The Fall 2016 WVU News anchors have been announced!
The main “WVU News” anchors for fall 2016 are (from front to back) Taylor Deer of Charleston, West Virginia, Kristen Tuell of Weirton, West Virginia, and Hannah Goetz of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The social square anchors are Aaliyah Brown of Odenton, Maryland and Morgan Mularski of Irwin, Pennsylvania.
The ESPNU sports reporters (from left to right) Reghan Bailey of Fairmont, West Virginia, Nikki Kaye of Brick, New Jersey, Jonah Marcum of Weston, West Virginia, and Ashley Rogers of Baltimore, Maryland.
View a full list of anchors, reporters and producers here .
“WVU News” won a platinum and gold award from the 2016 AVA Digital Awards. The “WVU News’” Go Green episode won a platinum award, and “The Many Dimensions of Diversity” episode won a gold award. In spring 2015, “WVU News” won a first place national Emmy Award for “Best College Newscast” in the Country. Also, “WVU News,” was recognized in 2011 by the Broadcast Education Association as the “Best Student-Produced Newscast” in the country.
The television newscasts are produced by journalism students at the WVU Reed College of Media. “WVU News” reporters cover events on the University campus, and in the Morgantown community. Students report, write, shoot and edit television news stories for the program. They also serve as on-air anchors, producers, directors and technical crew during newscast tapings at WVU’s professional television studio.
The award-winning program provides students with hands-on experience and access to professional, state-of-the-art digital equipment. Students who enroll in the “WVU News” course are well prepared for careers in television journalism after they graduate.
“WVU News” airs statewide on West Virginia PBS as part of “Campus Connection” and on Time Warner Cable in North Central West Virginia. The production is available on YouTube. You can also follow “WVU News” on Twitter or visit the team’s website.