Freakfest coverage wins

UW-Madison SJMC students received awards for their news Web site from The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. The honor, for 3rd place in Web Site for Radio and Television, was for the Freakfest 2007 Halloween coverage. The students produced a week of coverage preceding the Halloween activities in Madison, including live, realtime coverage on the night of Freakfest. Stories were updated constatnly and the Web site included numerous sidebars, photos and video.
The students are:

Richie Rathsack, Webmaster
Quinn Craugh, Editor
Richie Rathsack
Alex Luhn
Heather Gjerde
Maddy Mahon
Dani Lever
Skye Kalkstein
Bobbi Jo Snethan
Michelle Turcotte

The students were supervised by Pat Hastings and Steve Walters.