News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu summer 05 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 11/17/05   KSLU WINS 2005 KATIE, COLLEGIATE BROADCASTERS, COMMUNICATOR AWARDS        HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University’s public radio station, 90.9 KSLU, has been selected for five national and international communication awards, including the prestigious “Katie” and Collegiate Broadcasters awards.        KSLU’s radio documentary “The New Orleans Writing Marathon Revisited,” produced locally by Interim General Manager Todd Delaney and Student Music Director Ariane Trahan, a junior management major from Hammond, received three honors -- the 2005 Katie Award for Radio Documentary, the Collegiate Broadcasters award for Best Radio Documentary and a Communicator “Award of Distinction.”        KSLU also received a Communicator Award of Excellence for its public service announcement “Avoiding Downed Power Lines” and a Communicator Honorable Mention in the station promotion category for the student-produced show “Dangerous Sounds.”         “It is an honor to be recognized by our peers,” Delaney said. “It is a testament to the hard work, integrity and professionalism that we require of ourselves and instill and teach in our student employees.”        Delaney and Trahan developed “The New Orleans Writing Project Revisited” in conjunction with the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project (SLWP), one of 170 National Writing Project sites across the country. In a special institute each summer, SLWP brings together teachers, including Southeastern English faculty, to share their best writing practices. One of the institute’s annual activities is a “writing marathon” in New Orleans.        “The Katie,” awarded by the Press Club of Dallas, honors the best journalists and communicators in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The Collegiate Broadcasters Award recognizes excellence in student production and performance work in the areas of broadcast, cable, closed circuit, Internet, radio and television. The Communicator Awards is an international awards program founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communications field.         KSLU, the north shore’s only public radio station, has won numerous state and national awards during the last 30 years. Programming content ranges from in-depth local, national and business news and performance programs such as “World Café” and “American Routes” to locally produced jazz, blues and popular music programs. KSLU also serves as a hands-on education facility for Southeastern students.