Manship School Awards Inaugural Stephen Buttry Memorial Scholarship
Sept. 21, 2018
Trey Couvillion, Buttry Scholar
Stephen Buttry
Baton Rouge, LA – LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication awarded its inaugural Stephen Buttry
Memorial Scholarship to senior broadcast journalism major and Madisonville, Louisiana
native Trey Couvillion.
The scholarship honors the legacy of late Manship School director of student media
and journalism professor Steve Buttry, who was known to many as a “teacher of journalists.” Buttry worked as a reporter for decades before transitioning to training journalists
and newsroom leaders.
Buttry passed away in Feb. 2017. Not one to be beat on breaking news, Buttry penned his own obituary.
“I met Mr. Steve when I worked in student media as a sophomore, and a lot of what
I’ve been able to do at the Manship School in student media is because of Mr. Steve
and the foundation of solid journalism that he laid for us,” Couvillion said. “I’m
deeply grateful to Mr. Steve’s wife, Mimi, and to everyone who contributed to this
scholarship. It’s a blessing that allows me to focus on my studies and on graduating
this year.”
“Steve truly enjoyed mentoring young journalists. He would be thrilled to know that
he is still helping Manship School students through the scholarship that bears his
name. Congratulations to Trey,” Mimi Buttry said.
Couvillion has worked in broadcast news since his senior year in high school, when
he covered sports from the sideline in New Orleans for WGNO-TV’s Friday Night Football.
As a Manship School student, Couvillion has worked with both The Reveille and with
Tiger TV, in addition to working with local TV outlets. Couvillion interned at WBRZ-TV
in Baton Rouge during his sophomore year before transitioning to the positions of
digital associate producer and assistant assignment editor. He was recently promoted
and now works as a photojournalist at WBRZ four days a week, in addition to taking
classes full time.
“We are so proud of the hard work and dedication that Trey has shown as a student
here at the Manship School, both to his studies and in honing his skills as a reporter
both through student media and through his numerous internships,” Martin Johnson,
dean of the Manship School, said.
After graduating in May, Couvillion plans to continue his broadcasting career as an
on-air reporter.
Contributions to the Stephen Buttry Memorial Fund can be made here.
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