The Boards Association presents one award each year on a statewide basis to recognize a print, audio, or visual media effort about Wisconsin Technical Colleges that best meets the following four criteria:
We were honored to review the nominations for several really extraordinary submissions this year, and the committee would be proud to have selected any of the nominations. We received ten nominations for this year’s Media Award. They are:
Lisa Klein's report, Youth Build was aired May 23rd, 2017. It features Western's US Department of Labor grant funded coumminty-based alternative education option providing job training and opportunities to at-risk youth to earn their GED, HSED or High School diploma.
Lisa began her career as a producer at News 8 in 1997. She left for a year to work in public relations at Winona State University, and returned to News 8 in 2005 as the co-anchor for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. news broadcasts and education reporter. Lisa grew up in Racine, WI, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Lisa is honored to have won multiple awards from organizations including the Associated Press, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and Northwest Broadcast News Association.
Year | Winner | City |
1999 | PamTuescher, WMTV-TV15 | Madison |
2000 | John Lee, The Post-Crescent | Appleton |
2001 | Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Waukesha |
2002 | Scott Wittchow, Action Advertiser | Fond du Lac |
2003 | Phil Rhein, Daily Register | Portage |
2004 | Kathryn Bracho,WBAY-TV2 | Appleton |
2005 | Prema Chandrathil, WISC-TV | Madison |
2006 | Judy Waggoner, Independent Journalist | Menasha |
2007 | Sharon Roznik, The Reporter | Fond du Lac |
2008 | Heather LaRoi, Wisconsin State Journal | Madison |
2009 | Haley Jorgensen, Public Image | Ripon |
2010 | Kevin Tibbles, NBC Nightly News | Chicago |
2011 | Insight Publications | Appleton |
2012 | Lindsay Fiori, The Journal Times | Racine |
2013 | The LaCrosse Tribune | LaCrosse |
2014 | Zac Schultz, Wisconsin Public Television | Madison |
2015 | Michelle Carolla, WMSN Fox 47 | Madison |
2016 | Keith Uhlig, Wausau Daily Herald | Wausau |
2017 | Hannah Anderson, WSAW-TV | Wausau |