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Apply now for the 2023 RTDNAC Scholarship

Each February, RTDNAC awards two $2000 scholarships to two currently enrolled rising juniors or seniors who are pursuing a major course of study with emphasis in broadcast and/or digital journalism.One scholarship is awarded to a student attending a college or university in North Carolina. Another is awarded to a student in South Carolina.Now is your […]

2022 RTDNAC Award winners announced

The 2022 RTDNAC Awards were presented on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, at The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. This year’s featured speaker was Network TV Correspondent Debra Alfarone, who has won Edward R. Murrow and Emmy awards for her work reporting from the White House and U.S Capitol for CBS News. See a complete […]

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RTDNAC is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to showcasing the best broadcast journalism in North Carolina and South Carolina and supporting college students who aspire to a journalism career.

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WHAT WE DO

RTDNAC sponsors professional development opportunities to put you in closer contact with electronic journalists in your area. Speakers and panelists are drawn from the networks, foundations, affiliates and consulting firms.

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Each fall, RTDNAC holds a convention, recognizing the best in broadcast and digital work in the Carolinas. RTDNAC also holds a spring workshop for students interested in sharpening their skills.

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RTDNAC Offers Student Coaching Sessions

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In conjunction with its student workshop, RTDNAC is offering one-on-one coaching sessions for college students during the first week of March. News managers from across the Carolinas will be available virtually for 30-minute sessions. They’ll be ready to critique reels, offer feedback on resumes and webpages, provide advice on interviewing, share expectations on the first […]

RTDNAC’s Free Student Workshop is Feb. 27

RTDNAC is happy to continue its annual tradition of helping train and mentor the next generation of broadcast and digital journalists. This year, starting at 9  a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, we will meet virtually for our annual student workshop. But we promise that this will go beyond your standard Zoom meeting.  We are offering three […]

Carolina Journalists and Students Honored by RTDNAC

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By Dennis Milligan Life in 2020, especially as it relates to COVID-19, forced many changes in how we go about our lives and our business of broadcast and digital journalism. The same was true for the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas’ annual award presentation. Normally held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, this […]

COVID-19 and the Newsroom of 2020

By Dennis Milligan It’s rare that the story you’re covering as a journalist directly impacts you, your family and your newsroom. However, that’s the reality of 2020, as news organizations balance priorities, keeping the public informed and journalists safe in the face of the coronavirus. In the Carolinas, the newsroom landscape is remarkably quiet, by […]

COVID-19 & the 2020 RTDNAC Awards

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Dear partners, students and professionals, We hope that you, your family and colleagues stay safe as we all navigate through the COVID-19 crisis. We thought that an update would be helpful on where we are with the RTDNAC awards competition and awards luncheon slated for Nov 14 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Are we still […]

Students to Professionals, the 2020 RTDNAC Student Workshop

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For college students studying broadcast and digital journalism, the thought of turning their education into a career can be daunting. That’s why the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas holds an annual Student Workshop, putting students together with working professionals. The 2020 event, at the studios of WBTV in Charlotte, drew 130 students […]

Student Workshop Set for Feb. 22

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Students from across the Carolinas, this is your chance to network with news managers and educators and gain knowledge that will help as you prepare for graduation and seeking that first job. The RTDNAC Student Workshop will take place at WBTV, 1 Julian Price Place in Charlotte, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, from 9:15 a.m. […]

2019 Awards Luncheon a Success

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Concord, NC — More than 160 broadcast and digital news professionals gathered on Saturday, October 26th at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2019 convention of the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. Keynote speaker was Zackary Kiesch, a correspondent for ABC News, who told a personal story about his challenging journey into the […]

Board Director Ken White Dies

Long Time Board Director & News Director Dies Ken White, an RTDNAC board member for two decades, died on Friday, October 11, 2019. He was 63. Ken was a journalist, working in Alabama, Tennessee, New York and West Virginia, and his home state of Pennsylvania. He was the founding news director of Fox Charlotte and […]