WSTO TV continues the tradition of producing award-winning community media pieces bringing home two more awards from the Best of the Midwest Media Fest.

Wisconsin Community Media hosts the Best of the Midwest Media Fest open to any media producer or community media center in the area covered by Wisconsin Community Media and the Midwest Region of the Alliance for Community Television including Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. With over 190 entries from this area WSTO TV is proud to announce that they won two Merit Awards for productions created in 2022. Wisconsin Community Media considers a Merit award as a “Bronze” level award with Excellence being “Gold” and Achievement being “Silver”

The first program awarded was one of the many Shop Local Promos created to help draw people to shop in Downtown Stoughton for the holiday season. This program was edited by Derek Westby with camera work by Spencer Meier. This video is available on YouTube as well as on all of our apps in the Shop Local category.

The second program awarded was produced in cooperation with the Stoughton Area School District for Veterans Day 2022. The video was created with only a few weeks notice to provide Stoughton Area School District Students a glimpse into the stories of Stoughton Area Veterans. Several area veterans were interviewed and collectively told a story. This project was recorded and edited by Spencer Meier with the assistance of Abbey Sharp of the Stoughton Area School District. This program is available on YouTube as well as on our apps. Long-form interviews are of each veteran are also available. This was a very special project and WSTO is very proud of it.

WSTO TV staff will accept the awards at the Best of the Midwest Media Fest Banquet and Show on May 4th, 2023 in Madison, WI.