Jessica LeBlanc, a student anchor reporter for the Southeastern Channel, has been named as one of the four finalists for the “Best News Reporting” award of the 2011 College Broadcasters National Student Production (CBNSP) competition for her story “Tracking Disease Trends on have.”
The story was presented last year as a segment of the newscast success.”
According to LeBlanc, the results of the contest will be announced in late October.
LeBlanc is a junior mass communications major and became involved with the channel in 2010 as a work-study student and was hired as a student worker the following spring. Since beginning her career at the channel, LeBlanc was recognized by the Southeastern Journalism Conference as Best Anchor in February.
Before television, LeBlanc tried her hand with print and has several stories published on UPIU.com, a news site that publishes material produced by college journalists from around the world. Currently, LeBlanc is participating in an investigative reporting internship with Fox 8 Live’s Lee Zurick.
After graduating from Southeastern LeBlanc plans to have a career in news television, but she says it’s a possibility that those plans may change.
“I want to cover political news, but I think I’ll go to law school after I graduate,” said LeBlanc. “Right now, I’m not really sure. Decisions, decisions,