2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Audio
Student Market Radio Award of Merit Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “MSUM Drumline” WRST - FM - Student - “A Kwick Pandemic” First Place Media Milwaukee UW - Milwaukee Radio - “UWM Bands Keep Making Music During Covid-19”
Small Market Radio Award of Merit KCCR - “Oahe Speedway Opening Weekend” First Place KCCR - “152nd CSSB Returns Home”
Medium Market Radio First Place Siouxland Public Media - “Enthusiasm Builds for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the Final Stretch Before the Iowa Caucuses”
Large Market Radio Awards of Merit Minnesota Public Radio - “'You have this feeling of floating': Skaters delight in perfect lake ice in northern Minn.” Minnesota Public Radio - “Kalpulli KetzalCoatlicue: Connecting with ancestors through dance” First Place WUWM Radio - Large - “Deputies Fraternize with Rittenhouse on Night of Fatal Shooting”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Broadcast Writing
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit MUR - Marquette University - “Beck Salgado: Hope's Familiar Hymn” Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “MSUM Wellness Center during COVID” First Place Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “Youth Hockey during COVID”
Student Market Television Award of Merit Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead - “MSUM Tennis Club” First Place MUTV Marquette University - “Lelah Byron Composite”
Small Market Radio First Place WRST - FM - “Student Loan Scam”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit WSAW - “Cheryl Coyer Makes Quilts for Veterans” WKBT - TV - “Mike Thompson Compilation” First Place WKBT - TV - “Pressing On”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WOWT - TV - “Brian Mastre Composite” WHO-HD Television - “Andy Fales Compilation” First Place NET-Television - “Dennis Kellogg Compilation”
Large Market Radio Awards of Merit NET Radio - “Dennis Kellogg Compilation” Wisconsin Public Radio - “The Search For The Synthesizers Behind The 'All Things Considered' Theme” First Place Minnesota Public Radio - “John Enger stories”
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Large Market Television Award of Merit Midco Sports Network - “David Brown Composite” First Place KARE 11 TV - “Boyd Huppert”
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Cable Newscast
Large Market Television First Place CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “December 17, 2020 Newscast”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Documentary/Special
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit KQAL - Winona State University - “KQAL The Sound - Nur-D: 38th” University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Haunted Heartland 2020 Part Two” First Place University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Haunted Heartland 2020 Part ONE”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit LCTV - Loras College - “Mrs. Quinn” LCTV - Loras College - “One Stolen Moment” First Place LCTV - Loras College - “La Violencia Generalizada”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KQAL - “Art Beat - Visible/Invisible: Life with Mental Illness - Joy Davis Ripley” KALA Radio - “Bee Election Central” First Place KRNU Radio - UNL - “Chris Schmidt Watch the Media Special”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit WXOW - “Rotary Lights 2020: The Most Important Year Ever” WQOW News 18 - “WQOW The Power of Band” First Place WJFW TV - “If The Shoe Fits: A Snowshoe Baseball Story”
Medium Market Radio First Place Siouxland Public Media - “THE EXCHANGE: Chief Standing Bear”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit KGAN - “Marshalltown Tornado: In Their Own Words” KCRG - TV9 - “KCRG-TV9 - Black Lives Matter: What Now?” First Place KSFY/KDLT - “Racism in America”
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Large Market Radio Awards of Merit NET Radio - “First Time Voters in Nebraska: An NET News Discussion on the 2020 Elections” Iowa Public Radio - “Listening to Black Voices – 'Using The Power Of Art To Create Empathy And Change'” First Place NET Radio - “Remote Learning in Remote Nebraska”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit WISN - “50 Days: Shutdown Diary” CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “The Separation Struggle: COVID-19's Impact on Seniors” First Place WISN - “Changing The Game”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
General Reporting
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Waste Free Solutions” St. Ambrose University - Radio - “U.S. Elections Through the Lens of International Students” First Place WUEC - “The Countdown: Election 2020”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit TommieMedia.com - “St. Thomas student founds jewelry company: 'Penny's Piercings'” St. Ambrose University - SAUtv - “SAU Marching Band Adjusts to COVID” First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Undercovering The Vinyl Community at Electric Fetus”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KQDJ - “Area Spring Flood Outlook Discussed, Insurance Recommended” WRST - FM - “Student Loan Scam” First Place KCCR - “Lee Weber Funeral”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit WSAW - “7Investigates: Patients Caught in Insurance Battle” KQDS - TV, Fox 21 - “Making Movies” First Place KBJR - “Sawyer County Voting Record”
Medium Market Radio First Place Siouxland Public Media - “Alumni Associations Loses "Castle on the Hill"”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WBAY - “COVID-19 in Wisconsin” WDAY - TV News - “Honoring the Nameless” First Place WMTV NBC 15 - “Madison's Call for Social Justice”
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Large Market Radio Awards of Merit NET Radio - “For One Small Town, Moving To Protect Itself From Future Flooding Is Illegal” Iowa Public Radio - “Iowa State Government Beyond The Capitol” First Place Minnesota Public Radio - “Upper Harbor Terminal: Can Minneapolis invest in its north side without pushing people out of their neighborhoods?”
Large Market Television First Place WISN - “Dairy Dump Milk Rescue”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Hard Feature
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “Housing at MSUM during COVID” Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “Buzi Bus Service” First Place University of Nebraska - Lincoln Student Radio - “Sounds of a pandemic”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit MUTV Marquette University - “Basement Bands” MUTV Marquette University - “The Show Must Go On” First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Gateway Motel on its Last Legs”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit CBS 3 Duluth - “Colton's Story” KEVN Black Hills FOX - “Tow operators brave trucks, 18-wheelers ignoring state laws while on the job” First Place WKBT - TV - “Standing Up to Racism”
Medium Market Radio Award of Merit KLIN - “Child Care Provider” First Place Siouxland Public Media - “Disability Advocates Express Concern Over "Test Iowa" Accessibility”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WOI - TV - “Unpacking WOI-TV's role in a protester's felony charge” WBAY - “Learning 2 Adapt” First Place WHO-HD Television - “Diversity On Iowa Campuses”
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Large Market Radio Awards of Merit Iowa Public Radio - “Living In The Unlivable” Iowa Public Radio - “Coronavirus Keeps Nursing Home Residents Socially Isolated” First Place Minnesota Public Radio - “In the ICU and at George Floyd Square, one nurse fights two pandemics”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit WITI - TV - “Am I Really That Sick?” CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Sharing Maria's Voice” First Place KARE 11 TV - “Second Chances”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Individual Multimedia Storytelling – News
Student Market Media Award of Merit Media Milwaukee UW - Milwaukee Radio - “'The Pandemic Helped Me Find My Purpose': Black Women-Owned Businesses Persevere in 2020” First Place Media Milwaukee UW - Milwaukee Radio - “Recount Shakes the Faith of Wisconsin Voters”
Small Market Media Awards of Merit WSAW - “Investigation into local phone and internet provider reveals several problems for many areas of Wisconsin” WSAW - “One of the first people in Central Wisconsin with COVID-19, reflects on their struggle with it throughout the year” First Place WSAW - “Series of stories talking to local students and the struggles they have with virtual learning during a pandemic year”
Medium Market Media Awards of Merit WBAY - “WBAY - Power 2 Change” WHO-HD Television - “Winterset Flower Farm” First Place PBS Wisconsin - “Detecting COVID-19 Deaths in Wisconsin”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Investigative
Student Market Radio First Place University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Taxo Plasma Gondi”
Student Market Television First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Press Bar Owner in Custody for Arson”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit WSAW - “7Investigates: When You Can't Call 911” WKBT - TV - “News 8 Now Investigates-Unpaid Campaign Stops” First Place WKBT - TV - “Breaking the Silence”
Medium Market Radio First Place KFGO Radio - “Fargo Lands Amazon”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit KCRG - TV9 - “I9 Investigation: Delayed Derecho Response” WLUK-TV - “The missing and the murdered” First Place WBAY - “Waushara County DA MIA”
Large Market Television First Place WISN - “Unemployment Backlog Crisis”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Newscast
Student Market Radio Award of Merit WUEC - “WUEC Blugold Radio Sunday News 12-6-20” First Place St. Ambrose University - Radio - “SAU News This Week: November 6, 2020”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit UTVS, St. Cloud State - “UTVS News” LCTV - Loras College - “LCTV News” First Place UW-Madison TV - “The Badger Report”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KORN - “Mitchell's Morning News-December 30th, 2020-7:30 am” KCCR - “November 3rd 3 PM KCCR News” First Place AM 600 WMT - “WMT 8AM News Cedar Rapids in State of Emergency after 140 mph wind storm”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit KBJR - “KBJR 6 News at 10” WDIO TV - “WDIO News at Six” First Place KTTC - “KTTC News at 6; June 3, 2020”
Medium Market Radio Award of Merit Siouxland Public Media - “Siouxland Public Media News 11.19.20” First Place KLIN - “KLIN 5:00 Report”
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Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WLUK-TV - “FOX 11 News at 9” WDAY - TV News - “Breaking News, State's First Covid Outbreak, Inspiring Recovery” First Place WMTV NBC 15 - “The Morning Show: Overnight Unrest”
Large Market Radio First Place WCCO Radio - “March 25th, 2020 Newscast”
Large Market Television First Place WISN - “Mayfair Mall Mass Shooting”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Photojournalism
Student Market Television Awards of Merit MUTV Marquette University - “A New Era” Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead - “Women of Troy” First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “St. Cloud Singer Celebrates Sister in New Single”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit WXOW - “The Man Behind the Napkins” WKBT - TV - “Falling In Love” First Place KQDS - TV, Fox 21 - “Howie's Mud Bog”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit NET-Television - “Nebraska Stories: Art, The Piano Man” KSFY/KDLT - “Fr. Christensen's Fight” First Place PBS Wisconsin - “Wisconsin Life: Skijoring”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Golden Valley Man Serenades His Neighborhood” CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Plymouth Couple Create Halloween House out of Yard Waste” First Place KARE 11 TV - “Holly & Greenie”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Series
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Misconceptions” University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Lethal and Loose” First Place MUR - Marquette University - “COVID Across America”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit LCTV - Loras College - “Tech Beat with Chase Guerdet” LCTV - Loras College - “Game Time” First Place MUTV Marquette University - “COVID Across America”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KORN - “KORN News Radio-COVID-19 Updates” KQAL - “Culture Clique - 50 Years of In Black America” First Place KCCR - “Senate Bill 136 Therapy Dogs In Court”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit KTIV - “Education Today” WSAW - “The New Back to School: Student Panel” First Place KXMB TV - “Barriers to Justice”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WMTV NBC 15 - “Class During COVID” WDAY - TV News - “48 Hours on a Covid Floor” First Place WOI - TV - “Disaster Divide: stories of Iowans after the devatstating derecho”
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Large Market Radio Awards of Merit Iowa Public Radio - “Systemic Racism's Legacy in Iowa” NET Radio - “Remote Learning in Remote Nebraska” First Place Minnesota Public Radio - “Portraits of Valor”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit WISN - “Coronavirus In Wisconsin” CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Removing Racial Covenants” First Place WISN - “Jacob Blake Police Shooting”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Social Media
Student Market Radio First Place University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Snacketology 2020”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KORN - “School Board Scuffle Over Mask Mandate” KCCR - “Riverfront Broadcasting News LIVE on Facebook” First Place KCCR - “KCCR Storm Tracker/Severe Weather Coverage”
Small Market Television Award of Merit WSAW - “Officer involved shooting stuns neighbors as they watch it unfold” First Place WQOW News 18 - “WQOW Social Media”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit PBS Wisconsin - “WisContext: COVID-19 Pandemic Daily Metrics Threads” WLUK-TV - “Protests turn destructive in downtown Green Bay” First Place WBAY - “WBAY Social Media - NEW Protests”
Large Market Television Award of Merit CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “COVID-19 Coverage: "As Straightforward As it Gets"” First Place CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Local Vote 2020”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Soft Feature
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit WRST - FM - Student - “A Kwick Pandemic” University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Gerald Ford Birthplace” First Place Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “MSUM Drumline”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit LCTV - Loras College - “Heather's Heart” TommieMedia.com - “Furry friends bring comfort to St. Thomas campus” First Place MUTV Marquette University - “Marquette's Melodic Secret”
Small Market Radio First Place Hub City Radio - “Remembering Cameron Isreal & Terry Strong”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit KMEG - TV - “Siouxland native goes into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” KXMB TV - “A North Dakota first” First Place KTTC - “KIDS WITH COURAGE: Abri Bentley”
Medium Market Radio Award of Merit WHWC - “Spectrum West: Al Ross with Billy Krause” First Place Siouxland Public Media - “Young Iowan Shares Insight on the Candidates and Her Own Political Aspirations”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WMTV NBC 15 - “Mama Gerry” PBS Wisconsin - “Wisconsin Life: You are the Hero” First Place PBS Wisconsin - “Wisconsin Life: A Doll Like Me”
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Large Market Radio Awards of Merit NET Radio - “Pandemic Is The Only Thing That Can Slow This Piano Man” Minnesota Public Radio - “In Duluth, confronting racism with a 'Hello'” First Place Wisconsin Public Radio - “Why Isn't The UP Part Of Wisconsin?”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit Midco Sports Network - “Midco Sports Magazine - An Ode to the Race” Midco Sports Network - “Midco Sports Magazine - The Hidden Gem” First Place KARE 11 TV - “I Touched Lives”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Sports Play-by-Play
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit MUR - Marquette University - “Women's Basketball vs DePaul” MUR - Marquette University - “Men's Basketball vs. Xavier” First Place University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “OMAHAvsKANSAS MBB”
Student Market Television Award of Merit UTVS, St. Cloud State - “SCSU Men's Basketball February 14th, 2020” First Place MUTV Marquette University - “Men's Lacrosse vs. Jacksonville”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KCCR - “Oahe Capitals vs. Sioux Center Storm Hockey March 13th 2020” Watertown Radio - “Platte - Geddes Vs Hamlin 9AA Championship 11 - 12 - 2020” First Place Hub City Radio - “New Beginnings For Saints Basketball”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit BEK TV - “High School Football: Fargo South vs Fargo Davies - Noah Reed” BEK TV - “High School Football: Linton-HMB vs LaMoure-LM - David Sugarman” First Place BEK TV - “High School Football: Mandan vs Bismarck Legacy - Chris Clayton”
Medium Market Radio First Place KLIN - “High School Football: Lincoln Pius X vs Lincoln North Star”
Medium Market Television Award of Merit KCRG - TV9 - “9.2 Friday Night Lights: Grinnell at Clear Creek Amana” First Place WHO-HD Television - “WHO13 Sports”
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Large Market Television Awards of Merit Midco Sports Network - “Summit League Tournament - Jay Elsen” CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Wayzata vs. Hopkins Girls Basketball, Featuring Paige Bueckers” First Place Midco Sports Network - “North Dakota Hockey - Alex Heinert”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Sports Reporting
Student Market Radio Award of Merit MUR - Marquette University - “From Player to Coach” First Place Minnesota State University Moorhead - Radio - “Youth Hockey during COVID”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead - “MSUM Tennis Club” Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead - “Beeninga Brothers” First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Brett Larson & Scott Sandelin: A Partnership for the Ages”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit Watertown Radio - “DeSmet Dreams Of B Title Ended By Pandemic” KCCR - “Pierre Plans for Pandemic Baseball” First Place KCCR - “Oahe Speedway Opening Weekend”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit KMEG - TV - “Siouxland flourishing as girls wrestling numbers are on the rise in Iowa” WDIO TV - “Two Generations of Wallins Racing in the Beargrease” First Place KMEG - TV - “She the North: Donaldson's path to the NBA”
Medium Market Radio First Place KNSI - “The Best of High School Sports: The Winners”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit PBS Wisconsin - “Wisconsin Life: Fondy Blades” KCRG - TV9 - “Soccer, the Pandemic and the Murphy Brothers” First Place KWQC TV6 - “A future Sports Broadcaster”
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Large Market Radio Awards of Merit WCCO Radio - “Emma Dalton Gets Her Moment for Maple Grove” Iowa Public Radio - “Coronavirus Disrupts Iowa High School Baseball And Softball” First Place NET Radio - “High School Football Takes The Field; An Attempt At Normal During Pandemic”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit Midco Sports Network - “Midco Sports Magazine - Driven: Lance Christensen Jr.” Midco Sports Network - “Midco Sports Magazine - Back On Track: The Sorlien Family” First Place KARE 11 TV - “One Man's Marathon”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Sportscast/Program
Student Market Radio Awards of Merit MUR - Marquette University - “Wire Sports Weekly Women's Basketball” MUR - Marquette University - “Wire Sports Weekly Men's Basketball” First Place St. Ambrose University - Radio - “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: August 26, 2020”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Crunch Time Season 8 Episode 9” UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Sidelines - October 9th, 2020” First Place LCTV - Loras College - “SportsZONE”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit KTTC - “SPORTS EXTRA 01-31-2020” KFYR TV - “The Evening Report at Six Sportscast” First Place KTIV - “SportsFource Extra”
Medium Market Radio Award of Merit KLIN - “Story Time with Stai - Coached Up” First Place KLIN - “Story Time with Stai - Armor All”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit KCRG - TV9 - “Christensen Sportscast: Gustafson & the Hawkeyes” WLUK-TV - “Pregame Live” First Place WHO-HD Television - “SoundOFF”
Large Market Television Awards of Merit CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “2020 CCX Sports Hall of Fame Special” Midco Sports Network - “Midco Sports Magazine - Episode #92” First Place Midco Sports Network - “Midco Sports Magazine - Feel Good Therapy”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Spot News
Student Market Television Awards of Merit MUTV Marquette University - “Daniels Coverage” UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Becker Fire Continues to Burn” First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Press Bar and Parlor Burns to the Ground”
Small Market Radio First Place KCCR - “August 30th Hand County Tornado”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit KMOT - TV - “Downtown Minot Halls Apartment Fire” KFYR TV - “Mandan Apartment Fire” First Place WSAW - “Wisconsin Supreme Court Overturns Safer at Home Extension”
Medium Market Radio Award of Merit KFGO Radio - “Fargo Riot” First Place KLIN - “A COVID Kegeling Collision”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit KCRG - TV9 - “The Day the Derecho Hit” WDAY - TV News - “Fargo Riot” First Place WLUK-TV - “Safer At Home Overturned”
Large Market Radio Awards of Merit WUWM Radio - Large - “Police Brutality Protest” NET Radio - “Lincoln Protests” First Place Minnesota Public Radio - “Clashes, looting devastate Twin Cities after George Floyd's death”
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Large Market Television Award of Merit WISN - “Officers Shot: Fugitive Manhunt” First Place WISN - “Mayfair Mall Mass Shooting”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Talk/Public Affairs
Student Market Radio Award of Merit University of Nebraska, Omaha - Radio - “Earth Day 2020” First Place University of Nebraska - Lincoln Student Radio - “Campus Voices”
Student Market Television Awards of Merit LCTV - Loras College - “LCTV Decision 2020” TommieMedia.com - “In Depth with College Republicans and College Democrats – Oct. 29, 2020” First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “The Culture - Episode 3 of Season 3”
Small Market Radio Awards of Merit KALA Radio - “POW in Iowa 1943-1946” KALA Radio - “Cave Markings: Cherokee Life Before Removal” First Place WLBL/WLBL-FM - “Route 51 - Reasonable Force”
Small Market Television Award of Merit WXOW - “Hometown Conversations” First Place KTTC - “Corovnavirus Town Hall”
Medium Market Radio Award of Merit KLIN - “The Big Ten: To Play or Not To Play” First Place Siouxland Public Media - “GOING VIRAL: Lessons Learned During the Pandemic”
Medium Market Television First Place PBS Wisconsin - “Wisconsin Life #713: Let It Snow”
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Large Market Radio Award of Merit NET Radio - “Speaking of Nebraska: A COVID-19 Town Hall with Governor Ricketts” Iowa Public Radio - “Derecho Rescue” First Place Minnesota Public Radio - “All Things Considered on MPR News”
Large Market Television Award of Merit CCX Media/Northwest Community Television - “Joint Community Conversation” First Place WISN - “UpFront: Kenosha In Crisis”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Team Multimedia Storytelling – News
Student Market Media First Place University of Nebraska - Lincoln Student Radio - “Legacy Over Image: Addressing BLM & Equality Within Nebraska Athletics”
Small Market Media Awards of Merit WSAW - “Local youth prison continues to have more problems” WSAW - “Wisconsin's Safer-at-Home Order changes the way local people act and go throughout their daily lives” First Place KMEG - TV - “Lessons Learned: COVID-19 data has helped Siouxland District Health with pandemic response”
Medium Market Media Awards of Merit NET-Television - “Nebraska Stories: A Model To Remember” KWQC TV6 - “Tracking the Curve: In English & Spanish” First Place PBS Wisconsin - “Police Residency, Unions and Oversight in Wisconsin”
Large Market Media Award of Merit NET Radio - “For One Small Town, Moving To Protect Itself From Future Flooding Is Illegal” First Place NET Radio - “Remote Learning in Remote Nebraska”
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2021 MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards
Weather
Student Market Television First Place UTVS, St. Cloud State - “Weather - Noah Cote`”
Small Market Television Awards of Merit WDIO TV - “Justin Liles - "Christmas Blizzard"” KMEG - TV - “End of Year Blizzard Wrap-Up” First Place KBJR - “Adam Lorch”
Medium Market Television Awards of Merit WBAY - “Steve Beylon” WBAY - “Brad Spakowitz” First Place KGAN - “Meteorologist Nick Stewart”
Large Market Television First Place WISN - “Mark Baden”
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