Wartburg College student media won 13 awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association’s annual conference in April.

KWAR, the college’s radio station, received second in the Overall Excellence category, and the Knight Vision staff earned a third-place finish in Political Coverage for their election special. Sophomore Landon Jepson was the recipient of the $1,000 Grant Price Scholarship, recognizing first or second year students with outstanding promise in the field.

Jepson also received first place in Sports Coverage and Sportscast for KWAR and second place in Sportscast for Knight Vision.

Additional honors went to:
Joziphene Luneckas-Broomhall, who received second place in Political Coverage.
Makenna Kammerer, who received third place in Political Coverage.
Gavin Lund, who received second place in Sports Coverage.
Jax Caddell, who received third place in Sports Play-by-Play in both radio and television.
Caleb Kammerer, who received second place in Sports Play-by-Play in the television division and third place in Sports Play-by-Play on radio.
Isabella Devenuto, who received first place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about the opioid crisis in Iowa.
Ben Revier, who received first place in Public Affairs for his capstone documentary about the opioid crisis in Iowa.
Hannah Dutcher, who received first place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about the opioid crisis in Iowa.
Dillon Kremer, who received first place in Public Affairs for his capstone documentary about the opioid crisis in Iowa.
Andrew Stille, who received first place in Public Affairs for his capstone documentary about the opioid crisis in Iowa.
Nick VanLaningham, who received first place in Public Affairs for his capstone documentary about the opioid crisis in Iowa.
Lauren Ulveling, who received third place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
Henry Powers, who received third place in Public Affairs for his capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
Gabby McCoy, who received third place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
William Armstrong, who received third place in Public Affairs for his capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
Jacy Werning, who received third place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
Katie Heaverlo, who received third place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
Maya Cable, who received third place in Public Affairs for her capstone documentary about human trafficking in Iowa.
Zach Hiney, who received second and third place in Sports Play-by-Play in television.
Matthew Tudor, who received second place in Sportscast.
Tyler Birch, who received second place in Sportscast.

KWAR is advised by Pam Ohrt, and Knight Vision News is advised by Ron Johnson. Lucas Wendland is the broadcast engineer. Wartburg student media is under the guidance of the Wartburg College Department of Journalism and Communication, chaired by Penni Pier.