ROGERS HIRED AS PRODUCER FOR WAFB
Former Southeastern Channel news producer-reporter-anchor Heather Rogers has been hired as a News Producer for WAFB-TV Ch. 9 (CBS) in Baton Rouge (DMA 94).
WEISKOPF HIRED AS REPORTER IN GULFPORT/BILOXI
Former Southeastern Channel news reporter-anchor Lorraine Weiskopf has been hired as a TV news reporter at WXXV-TV Ch. 25 (FOX/NBC) in Gulfport/Biloxi, Ms. (DMA 159).
GAINES, WILLIAMS WIN FILM FESTIVAL AWARD
Southeastern Channel film directors Jeremy Gaines and John Austin Williams have won a Bronze Remi Award at the 50th WorldFest International Film and Video Festival for their short film, “Blink”
SAGONA HIRED AS MARKETING PRODUCER
Former Southeastern Channel videographer, editor, producer and motion graphics designer Drew Sagona has been hired as Marketing Producer for KAGS-TV Ch. 23 (NBC) in Bryan, Texas (DMA 79) which services the Brazos Valley cities of Bryan, College Station, Waco and Killeen.
SOUTHEASTERN CHANNEL GRADS COVER PANDEMIC
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.
DAVIS IS FILM DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER
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.
KITCH HIRED FOR NEW WAFB NEWSCAST
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.
ROSATO NAMED STATE’S TOP BROADCASTER
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.
PAUL RIVERA TO SPEAK THURSDAY
Former Southeastern Channel news anchor-reporter Paul Rivera will speak at the Southeastern Channel this Thursday, March 12th at 12:30 pm. in Room 133 of the University Center.
PATRICKIS WINS TVNEWSCHECK AWARD
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.