The 黑料正能量 Media Studies program continues to earn accolades as they earned ten awards, including four first place nods, from the Iowa Broadcast News Association (IBNA).
The competition is open to all colleges and universities in Iowa.
In addition to the awards, Marion Edwards (鈥23) was chosen as one of three students in the State of Iowa to serve as a student director for the IBNA Board of Directors. The IBNA Board of Directors is elected by the membership of the organization at the annual convention, which took place on April 17, 2021. Each board member serves a one-year term.
First place Best Sportscast: LCTV SportsZONE, Nate Kaiser (鈥22), Morgan Minear (鈥21), CJ Ponton (鈥20), SportsZONE crew. 3/4/20 episode
First Place Best Newscast: LCTV New sAsia Singleton (鈥20), Hope Ehling (鈥22), Michael Runde (鈥20), Ben Friedman (鈥20), News crew. 3/11/20 episode
First Place Feature: LCTV 鈥淗eather鈥檚 Heart鈥 Amber Kreig (鈥20)
First Place In-Depth/Series: LCTV 鈥淭ech Beat鈥 Chase Guerdet (鈥21)
Second Place Overall Excellence: LCTV
Second Place Political Coverage: LCTV 鈥 Decision 2020(11/4/20) Hope Ehling, Morgan Schueller (鈥22), Audra McMahon (鈥22), Jake Heelein (鈥22)
Second place General Reporting: LCTV 鈥淟ocal push for minority voters鈥 Josh Vogt (鈥21)
Second Place News Photography: LCTV 鈥淕ame-Time鈥 Nate Kaiser
Third Place News Photography: LCTV 鈥淒ubuque BLM march鈥 Ben Yeiser (鈥22)
Third Place Sports Coverage: LCTV 鈥淢en鈥檚 Volleyball Coverage Compilation鈥 Nate Kaiser, Morgan Minear, CJ Ponton
IBNA is a nonprofit association of radio -TV news directors, reporters, producers, public relations professionals and others from Iowa and its adjacent states, working together to improve electronic media news for stations and the public.
