Two University of Wisconsin-Superior students have earned national journalism awards from the Public Radio News Directors Institute for their reporting for KUWS-FM.

The awards were announced recently at the Public Radio News Directors Inc. Conference held in Arlington, Va. This is the second consecutive year that KUWS reporters have won awards in the PRNDI competition, which features top student reporters for public radio stations across the country.

KUWS Entries earning awards were the "News at 9" broadcast and the news reports "Apostle Islands Dogsled Race: Their Own Words," both by Laura Podgornik, and the news report "Sandy Lake Death March Memorial by Joe Cadotte.

KUWS  is a Wisconsin Public Radio affiliate located at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Many UW-Superior students work at the station as a co-curricular activity of the university's Communicating Arts Department.

UW-Superior engages students for lifelong learning and rewarding careers through more than 26 undergraduate and graduate programs offered on campus along with degrees offered through distance learning. The university is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and plays a central role in the University of Wisconsin System's Growth Agenda for Wisconsin.