2024 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas Awards

The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) announced the winners of the 2024 awards competition. The 2024 Awards were presented on November 9, 2024, during a luncheon at The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  UNC Hussman students and alumni brought home over 20 awards for their prestigious work in radio and television. View the list of winners below. 

Student Radio

Best Student Feature Reporting 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Are Gen Z job applicants unprofessional or too demanding – Sofia Casini ’25  

Best Student News Reporting 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Biden promises internet access to North Carolinians – Noah Powell ’26, Taylor Holbrooks ’23, ’24 (M.A.) 

Ken White Best Student Newscast 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Carolina Connection – Sept. 16, 2023 

TV

Best Student Feature Reporting 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – The homesteading craze sweeping North Carolina – Steven Schlink ’24 

Best Student Multimedia Report 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- NC Legislature exempts itself from Open Records Law – Steven Schlink ’24 

Best Student News Reporting 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Neil & Noor: Two opposing views on the war in Gaza – Steven Schlink ’24 

Best Student Sports Story 

Second Place:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Morgan Stickney’s Swim For Her Life – Isabella Geskos ’24 

Best Student Sportscast 

First Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Sports Xtra | March 18, 2024 

Ken White Best Student Newscast 

First Place:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Carolina Week: Special Edition – Deadly Shooting 

Second Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Carolina Week: Special Edition – Young Voters 

Erin Jenkins ’21, Sarah Gray Barr ’22, Louis Fernandez ’26, Brianna Atkinson ’23, Madison Forsey ’19, Anthon DeHart ’23 and Brighton McConnell ’19 

TV News Reporter of the Year 

First Place: WGHP – Madison Forsey ’19 

Radio

Breaking News 

Second Place: WPTF – UNC Shooting, Aug. 28, 2023 – Bruce Ferrell, Anthony DeHart ’23, Jeff Hamlin 

Second Place:  North Carolina Public Radio WUNC- UNCG professor worries if her job will survive cuts – Brianna Atkinson ’23 

Consumer/Economic 

First Place: WUNC – 66-year-old small town department store to close – Colin Campbell ’09 

Hard News Feature 

First Place: 97.9 The Hill (WCHL) – UNC grapples with loss, trauma after Monday’s shooting – Brighton McConnell ’19 

Long-Form Interview 

First Place: WCHL – I promised my sister I would write about how she chose to die – Aaron Keck 

Radio News Block 

First Place: 97.9 The Hill (WCHL) – The Morning News: UNC Campus Clash and Arrests – Aaron Keck, Brighton McConnell ’19, Michael Koh ’18 

Podcast (Long) 

First Place: WUNC’s Embodied ’Mixed’ Podcast Episode – Anita Rao ’11, Kaia Findlay ’18, (M.A.) ’19, Amanda Magnus, Paige Perez, Jenni Lawson 

Second Place: 99.9 The Fan – A Brief History of Triangle Sports | NC Sports Betting – Brian Murphy ’00, Tim Donnelly, Anita Normanly ’19, Doug Miller, Graham Hill 

Sports 

Second Place: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – HBCUs use video games to increase diversity in esports – Brianna Atkinson ’23 

To view all the awards, visit 2024 RTDNAC Awards