KXAN twister outbreak protection a finalist in On-line Journalism Awards

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Because the climate modifications, the KXAN First Warning Weather crew’s dedication to serving Central Texans on digital platforms stays stronger than ever.

This week, the station was named a finalist within the 2022 Online Journalism Awards, an annual award honoring 165 finalists in topical reporting, social media engagement, and 21 different classes. KXAN positioned amongst three finalists within the Breaking News, Small/Medium Newsroom class for its digital protection of the March 2022 Texas Twister outbreak.

When six tornados touched down within the KXAN viewing space on March 21, our crew supplied crucial info via live blogs, reside streams, breakout stories, and photo galleries. We saved viewers updated earlier than, throughout and after the storms. A whole bunch of houses and companies had been broken throughout this historic outbreak, however fortunately nobody in our space died.

KXAN’s protection garnered greater than 1,000,000 pageviews and hundreds of engagements on social media, one other reminder of how vital it’s to maintain our viewers knowledgeable throughout these breaking occasions and why Central Texans gravitate towards our First Warning Climate crew.

Earlier than extreme climate strikes, join our every day forecast e-newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters. And don’t overlook to obtain the KXAN Climate app to get the most recent climate forecast: Apple | Android

KXAN was beforehand an On-line Journalism Awards finalist in 2019 within the Excellence and Innovation in Visible Digital Storytelling, Medium Newsroom class for its multiple-platform investigative sequence “Mayberry Texas.”