WTIP Brings Home Six First Place MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards for 2023

WTIP swept six different categories at the 2023 MBJA Awards. The station was honored with first place recognition for these locally-produced stories:

• First Place – General Reporting “Grand Portage Hat Point Ferry Terminal Project,” produced by Kalli Hawkins with video by M Baxley
• First Place – Specialty Programming “Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episodes 21 and 22,” produced by Staci Drouillard and hosted by Erik Redix
• First Place – Soft Feature “Traveling the Old North Shore: Toimi Children’s Cemetery,” produced by Martha Marnocha
• First Place – Social Media Stories, for videos produced by M Baxley and Chuck Olsen
• First Place – Podcast ‘Boundary Waters Podcast Episode 90,” produced by Joe Friedrichs and M Baxley
• First Place – Broadcast Writing “Trail Time: Getting Prepared,” written by Marcia Roepke and produced by CJ Heithoff

Staci Drouillard March 4, 2024