The Southeastern Channel has once again been recognized as best in the nation by College Broadcasters, Inc.
The channel was honored at CBI’s National Student Production Awards with first place in the nation for Best Video Hard News Reporting, Best Video Sportscast, and Best Video Public Service Announcement.
The Southeastern Channel won its three first-place awards out of over 1,000 entries submitted by the top broadcasting schools from throughout the nation.
The channel’s three first-place selections were the most in television and video of any school in the country.
It marks the 11th time that the Southeastern Channel has won first place in the nation honors in college television.
The channel also won third place national honors for Best Video News Feature Reporting and fourth place for Best Video Documentary.
Southeastern Channel student news reporter Chris Rosato of Mandeville won the nation’s top honor for “Best Video Hard News Reporting,” while the channel also won for “Best Video Sportscast” with its Nov. 21, 2019 live, weekly sportscast “The Big Game.”
Cameron Pittman of Bogalusa won first in the country for “Best Video Public Service Announcement” with “Gunny McShoot,” a PSA for family gun safety.
At the Southeastern Channel Rosato was also named Louisiana’s Student Broadcaster of the Year by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters and won multiple top awards from the Associated Press College Broadcasters, Society of Professional Journalists, and Southeast Journalism Conference. He now works as a news reporter for WAFB-TV Channel 9 in Baton Rouge.
The winning episode of “The Big Game” was produced and directed by Dylan Domangue of Houma and co-anchored by John Sartori of Mandeville and Gabrielle Cox of Hammond with Richie Solares of New Orleans as guest anchor.
The Southeastern Channel has won over 400 national, international, and regional awards, including 22 awards from the Emmys, in the past 18 years.
The channel can be seen on Spectrum 199 cable throughout the North Shore, and its 24/7 livestream can be seen on Roku, AppleTV, and at thesoutheasternchannel.com.
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