NEW ORLEANS — WWL Louisiana staff has earned multiple nominations for the 66th annual Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Doug Mouton and Ricardo Lecompte both got nods for Best Sportscast, while Chris Franklin and Alexandra Cranford are both up for Best Weathercast.
Charisse Gibson and our News Director Nicole Waivers are also nominated for Best Documentary for their work on "Follow the Line."
Also, WWL Louisiana newscasts produced by Ian Kramer, Torre Josey, and Lamar Bourgeois with director Ben Arendt were nominated.
In all, the station was nominated for 38 awards!
Here is a list of every WWL Louisiana award finalists:
- General News Videography - Adam Copus, "A language that won't wash away"
- General News Videography - Whitney Hill, "Gun violence Crisis: Lousiainas 40 shootings in 7 days"
- Best Video Essay - Adam Copus, " Put it on your bucket list"
- Sports Videography - Adam Ney, "Tulane Sailing"
- Best Video Editing - Adam Copus, "Whispers in the Cane: The mysterious death of Paula Boudreaux"
- Best Video Editing - Whitney Hill, "Broken Tracks - Part One"
- Best Visual Storytelling - Whitney Hill, "Vinyl Revival"
- Best Visual Storytelling - Chris Russell, "Triple C Rescue"
- Continuing Coverage - David Hammer, "Insured to Lose"
- Business Reporting - David Hammer, "Insured to Lose"
- Lifestyle Reporting - Tom Planchet, "Quite a show"
- Best Editorial - Tom Planchet, "Let Others get the glory"
- Best use of Facebook - WWL Louisiana, "October 23rd"
- Breaking News Reporting - WWL Louisiana Staff, "Breaking news Super Fog"
- General News Reporting - Mike Perlstein, "Tracking a murder: Missed opportunity?"
- Investigative Reporting: David Hammer and TJ Pipitone, "On camera: Priest admits his molestation"
- Medical | Health Reporting - Eleanor Tabone, "I talked to god"
- Governmental | Political Reporting - Lily Cummings and Adam Copus, "Docket Day"
- Business Reporting - Paul Murphy, "Brewery Bummer"
- Lifestyle Reporting - Leslie Spoon and Chris Russell, "When News is more than just the News"
- Education Reporting - Lily Cummings and Adam Copus, "Where the road ends: Pointe-au-chien"
- Best Documentary - Charisse Gibson and Nicole Waivers "Follow the Line"
- Best Public Affairs - Ian Kramar, Ben Arendt and Chris Franklin, "Eye on Hurricanes"
- Best Talk Show - Val Amedee, Caegan Moore and Malik Mingo, "Great Day Louisiana"
- Best Planned Event - Lamar Bourgeois, Ben Arendt and Ian Kramar, "Election Night in Lousiana"
- Best Planned Event - Torre Josey, "Bacchus Rendezvouss 2023"
- Best Sports Story - Ricardo Lecompte, "Erica Randolph: Breaking barriers at Hahnville"
- Best Sports Special - Doug Mouton and Adam Ney, "Eye on the Black and Gold - Bears Special"
- Best Sports Show - Doug Mouton and Adam Ney, "4th Down on 4"
- Best On-Air Talent - Malik Mingo
- Best Sportscast - Doug Mouton
- Best Sportscast - Ricardo Lecompte
- Best Weathercast - Chris Franklin
- Best Weathercast - Alexandra Cranford
- Best Newscast - Ian Kramer, Eyewitness News at 5"
- Best Newscast - Torre Josey, "WWL Louisiana News at 10"
- Best News Website - WWL Louisiana Staff
- Best Podcast - Ross Jackson (Tegna New Orleans)
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