Awards presented to winners and finalists on
Saturday, April 20, 2024
at Rosen Centre Resort, Orlando.

More than 14 Florida-based college and university broadcasting programs submitted more than 115 entries in the contest, which featured content produced in the year 2023.


2023 Winners are listed below by college/university, with college television and college radio combined:

embry-riddle aeronautical university

Weathercaster (honorable mention)
”Summer Internship: Heat AR Segment”
Ryann Jones

florida a&m university
famu tv 20

POLITICAL REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (first place)
”Florida Legislature 2023”
Abraiya Ruffin

POLITICAL REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (honorable mention)
”March For Our Lives”
Skylar Boone

florida international university

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (first place)
”Workers seek protections from dangers of hot days in Miami-Dade bill”
Samantha Gutierrez

EDUCATION REPORTING (honorable mention)
”Little people switch to online classes due to poor accessibility on campuses”
Laura Palfrey, Sheetal Bahadursingh, Jasmine Arocha

nova southeastern university

NEWSCAST (honorable mention)
”Mako TV News Episode 6”
Madison Kasper , Pablo Carrillo, Mia Alvarado

university of central florida

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (COLLEGE RADIO) (first PLACE)
”Love Bugs: The Bug We All Love to Hate”
Marian Summerall , Chris English

FEATURE | CULTURAL / HISTORICAL (COLLEGE RADIO) (first PLACE)
”The Unheard Society Podcast”
Rachel Clarke, Kayla Lewis, Robert Miller

FEATURE | LIGHT NEWS (COLLEGE RADIO) (first PLACE)
”Fast Fashion: A New Fad Alters Fabric of Central Florida Thrift Shops”
Kayla Kissel, Nolan Bottomley

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (first PLACE)
”UCF Knightly News: The Aquatic Archive”
Rachel Clarke, Avery Joens, Jesus Escobar

WEATHERCASTER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (frist PLACE)
”Leeann Figueroa Weather Reel”
Leeann Figueroa

university of florida

NEWS ANCHOR (COLLEGE RADIO) (FIRST PLACE)
”Jacob Sedesse”
Jacob Sedesse

FEATURE | CULTURAL / HISTORICAL (COLLEGE RADIO) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Gainesville's Abortion Clinic History”
Siena Duncan

FEATURE | HARD NEWS (COLLEGE RADIO) (FIRST PLACE)
”UF IDF reservists deploy to Israel”
Ailee Shanes

NEWSCAST (COLLEGE RADIO) (FIRST PLACE)
”The Point: Paging President Sasse”
Jacob Sedesse

NEWSCAST (COLLEGE RADIO) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”WUFT The Point- What Makes a Monument”
Serra Sowers

POLITICAL REPORTING (COLLEGE RADIO) (FIRST PLACE)
”Transgender Floridians weather the political storm around their rights”
Siena Duncan

BREAKING NEWS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Hurricane Idalia Preps”
Chris Will

BREAKING NEWS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”GFR Investigates Fire”
Jacob Sedesse

FEATURE | CULTURAL / HISTORICAL (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Heritage Home Saved”
Camila Pereira

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Apartment Complex Delays Move In”
Kennedy Mason

HEALTH REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Purple for Mackinzie”
Ophelie Jacobson

INVESTIGATIVE (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Inside ICAC”
Chris Will

NEWS ANCHOR (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Jacob Sedesse”
Jacob Sedesse

NEWSCAST (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”WUFT First at Five”
WUFT Staff

PRODUCER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”WUFT News First at Five 11/06/2023”
Mariana Larsen

PRODUCER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Jacob Sedesse”
Jacob Sedesse

REPORTER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Chris Will Reporter Reel”
Christopher Will

REPORTER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Kennedy Mason Reporter Content”
Kennedy Mason

SPORTS REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”UF Turf Team”
Chris Will

SPORTSCASTER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Chris Will Sports Reel”
Chris Will

university of miami

FEATURE | CULTURAL / HISTORICAL (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”History of the Florida Everglades”
Derryl Barnes, Embrik Eyles

FEATURE | HARD NEWS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Pit Bull Ban Lifted in Miami-Dade County After 34 Years”
Ryan Marshall

FEATURE | HARD NEWS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”The Biggest Airport That Never Was”
Anna Coon

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Florida Grandmother Ordered to Tear Down Her Miami Treehouse She Has Lived in For 17 Years”
Harvey Duplock

HEALTH REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Benefits of Equestrian Vests”
Morgan Champey

INVESTIGATIVE (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Economic Benefits and Oil Drilling in the Florida Everglades”
Embrik Eyles, Finn Wilson

NEWS ANCHOR (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Derryl Barnes Talent Compilation”
Derryl Barnes

SPORTS REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”The 12th Man”
Manny Naccarato

PUBLIC AFFAIRS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (FIRST PLACE)
”Focus on the Florida Everglades”
Embrik Eyles, Anna Coon, Katelyn Kucharski

PUBLIC AFFAIRS (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Hometown Heroes”
Embrik Eyles, Maddie Bassalik, Anna Coon

university of north florida

EDUCATION REPORTING (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Inside Jacksonville Laws and Teachers Carter Mudgett”
Carter Mudgett, Dr. David Deeley-Executive Producer

SPORTSCASTER (COLLEGE TELEVISION) (HONORABLE MENTION)
”Inside Swoop in 90 Sports Daria Mironova Compilation”
Daria Mironova-Reporter, Ken Thomas-Executive Producer