Tyler French wins Iowa College Media Association award

2018 Feb 16

Tyler French of Cumming was one of 23 Wartburg College students or recent graduates to win an award at the annual Iowa College Media Association conference Feb. 1 in Des Moines.

French earned third place for Best Headline Writing and Best Online Design. He also earned an honorable mention for his program, "The Amsberry Impact," in the Best News Programming category of the Better Student Radio Contest. French also earned third place in the Best Sports Broadcast for "Wartburg vs. Loras men's basketball."

Wartburg student media took home a total of 15 awards.

Student media advisers are Ron Johnson (Cedar Valley Today), Pam Ohrt (KWAR) and Cliff Brockman (Trumpet).

ICMA is made up of 12 Iowa colleges. The annual conference is held in conjunction with the Iowa Newspaper Association's conference.