One of our own news members at Seehafer Broadcasting has won an award through the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
According to the WBA, WCUB’s Ryan Brahm was given the Young Professional of the Year Award for several reasons.
According to the group, he was the highest-ranked of the five young professionals recognized this year for significantly impacting our radio stations and communities.
Brahm says the praise given through the WBA is something he’s still trying to figure out himself, but he’s honored that the WBA decided his work and what’s been done at Seehafer Broadcasting is worth being recognized.
During his time working for Seehafer News, Brahm has been a driving force, winning a first-place WBA award for “Remember the Fallen,” an in-person and live-streaming reading of each individual of fallen service who died in Afghanistan, where he served in the US Army.
He’s also won the Best Online Personality Award in 2022, plus 20 other awards through the WBA.
Brahm has always talked about remaining humble in the newsroom, especially with people who could be considered “fans of our work.”
He’s repeated time and time that it’s important to appreciate those who like our work, but once they’re viewed as fans in our eyes, it puts news writers on a pedestal and makes it hard to do good reporting.
Brahm is also the winner of two other awards, including a Future 15 winner and Young Professional of the Year through The Chamber Manitowoc County, to which he says he’s most proud of being seen by the economic and social leaders in the community.
Four other honorees came from Fond du Lac, the Duluth MN/ Superior, WI area, Milwaukee, and Eau Claire.
He got his WBA Young Professional of the Year award at the WBA Summer Conference in Fond du Lac.