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WBAA News Wins 2 National, 7 State Awards

Stan Jastrzebski
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WBAA News

WBAA News capped off a successful award season by adding nine more awards to the three regional Edward R. Murrow awards the newsroom won earlier this year.

At the group's annual conference in Washington, D.C., Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) named WBAA the national winner in its division in two categories:

Newscast, for work done on January 25, 2018.

Student News Spot, for a story by intern reporter Chloe Weber about training for an urban active shooter done by law enforcement in Tippecanoe County.

The news team was also honored with seven awardsfrom the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, including a first place plaque for Emilie Syberg, for her news feature on the difficulties food banks faced when the Trump administration bailed out farmers hurt by its tariff war with China.