Nebraska Press Women inducts former KOLN reporter, weathercaster into hall of fame

BEATRICE, Neb. (KOLN) – Two journalists, one in broadcast journalism and the opposite in journalism schooling, had been inducted into the Marian Andersen Ladies Journalists Corridor of Fame on Saturday.

Ceremonies had been performed through the Nebraska Press Ladies’s spring convention awards banquet.

Linda Beermann, long-time reporter, photographer, information project editor and climate newscaster for KOLN/KGIN-TV, was a posthumous induction.

In 1979 KOLN/KGIN-TV named Beermann its full-time night climate newscaster. She continued in that function till 1986 when she resigned to have the ability to spend extra time together with her two younger sons and be a part of her husband, Allen Beermann, in his political and civic roles whereas Nebraska’s Secretary of State.

Her neighborhood actions included serving as co-chair of the Arbor Day Centennial celebration and co-emceeing two gubernatorial inaugural balls. She was additionally concerned with the Nebraska Moms Affiliation’s Mom of the 12 months program.

Mary Hepburn of North Platte was acknowledged for her work as a reporter/author for quite a few U.S. and Canadian newspapers, publications and authorities companies, in addition to her years as a journalism educator.

Following commencement from the College of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1972 she taught at Lincoln Southeast Excessive College, then moved to Canada the place she taught highschool journalism in Montreal and Toronto after which faculty degree journalism in Ottawa. In Montreal she began a highschool journalism program, writing her personal curriculum.

In 1995 she returned to North Platte the place she started working for the North Platte Telegraph, first doing a weekly roundup of church information, then later a extra common weekly column. Twenty-eight years later she remains to be writing that column.

Amongst her honors are the Girl of Achievement Award introduced in 2019 within the space of Cultural Arts, the North Platte Excessive College Distinguished Alumni Award and he or she has been featured in a video produced by UNL for her help of the School of Journalism.

In line with the NPW, the aim of this corridor of fame is to acknowledge working ladies journalists, who by expertise, initiative, intelligence, persistence and stamina, have made a distinction for the occupation, for his or her communities and for individuals who comply with of their footsteps

The Marian Andersen Nebraska Ladies Journalists Corridor of Fame was shaped in 2011 by Nebraska Press Ladies with the unique sponsorship and monetary help from the late Marian Andersen, a graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass communications at UNL.

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