PIERRE — For the sixth straight year, the Midwest Broadcast Journalist Association has recognized Riverfront Broadcasting for excellence in broadcast journalism with six Eric Sevareid awards. Coverage of the February 2nd, 2022 explosion in the Miller High School Ag Shop garnered two awards; First Place in spot news and general reporting…
KCCR won an Award of Merit in general reporting for coverage of the Miranda Henry manslaughter case; specifically Henry’s initial court appearance on February 2nd of 2022…
The noon news on February 11th 2022 won a First Place Sevareid in the Newscast category and the use of Facebook LIVE for expanded coverage of both news and weather produced a pair of Eric Sevareid Awards in the Social Media category; First Place for weather and an Award of Merit for news. Eric Sevareid Awards are presented to a six-state region for radio and television in the small, medium and large market categories. They were presented this past weekend at the annual Midwest Journalism Conference in Minneapolis. Riverfront Broadcasting News has won 32 Sevareids since 2017.
