Each year, St. Ambrose communication students are recognized for their outstanding work in radio and television broadcasting. This year, four students received first-place honors across two different organizations.
Junior Ryan Sandness won first place in the “Newscast” category for “SAU News This Week: November 6, 2020.” Junior Logen Howell and sophomore David Meyer placed first in the “Sportscast/Program” category for their Aug. 26, 2020, episode of their sports talk show “Unsportsmanlike Conduct.” Both recognitions came from the Midwest Journalists Association’s Eric Sevareid Awards. The Iowa Broadcast News Association awarded senior Haley Rhoads first place in “Sports Coverage” for her feature “SAU Dance Team adjusts to COVID.” The SAU Theatre Department also earned a first-place honor. Their radio play “An Enemy of the People” won “Best Radio Drama” from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards.
Check out the full list of honorees – and links to their award-winning work – below.
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards
A national competition honoring the best work among college and high school broadcasters.
Student Radio
- Finalist, Best Political Coverage, Charles Hart & Logen Howell, Bee Election Central PKGs
- https://soundcloud.com/kalaradio/international-student-election – Charles Hart
- https://soundcloud.com/kalaradio/politics-in-sports – Logen Howell
- Finalist, Best News Feature, Haley Rhoads – “SAU Dance Team adjusts to COVID”
- Finalist, Best Sports Talk Program, Logen Howell & David Meyer – “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: August 26, 2020”
- Winner, Best Radio Drama, St. Ambrose Theatre – “An Enemy of the People”
Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association, Eric Sevareid Awards
A six-state (Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska) regional competition honoring the best work among professional and college broadcasters.
Student Radio
- Award of Merit, General Reporting, Charles Hart – “U.S. Election Through Lens of International Students”
- First Place, Newscast, Ryan Sandness – “SAU News This Week: November 6, 2020”
- First Place, Sportscast/Program, Logen Howell & David Meyer – “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: August 26, 2020”
Student Television
- Award of Merit,General Reporting, Charles Hart – “SAU Marching Band Adjust to COVID”
Small Market Radio
- Award of Merit, Documentary/Special, KALA-FM Staff – “Bee Election Central”
- Award of Merit, Talk Public Affairs, Relevant or Irrelevant Staff – “POWs in Iowa 1943-1946”
- Award of Merit, Talk Public Affairs, Relevant or Irrelevant Staff – “Cave Markings: Cherokee Life Before Removal”
Iowa Broadcast News Association Awards
The IBNA recognizes outstanding work done by its members.
Student Radio
- First Place, Sports Coverage, Haley Rhoads – “SAU Dance Team adjusts to COVID”
Student Television
- Third Place, Best Newscast, SAUtv
Large Market Radio
- Second Place, Public Affairs, Relevant or Irrelevant Staff – “POWs in Iowa 1943-1946”
- Third Place, Public Affairs, Relevant or Irrelevant Staff – “The Nordic Theory of Everything”
- Third place, Political Coverage, KALA-FM Staff – “Bee Election Central”
