Murray, Ky.–Several reports produced by Murray State’s NPR station, WKMS, were recently recognized for state broadcasting awards from the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters Association for the 2017 professional and college contests.
“Murray State is committed to excellence and WKMS is part of that mission,” said Chad Lampe, WKMS station manager. “Our newsroom consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty to produce excellent content for our audience. These awards reflect positively on WKMS, which has a history of excellence for both state and national awards.”
Student reporter Taylor Inman of Benton was nominated in the category of Best Feature Story for her work on “Visitors from Afar Descend Upon Kelly ‘Green Men’ Festival on Eclipse Anniversary.” She also received the only nomination for Best Digital Journalist in the college contest.
Lampe was named a finalist in Best Short News Feature for “The Grand Finale: Murray State Student Gets Special Commencement.” He also received a nomination in the Breaking News category with Nicole Erwin, the station’s local Ohio Valley ReSource reporter, for “Murray State University Dorm Explosion,” which covered the incident at New Richmond Hall in June 2017.
In addition to Erwin’s aforementioned nomination with Lampe, she received three other nominations that advanced for final consideration, including the Ohio Valley ReSource pieces “High Hop(s): Craft Brewing Has Farmers Betting on Hops” and “Halting Traffic: Truckers, Survivors, Fighting Human Trafficking” that were nominated for, respectively, Best Long Light News Feature and Best Long Public Affairs. Erwin is also a finalist in the Best Use of Sound category for “Wickliffe Mounds Sing with Chickasaw Dance Troupe.”
Winners will be announced April 14 during an awards presentation and dinner.
In addition to its full-time staff and reporters, WKMS hires and trains a select number of Murray State students each year to provide professional news reports on air and online, reaching more than 20,000 weekly listeners and 40,000 monthly unique website visitors.
“We believe students deserve to learn from the best of the best,” Lampe said. “They are also paid for this work through listener donations. It’s a highly effective public/private partnership.”
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