Dennis Rafftery

Dennis Rafftery started his career in community television in 1997 at QCTV as a Photographer and Editor for the News and Sports Departments. He moved on to work in the News Department at KSTP, an ABC affiliate, as a Production Assistant and Editor. From there Dennis joined Town Square Television/NDC4, where he started as a Producer and now has managed the Government Channels for the past 25 years and has over 27 years with the organization. Dennis loves great storytelling and has a passion for it! He produces and contributes stories that he shoots and edits for their award-winning News Magazine show, Insight 7. He has attended two NPPA news photographer weeklong workshops, AKA “Boot Camps”. He has won two Upper Midwest Regional Emmys in his career, and he has received over 30 regional Emmy nominations throughout the years. He was honored to receive NATOA’s Brian Wilson Memorial Award for Programming Excellence in 2016. Outside of work Dennis enjoys fishing, spending time with his family, and a good laugh.