Southeastern NEWS

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    Date: 3/19/97
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple  79

Editors: Photo accompanies release -- Please note local interest
SISSOM JOINS KSLU AS NEWS DIRECTOR       
     HAMMOND -- Shanna Sissom has been named news director of Southeastern Louisiana
University's public radio station, KSLU (90.9FM).
     Sissom previously was assistant news director at Hammond's WFPR-AM and WHMD-
FM and has covered the Florida Parishes for the Baton Rouge Advocate for four years.
     A Southeastern graduate, she has received several Louisiana Press Association awards
and has been recognized for excellence in investigative reporting, continual news coverage and
feature writing.
     Sissom will anchor KSLU's Morning News Show from 6-9 a.m. weekdays with Ed
Robinson.
     "Shanna brings a great deal of experience, both in electronic and print journalism, to
KSLU and she and Ed are committed to developing a news team which will provide the citizens
of the Florida Parishes with unsurpassed radio news coverage."
                                 -SLU-