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Calyn Thompson
  • Journalism and Communication
  • Class of 2016
  • Norwalk, IA

Calyn Thompson honored by state media association

2015 Apr 22

Wartburg College student media won 10 awards, including four first-place honors, at the Iowa Broadcast News Association's annual convention Saturday, April 18, in Des Moines.

KWAR staff members won five awards. Calyn Thompson earned first place in Overall Excellence in Reporting. Matt Gruemmer and Chad Giebelstein earned first place in Public Affairs Reporting; Gruemmer also took first in Overall Excellence in Weather Coverage.

Gruemmer and Nathan Ford earned second and third place in Sports Play-by-Play.

Wartburg Television's Cedar Valley Today team earned second place for Public Affairs Reporting. Ashley Davis took first and Thompson second in Farm and Agribusiness Reporting. Caitlin Harbach earned second and Jeanne Edson third in Feature Reporting.