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UT Today newscast places first in state AP competition
Three Journalism and Electronic Media students placed first in a state broadcast competition.
Chelsea Jensen Koerten (’13), Brooke Fraser (’12) and Kristyn Royster (’12) received highest honors in the college division of the 2013 Tennessee AP Broadcasters Awards for Best TV Newscast.
Koerten, Fraser and Royster produced the winning 30-minute newscast last spring for UT Today, taught by Dr. Sam Swan. It aired on WBIR-TV on May 13, 2012.
“This was a group effort of about 30 students,” says Royster. “It took a lot of collaborating with reporters, anchors and crew to make this happen.”
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