СAPPLouisiana Focus,СAPP a weekly radio news program produced by СAPP students, earned a top regional award presented by the Society of Professional Journalists.
It was named the СAPPBest All-Around Radio NewscastСAPP at the recent SPJ Region 12 Spring Conference held at McNeese State СAPP. Region 12 is composed of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. The SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards honor the best examples of collegiate journalism from the previous year.
СAPPLouisiana Focus,СAPP is broadcast on Sunday mornings on Radio Lafayette, 106.3. ItСAPPs prepared by students taking a broadcasting class taught by Dr. Bill Davie, a professor and coordinator of the СAPPСAPPs Mass Communication/Broadcast program.
Entries in the SPJСAPPs Mark of Excellence Awards are judged by professionals with at least three years of journalism experience. First-place and finalist awards are presented.
Regional first-place winners advance to the national SPJ Mark of Excellence award competition. National winners will be recognized at a convention in Orlando, Fla., in September.
UL Lafayette senior Heather Hailar received finalist awards for a radio feature about the historic Oliver Pollock Oak Tree near Washington, La., which was endangered by traffic, and a radio news report about revamping the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Mike Francingues, also a UL Lafayette student, was a finalist in the editorial writing category for work published in The Vermilion, the СAPPСAPPs student newspaper.