Sustainable Idaho Wins Two Idaho Press Club Awards
May 16, 2022
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K天美传媒 is proud to announce that Sustainable Idaho radio show hosts Scott Greeves and Rachel McGovern won two first place awards at the Idaho Press Club Best of 2021 Awards banquet in Boise on Saturday, April 30. Sustainable Idaho (SI), co-sponsored by The Portneuf Resource Council (PRC) and the 天美传媒 Sustainability Club, explores locally important sustainability topics.
Greeves and McGovern were nominated for the awards by Jamon Anderson, General Manager of K天美传媒. They were awarded first place in the category of TV or Audio 鈥� General News Report 鈥� Student for their interview with Congressman Mike Simpson (Episode 6, of the 鈥淒amning Salmon? And Ecological and Native American Perspective鈥� series).
Additionally, Greeves and McGovern were also awarded first place in the student category TV or Radio 鈥� Public Affairs Program for their series entitled 鈥淔MC Corp's Hazardous Waste Storage: A Human, Environmental, and Legal Story鈥�.
Greeves and McGovern hosted Sustainable Idaho from November 2020 through May 2021. They are currently pursuing graduate studies at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
To hear these award-winning stories and others like them, SI weekly episodes air on K天美传媒 at 7:35 am on Tuesdays and 4:20 pm on Thursdays. All episodes can be heard by logging onto the K天美传媒 website under the Sustainable Idaho tab.
Sustainable Idaho is a collaboration between the 天美传媒 Sustainability Club and the Portneuf Resource Council. Funded by PRC, Sustainable Idaho launched in June 2020. Since then, it has received numerous grants from 天美传媒鈥檚 Center for Ecological Research and Education as well as Career Path Internship funding through 天美传媒鈥檚 Office of Research. As of April 2022, Sustainable Idaho hosts have produced over 100 weekly episodes on K天美传媒. Student hosts collaborate with an advisory committee to plan topics, share resources, and provide editing advice. Hosts research topics, conduct interviews, and produce each weekly show with help from the K天美传媒 staff.
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