KITCH WINS PRESTIGIOUS LAB SCHOLARSHIP
Southeastern Channel anchor-reporter Amanda Kitch has been named winner of the 2018 Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Student Scholarship.
LECOQ PRODUCES NEW OUTDOORS SHOW FOR CST
Former Southeastern Channel producer-director Chris LeCoq is producing and directing a new weekly outdoors show, “Bayou Wild”, for the Cox Sports Television Network and a potential viewing audience of 5.5 million throughout the country.
RHODES NOW AN EDITOR FOR FOCUS TV
Former Southeastern Channel videographer-editor Jeremy Rhodes has been hired as a video editor by the Focus Worldwide TV Network, a Covington production house that creates Catholic-based programming with religious, entertainment, cultural and news offerings.
CHANNEL STUDENTS ATTEND LAB WORKSHOP
A bevy of aspiring reporters, anchors, producers, directors, videographers and editors from the Southeastern Channel attended the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters’ Student Career Workshop Saturday, Feb. 24th at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans.
CALHOUN HIRED FOR FLORIDA PRODUCTION
Former Southeastern Channel videographer-editor Jonathan Calhoun has been hired as Videographer, Editor, and Animator in the Creative Services branch of the University of Florida’s Marketing and Communications department.
ROGERS HIRED AS NEWS PRODUCER IN GULFPORT
Former Southeastern Channel news producer-reporter Heather Rogers has been hired as a News Producer by WXXV-TV Ch. 25 (NBC/FOX) in Gulfport, Ms.
BARBE, MORRIS HONORED BY SEJC
Southeastern Channel news reporter-producer Tara Barbe has won 4th Place for “Television Hard News Reporting” in 2017 “Best of South” competition awarded by the Southeast Journalism Conference. Also honored as “Best of the South” by the SEJC was former student reporter-anchor Jaylon Morris, who finished 9th in the “Television Feature Story Reporting” category.
RHEAMS HIRED AS PRODUCER AT WBRZ
Southeastern Channel reporter-anchor Jordan Rheams has been hired as News Producer by WBRZ-TV Ch. 2 (ABC) in Baton Rouge.
MORRIS BREAKS STORY ON BAILBONDSMAN
Morris broke this story on Gulfport’s Billy Bennight, the D’Iberville, Ms. bail bondsman who encountered Parkland, Fla. school shooter Nikolas Cruz on YouTube last September.
PATRICKIS HIRED AS WASHINGTON, D.C. REPORTER
Former Southeastern Channel news anchor-reporter Caroline Patrickis has been hired as a TV Reporter for WJLA-TV ABC 7 News in Washington, D.C. (DMA 6).