ETSU students earned two second-place honors and a third-place award in the Tennessee Associated Press College Awards for 2019, announced April 24.
Kate Trabalka earned a second-place Newspaper News Story honor for her piece on “Monarch Bus Route Drives Traffic.”
Raina Wiseman, Jesse Denney and Jessica Dunker won a second-place honor for Radio Newscast for The ET Echo. The ET Echo is a new collaboration for 2019-20 between the East Tennessean and The Edge 89.5 HD4.
Kirsty McCaughtry, Kate Trabalka and Allison Winters received a third-place honor in Online Specialized/Topic Reporting for their work on “Overlooked in Appalachia.”
The new online magazine, produced by the “In-Depth Reporting” class taught by ETSU Department of Media and Communication faculty member Dr. Mimi Perreault, examines issues faced by the Appalachian region and its communities. The first issue focused on the opioid crisis and was published in December 2019.
