Southeastern Louisiana University students at the Southeastern Channel won nine Mark of Excellence Awards, including five first-place honors, at the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Region 12 conference.
Southeastern students received the most television and broadcast videography honors out of all universities in the competition, including the most first-place awards with five and second-place finalist awards with four. The closest competing university had two first-place awards.
Universities competing included Louisiana State University, the University of Arkansas, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Harding University, and Middle Tennessee State.
First-place winners included the Southeastern Channel’s student newscast “Northshore News” for “Best All-Around Television Newscast;” the channel’s “Southeastern Times” for “Best All-Around Television News Magazine;” Dylan Domangue of Houma for “Broadcast News Videography;” Jacqueline Doucet of Covington for “Broadcast Feature Videography;” and Caroline Fussell of Covington for “Television Sports Reporting.”
Receiving finalist or second-place recognition were Chris Rosato of Mandeville for “Television News General Reporting;” John Sartori of Mandeville for “Television Sports Reporting;” and Doucet for both “Television Feature Reporting” and “Broadcast Feature Videography.”
The Nov. 11, 2020 episode of “Northshore News” won first place for “Best All-Around Television Newscast,” the sixth time the channel’s newscast has won first-place honors in the region. Anchors for the newscast included Rosato and Lily Gayle of Greensburg with reporters Rosato, Gayle, Fussell, Kaylee Normand of Mandeville, Raychelle Riley of Denham Springs, Coby Sanchez of Baton Rouge, and Kayla Martin of New Orleans.
The Dec. 7, 2020 episode of the channel’s “Southeastern Times” was named first-place winner for “Best All-Around Television News Magazine.” The program featured anchors Carson Fryou of Ponchatoula and Fussell, along with stories by reporters Fussell, Fryou and Doucet.
It marked the second consecutive year that “Southeastern Times” brought home first place.
