selection in the “Live Sports Broadcast” category for the 2019 National Student Production Awards to be held Nov. 2 in St. Louis.
