Awards presented to winners May 7, 2022
at Wyndham Orlando Resort.

More than 12 Florida-based college and university broadcasting programs submitted more than 60 entries in the contest, which featured content produced in the year 2021.


2021 Winners are listed below by college/university.

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
FAMU TV NEWS 20

BEST BREAKING NEWS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (first place)

”MAN HOLDING WOMAN/CHILD HOSTAGE”
TENISHA FERRON


general assignment reporting (college television) (finalist)

”tallahassee women march”
shamonee baker



public affairs (college television) (finalist)

”sneaker game”
kamryn marshall, keeley pusey

florida state university
fsu productions

best education reporting (college television) (first place)

”florida board of governors meeting”
alexandra decapua, belle daugherty, mark vaughn


best sportscaster (college television) (first place)

alexandra decapua

university of miami
umtv

best general assignment (college television) (first place)

”spring breakers wreak havoc in miami beach”
danyel de villiers



best investigative (college television) (first place)

”university of miami dorms ventilation problem adds to covid concerns”
liam fabre



best weather reporting (college television) (first place)

”umtv canescast compilation”
jackson dill, dave downey, jarrod maloney



best director (college television) (first place)

newsvision september 30, 2021
ben ezzy



best weathercaster (college television) (first place)

jackson dill



best newscast (college television) (first place)

newsvision november 4, 2021
tyler walsh, spencer askinazy, ben ezzy



best environmental reporting (college television) (first place)

”plastic predicament”
liam fabre, emmalyse brownstein



feature | light reporting (college television) (finalist)

”ice skater inspires others”
delaney huffman



feature | hard reporting (college television) (finalist)

”living for leonard”
sophia vitello



sports reporting (college television) (finalist)

”hand u”
derryl barnes, gianna sanchez

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
inside swoop | inside jacksonville

BEST FEATURE | LIGHT (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (first place)

”WREATHS BY LEE”
INSIDE JACKSONVILLE
KAYLA CHOUINARD, DR. DAVID DEELEY



BEST ANCHOR TEAM (COLLEGE NEWSCAST) (first place)

”iNSIDE SWOOP / iNSIDE JACKSONVILLE”
TIMOTHY “TJ” TOMKUNAS, KEN THOMAS, DR. DAVID DEELEY



ANCHOR TEAM (COLLEGE NEWSCAST) (finalist)

”iNSIDE SWOOP / iNSIDE JACKSONVILLE”
romario gardner, KEN THOMAS, DR. DAVID DEELEY



director (college television) (finalist)

comm connect tv
caleb bell, ken thomas



weathercaster (college television) (finalist)

”inside swoop in 90 weather”
emma curran, ken thomas



sportscaster (college television) (finalist)

”inside swoop in 90 sports”
timothy “tj” tomkunas, ken thomas



environmental reporting (college television) (finalist)

”inside swoop in 90 | unf ecoadventures”
emma curran, ken thomas

university of central florida

feature: cultural/historical reporting (finalist)

”the road to freedom avenue:
the legacy of harry t. and harriette v. moore”
lillian hernandez caraballo, julianne amaya,
staff - rtv 3301 electronic journalism i

university of florida
wuft-tv | wuft-fm

best newscast (college radio) (first place)

”the point newscast”
meleah lyden
wuft-fm


bset general assignment reporting (college radio) (first place)

”newberry soil collection ceremony”
kristin moorehead
wuft-fm



best feature light reporting (college radio) (first place)

”florida war reenactors”
christina pugliese
wuft-fm



best feature: cultural/historical reporting (college radio) (first place)

”lincoln high school has an important history, and this part of the gainesville community is fighting to remember it”
meleah lyden
wuft-fm



best reporter (college radio) (first place)

meleah lyden
wuft-fm



general assignment long (college radio) (finalist)

”florida ranks second in government-sold homes in flood zones”
jack prator
wuft-fm




best public affairs (college television) (first place)

”rising from the rubble”
news team
wuft-tv



best feature hard news reporting (college television) (first place)

”never say never”
Chris o’brien
wuft-tv



best sports reporting (college television) (first place)

”advantage chris”
victor prieto
wuft-tv

university of west florida
wuwf-fm

best general assignment long reporting (college radio) (first place)

”meals on wheels demand increases during covid-19”
hunter morrison
wuwf-fm



best environmental reporting (college radio) (first place)

”community environmental cleanup series”
sarah jane brock
wuwf-fm