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Southeastern Channel Staff

Rick Settoon – General Manager

The General Manager of the Southeastern Channel is Rick Settoon, an international and  Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, and director of prime time network television programming. In a period of only five years, Settoon has guided the Southeastern Channel  to recognition as one of the elite university television stations in the country.  Under Settoon’s leadership, the channel has won over 70 national and international  awards, including four Emmys, more than any other commercial or non-commercial television station in the state or region. During that time the channel has produced over 600 hours of new original programming each year and expanded its footprint to cover the entire North Shore  area with roughly a quarter of a million viewers. Also, the Southeastern Channel has trained and  produced television production graduates which have landed jobs at large market New Orleans and  Baton Rouge television stations upon graduation. Settoon’s more than 250 productions have aired  on the Fox Family Network and the ABC Family Network and been viewed by a national audience  of more than one million daily in the U.S. and in  90 foreign countries. As director of the special projects division at CBN and producer for  a live daily news magazine/talk show, he wrote and directed prime time specials, documentary  programs and series, dramatic programs, feature segments, and commercials both in film and  video and in 35 states and overseas. Settoon's productions have been honored with national  Emmy and George Foster Peabody Award recognition along with multiple 1st place national and  international awards in Telly Award, Videographer Award, New York Festivals, U.S. International  Film and Video Festival, and WorldFest International Film and Video Festival award competitions  against the best in the television industry. His award winning documentary Ground Zero: After  the Fall, produced for Coastal Video Productions in Virginia Beach, VA has aired internationally.  A 1980 Southeastern graduate with a Master's in Television and Film from Regent University,  Settoon brings 26 years of experience to the Southeastern Channel.

Jamie Bass – Telecourse Producer

Jamie Bass is the Telecourse Producer/Editor for the Southeastern Channel where he  coordinates, produces, directs, shoots and edits all original telecourses for broadcast,  ranging from Chemistry and Business Management courses to American History. In the past two  years, Jamie has produced over 400 hours of original telecourses airing on channel.  Jamie’s recent production of Career Planning 104, taught by Lorett Swank, was honored  with a 2008 Communicator "Award of Distinction" in the Education category. He also  actively maintains telecourse archives on a network server for students to view through the  channel's website. Prior to arriving at the Southeastern Channel, Jamie served as a production  assistant for Highwire Advertising and Design in New Orleans where he recorded and edited radio  packages and training resources for local and national clients. At Highwire Jamie also assisted  in the design of promotional materials for Whitney Bank and Austin Wranglers and served as  voiceover talent for clients such as Barnett Industries and Bruno and Bruno Law Firm. Prior  to working at Highwire Advertising, Jamie was an intern in the audio/video department of the  Louisiana State Medical Center in Shreveport. There he managed communications between LSUMC and  regional hospitals utilizing state-of-the-art video conferencing resources. Jamie received his  Associate of Arts in Telecommunication from Bossier Parish Community College in 2001 and his  Bachelor's from Southeastern in Mass Communication in 2005.

Corey Broman-Fulks – Producer/Reporter

Corey Broman-Fulks is a Producer/Reporter for the Southeastern Channel  where he writes, produces, anchors and edits the weekly "Northshore Update"  and "Southeastern Update" headline news programs.  He also hosts the Southeastern  coach's show "Lion Tracks" and supervises the student news program "Northshore News".  Under Corey’s guidance, Northshore News won two first-place 2008 Mark of Excellence Awards,  including “Best Television Newscast”, from the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12  (Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee) competition.   Corey joined the Southeastern Channel staff in 2007 after serving as news producer/reporter  for WCBD-TV2 in Charleston, S.C.  There he was nominated for an Emmy for helping to produce a 6  pm. nightly newscast.  He received his B.A. from the University of South Carolina where he was  anchor/reporter for "Carolina News", the daily campus news show.  There one of his stories won  First Place from the Society of Professional Journalists.  At the same time he worked as an assistant weekend producer for WACH Fox-57.

Cheryl Cannon – Administrative Assistant

Cheryl Cannon is the Administrative Assistant at the Southeastern Channel  where she assists in administrative duties and spearheads many departmental  functions such as purchasing, travel, research, and student and staff timekeeping. Cheryl also performs vital Production Coordinator duties such as scheduling talent, crew, locations, craft services, and events for the production of many Southeastern Channel programs. She also manages the channel's large videotape library. A widow, Cheryl was born in Virginia  and raised in New Orleans. She currently majors in Cultural Resource Management at Southeastern. 

Josh Kapusinski – Editor/Videographer

Josh A. Kapusinski is an Emmy award-winning Videographer/Editor for the Southeastern Channel.   In 2006 he won an Emmy for his editing and animation of with the "Florida Parish Chronicles"  promo, a work which also garnered a first-place Silver Telly award.  In 2006 and 2007, Kapusinksi's  editing, graphics and animation work received seven Emmy nominations, winning nine Telly awards  in the process.  Kapusinski also supervises the student entertainment show "College Night",  which has won national Telly recognition and was named one of three 2007 national  finalists in the student entertainment category by the College Broadcasters, Inc.  His international production experience and cutting-edge talents in producing,  directing, editing, camera, graphic design and animation have brought his projects international  recognition. His short film, Penny's Crossing, continues to pile up honors worldwide, recognized  by the Tate Modern Art Gallery in London to festivals from New York to Beijing. Penny's Crossing  has also been used in workshops in Asia, the UK and the USA to help children learn about art history,  while utilizing their creativity and imaginative nature. A native of Mason, Michigan, and a high  school state champion in soccer, Josh received his B.A. degree in Broadcast Cable Productions from  Western Michigan University. He earned a Master of Arts in Media Production from the University of  Sunderland in England, where he graduated with a Distinction.

Claude Levet – Editor/Videographer

Claude Levet is an Videographer/Editor for the Southeastern Channel who also coordinates  selected multimedia and video productions of special university events. Formerly the  university photographer for Southeastern, Claude has been involved in film, video and  still photography projects for over 20 years. His credits range from the Ken Burns film Thomas  Jefferson to Gettysburg, a Turner Pictures feature, and still photography appearing in Life and  New Yorker magazines. At Southeastern, Claude was Director of Photography for the experimental  video Wild Kingdom screened at the Longbaugh (Portland Ore.), Flint (Flint, Mich.), and BlackEarth  (Galesburg, Ill.) film festivals. He also collaborated on the experimental dance videos Act of  Bravery and Wish which won gold awards at the Worldfest-Houston International Flim Festival and  a silver award at the Crested Butte Reel Fest.

Ken Newton – Media Designer/Web

Ken Newton is a Media Designer and Marketing Assistant for the Southeastern Channel.  He maintains the Southeastern Channel Website and develops media for the channel productions.  He has been developing multimedia for private, educational, and government entities since 2001.  Ken graduated from the Visual Arts program at Southeastern Louisiana University with honors.

Steve Zaffuto – Operations Manager

Steve Zaffuto is the Operations Manager for the Southeastern Channel where he's responsible  for day-to-day master control, studio and technical operations. Steve also directs studio shows  such as "Lion Tracks", "Southeastern Times", and "The Big Game" and produces, directs, shoots,  edits, and creates graphics and animation for selected channel productions. He recently won a  pair of 2007 Emmy awards in the "Commercial" and "Director-Postproduction" categories for  "Tomorrow's Leaders", an image spot campaign for the university. He also received an Emmy  nomination for his "Native Sounds" promo, which earlier won a Telly Award along with his  "Current Events" promo. A 16-year television veteran, Steve was previously the Chief Editor  and Postproduction Supervisor at Robert Berning Productions in New Orleans. There he helped  produce broadcast, multi-media, and corporate productions for several national and international  entities such as Northrop Gruman, Kerr-McGee, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and the New Orleans Saints.  Earlier, Steve served as the Production Manager for WVLA NBC33 and WGMB Fox 44 in Baton Rouge,  managing all production activity at two network affiliates, including news, sports and the annual  MDA telethon. A graduate of Louisiana State University with a B.A. in Journalism, Steve has  also won ADDY awards and was a semifinalist in HBO's "Project Greenlight" scriptwriting  competition in 2000.