OVERALL STATION OF THE YEAR - WINNER - COMMUNITY SERVICE Station of the year - WINNER - BREAKING NEWS | INDIVIDUAL - WINNER - FINALIST - “ Chaos on the Water” Brandon BryantBreaking news | Station - WINNER - Florida State University Shooting” FINALIST - “ Marcos Lopez arrested”WEATHER REPORTING | SINGLE - WINNER - FINALIST - “ Surviving the Strike” Annette Gutierrez, Delisa JohnsonWEATHER REPORTING | SERIES - WINNER - Hurricane Melissa Hits Jamaica” Aaron Maybin, Bryan MurphyFINALIST - “ Forest Hills Hurricane Pump Failure” Jada WilliamsTEAM COVERAGE - WINNER - FINALIST - “ DEALERSHIP DEADLY DISPUTE” LORENA INCLAN, BRANDON BRYANTCONTINUING COVERAGE - WINNER - "” Jada WilliamsFINALIST - “ Breast Cancer Loophole” Katie LaGrone, Matthew ApthorpECONOMIC REPORTING - WINNER - FINALIST - “ "I have two indoor outhouses"... Toilet Troubles in New Construction Home” Adam Walser, Matt McGlashen, Lisa Blegen Chudziknatural storytelling/ “nat pkg” - WINNER - Ranchero Tornado” Kyle PorterPHOTOJOURNALIST - WINNER - Kyle Style” Kyle Porter - FINALIST - Matthew Apthorp: Photojournalist”FEATURE – CULTURE / HISTORICAL - WINNER - Green Bench color divide” Saundra Weathers, Eugene BuenaventuraFINALIST - “" The Railroad Shop Colored Addition, a thriving Black Miami community erased overnight” Tania FrancoisFEATURE – hard news - WINNER - FINALIST - “ Alligator Alcatraz”FEATURE – light news - WINNER - "99-Year-Old Veteran Still Standing Guard"FINALIST - “ Second Chancescold open - WINNER - "Ohh... I Wanna Watch That!FINALIST - “ Weather Cold Opens”SPORTS story | single or series - WINNER - greg warmoth, tai vann, kenny gibsonFINALIST - “ Paralyzed Teen Finds Passion in the Pool” Kyle BurgerGENERAL ASSIGNMENT - WINNER - Linnie Supall FINALIST - “Iconic restaurant reopens after hurricanes” Erica Riggins, Eugene BuenaventurA SPECTRUM BAY NEWS 9GENERAL ASSIGNMENT | Long Format - WINNER - Annette Gutierrez, Sarah WhiteFINALIST - “ Remembering Harrison Boonstoppel” Erin Murray, Eugene BuenaventuraINVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Single - WINNER - FOX 35 Investigates: Drinking water concerns in Lake Countys” Marie EdingerFINALIST - “$PENT” Emerald Morrow, Kyle PorterINVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Series - WINNER - Katie LaGrone, Matthew Apthorp FINALIST - “ "Home Sweet HOA"” Adam Walser, Matt McGlashen, Randy WrightSERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING | LIGHT - WINNER - Feeding Hope: WESH 2's Share Your Christmas” Marcie Golgoski, Jacob Wiklund, Torrey BarnettFINALIST - “ Explora y Ahorra : Temporada festiva” Nicolle Osorio, Raul DíazSERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING | HARD - WINNER - 2025 Watchdog Collection” Andy ColeFINALIST - “ Erased - A Grave Predicament” Emerald Morrowspecials | feature - Light - WINNER - Inside Epic Universe: A WESH 2 Parks Central Special” WESH 2 NewsFINALIST - “ Game 162: Miracle at the Trop” Jeff Butera, Eugene Buenaventura - WINNER - "Patient No More"” Tampa Bay 28-WFTS-TV FINALIST - “ Justice For All: Equality for the African American Workforce” Spectrum News FloridaEDUCATION REPORTING - WINNER - El poder en ti: El camino hacia tu carrera universitaria” WTMO Telemundo Orlando“ ABC7 Presents: Chalkboard Champions of Florida's Suncoast” Alexandra Todd, WWSB News TeamDIGITAL-based REPORTING - WINNER - In the Know with NewsNight en Español” Krystel Knowles, Steve MortFINALIST - “ Prepared, Not Panicked: Disaster-Ready on a Dollar” Kellianne Klass, Luis De PeñaPOLITICAL REPORTING | single or series - WINNER - Political Connections: Hope Florida” - FINALIST - “ Political Connections: Alligator Alcatraz” Spectrum News Floridaspecials | weather - WINNER - Helene and Milton: Faces of Recovery” Spectrum News FloridaFINALIST - “ ABC7 First Alert Weather: In the Eye of the Storm” Benjamin Edelman, Bob Harrigan, WWSB-TV News Team - WINNER - Political Connections: Legislative Session Begins” Spectrum News FloridaHEALTH REPORTING | single or series - WINNER - Colors of Epilepsy” Erin MurrayFINALIST - “ "They failed my dad"... Assisted Living Facility Freezer Death” Adam Walser, Matt McGlashen, Lisa Blegen Chudzikclimate/ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | Single - WINNER - Adam Walser, Matt McGlashen, Lisa Blegen Chudzik - FINALIST - “ Tallevast's Well” Emerald Morrow, Kyle Porterclimate/ ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | Series - WINNER - Prepared, Not Scared: Station Scientist Climate Reporting in Action” Maureen McCannTRANSPORTATION REPORTING - WINNER - Toll Smishing” Greg Fox, Mike KirbyFINALIST - “ "Extra" on Getting There” Joh Ficurilli, Jerry HumeTELEVISION NEWSCAST | MORNING / MIDDAY - WINNER - Pulse Remembrance” Spectrum News 13- finalist - WESH 2 News Sunrise: Opening Day at Epic Universe”TELEVISION NEWSCAST | EVENING/NIGHT (TV1) - WINNER - WESH 2 News at 4pm” WESH 2 NewsFINALIST - “ Pulse Remembrance” Spectrum News 13website / digital - WINNER - WFTV Digital TeamFINALIST - Justice For All: George Floyd 5 Years Later”INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT PRODUCER - WINNER - Richard EngelhardtFINALIST - Kaylee Joy Alameda, WWSB-TV News Teameditor - winner - Matthew Apthorpt - FINALIST - Larry PhillipsSPORTSCASTER Josh Moser WEATHERCASTER - WINNER - MULTI-MEDIA REPORTER (MMJ) - WINNER - FINALIST - Calvin Lewis REPORTER - WINNER - Chancelor WinnFINALIST - Asher Wildman - WINNER - Kyle PorterFINALIST - Matthew Apthorp
overall Station of the year - WINNER - COMMUNITY SERVICE Station of the year - WINNER - March to a Million Meals”GENERAL ASSIGNMENT | Long Format - WINNER - Behind Closed Kennels” Kate Hussey, Leo Marchesani FINALIST - “ Pitbull Attack” Christy Soto, Alison HickeySERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING | LIGHT - WINNER - Finding Florida”FINALIST - Story To Share”Sportscast - WINNER - Friday Night Wink”
weather reporting | single - WINNER - Ian Survivor's Resilience”
natural storytelling / “nat pkg” - WINNER - The Value of Remembering” FINALIST - Phelony the Falcon”television newscast | morning / midday - WINNER - Gulf Coast News 6 AM Newscast”FINALIST - Ian Anniversary Show”specials | political - WINNER - Bush vs Gore: "Hanging in the Balance”"FINALIST - Into the Glades: The Making of Alligator Alcatraz”feature | light news - WINNER - Pink Post Office Positivity”FINALIST - Growing Futures: Charlotte High's Agricultural Workforce program”investigative series - WINNER - LEFT TO DROWN: TRAINING FAILURES REVEALED BEHIND DEADLY RESCUE”FINALIST - Our Lives Matter”health reporting | single or series - WINNER - Operation International” FINALIST - Stories of the Silenced, The Untold Truth”specials | wx - WINNER - The Day the Sky Turned: 1 Year Later”FINALIST - Rising: Surviving the Surge"investigative | single story - WINNER - Questions in the Rubble”FINALIST - A WINDOW INTO HIS MIND: RYAN ROUTH'S LETTERS FROM JAIL”transportation reporting | single or series - WINNER - FINALIST - Dave Bohman, James Bailey, Wally Lurzeconomic reporting - WINNER - FINALIST - Denied, Displaced, Delayed”climate / environmental reporting | series - WINNER - Gulf Coast Environment” - FINALIST - Michael Williams, James Baileyspecials | feature -hard - WINNER - The Okeechobee Boys”FINALIST - Jupiter Lost Boys”television newscast | evening/night - WINNER - Into the Glades: President Trump Visits Alligator Alcatraz”FINALIST - Gulf Coast NBC 6 PM Newscast”website / digital - WINNER - Gulf Coast News Digital”FINALIST - News4JAX Digital”- WINNER - The Prison Within”FINALIST - In the Crosshairs”- WINNER - Kate Glover, Josh Green, WINK Weather Authority Team FINALIST - Weather With Lauren”- WINNER - A Knock at the Door: Looking for the Shooter's Mom” FINALIST - A Woman Held Hostage”- WINNER - Elieset Gonzalez, Katherine WamboltFINALIST - Sayde Van Etten- WINNER - Echoes of Freedom: 125 Years of Lift Every Voice and Sing” FINALIST - Tracing The Roots: The Story of Juneteenth”- WINNER - He's Behind the Station”FINALIST - Fort Myers Officer Involved Shooting”-WINNER - - FINALIST - Python Cowboy Says Hunt Stand Was There Years Earlier”- WINNER - Let's Hear It”FINALIST - WINK Listens”CONTINUING COVERAGE - WINNER - The Cost of Love (Haylee Hughes series)”FINALIST - Alligator Alcatraz”WEATHER REPORTING | SERIES - WINNER - Jim Dickey”FINALIST - Faultlines in the Forecast”TEAM COVERAGE - WINNER - Alligator Alcatraz Opens” FINALIST - Alligator Alcatraz”POLITICAL REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Inside Alligator Alcatraz”CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | SINGLE - WINNER - Rare Reef Could Be Destroyed Again”FINALIST - Chicken Of The Trees”SPORTS STORY | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Panthers Pulse' gets a new recording by the Palm Beach Symphony”FINALIST - The Revenge Tour”- WINNER - Back to School | Action News Jax Family Focus Special”FINALIST - FINDING FLORIDA: ST AUGUSTINE SHOW”POLITICAL REPORTING | STATION - WINNER - Contained by the Glades”EDUCATION | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Combatting Absenteeism” FINALIST - Glades County schools earn a better than passing grade”INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT PRODUCER - WINNER - editor - winner - ”ABC: Always Be Cutting”WEATHERCASTER - WINNER - Rob Duns-finalist- - WINNER - Sophia VitelloFINALIST - Hunter WaltermanREPORTER - WINNER - "Accountability Daily"FINALIST - RSW Consruction Mess/Pine Island Hurricanes/Harlem Heights Music” - WINNER - WZVN-TV - FINALIST - Christy Soto
PHOTOJOURNALIST “Shadows & Light: Story Composite”FINALIST - Sebastian Gonzalez
overall Station of the year - WINNER - “WCTV 2025: 70 years of trusted, local coverage” - WINNER - - WINNER - Friday Night Fever” - WINNER - Man collapses on golf course alone, FSU students rush to save his life with CPR”- FINALIST - Jacob Murphey - WINNER - Singing Weatherman” - WINNER - Washed Away”FINALIST - Boarding Blind Spots: Investigating Dog Kennel Regulations in Florida” - WINNER - Active shooter on the campus of Florida State University”FINALIST - FSU Active Shooter” - WINNER - Holmes County Tornado”FINALIST - Holmes Co. Tornado Clean-Up” - WINNER - High School Football "Afterburn"' - WINNER - Chapter Chat” - WINNER - It's Our Honor: 2025 Memorial Day Special”FINALIST - Remarkable Women Retrospective” - WINNER - WCTV Hurricane Special 2025”FINALIST - First Alert Hurricane Special”FEATURE | HARD NEWS - WINNER - "I don't want to freeze": A Thomas County senior's fight for safe housing”FINALIST - Waiting for Justice”INVESTIGATIVE | SINGLE STORY - WINNER - Internet Safeguards”FINALIST - Backlash after Gulf World Dolphin Death”TRANSPORTATION REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Small Business Shutdown by Highway Expansion”CONTINUING COVERAGE - WINNER - Dolphin Deaths at Gulf World”FINALIST - Apalachicola Water Crisis”BREAKING NEWS | INDIVIDUAL - WINNER - Terror at FSU: Jacob Murphey's Breaking News Coverage From Campus 4/17/25”FEATURE | CULTURAL/HISTORICAL - WINNER - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage”FINALIST - The Preservation of African American Music History: Sound, Spirit and Legacy”SPORTS STORY | SINGLE SERIES - WINNER - Wrestling on the Spectrum”FINALIST - The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks”HEALTH REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - WCTV Investigates New Rise in Cancer Among Younger Adults”FINALIST - Second Chance Act”POLITICAL REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - School Board Vs. State”FINALIST - Mayor Breaks Election Laws”COLD OPEN - WINNER - 2025 TV20 Cold Opens”ECONOMIC REPORTING - WINNER - NCFL DOGE INVESTIGATIONS”FINALIST - Beach Vending Rule Changes”DIGITAL-BASED REPORTING - WINNER - Gulf World: Beneath the Surface”FINALIST - Small Town Secrets”TELEVISION NEWSCAST | MORNING / MIDDAY - WINNER - WCTV Winter Storm Coverage 2025”FINALIST - News 13 This Morning”EDUCATION | SINGLE OF SERIES - WINNER - Parents Push back against dress code”FINALIST - Turning Point USA Club”SERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING | LIGHT - WINNER - 850 Good News”FINALIST - Remarkable Women”CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | SINGLE - WINNER - Could make us a ghost town': Franklin County sheriff backs 'Kill the Drill,' worries for Apalachicola River”FINALIST - Oyster Season Comeback”GENERAL ASSIGNMENT - WINNER - Breast Cancer Tattoos”FINALIST - Live Oak cafe destroyed by hurricane finally returns to the Suwannee County community”GENERAL ASSIGNMENT | LONG FORMAT - WINNER - Beneath the Rainbow Bridge”FINALIST - Veteran Turns Struggle Into Service”WEBSITE / DIGITAL - WINNER - WJHG.COM and Digital Platforms”FINALIST - WCJB TV20”CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | SERIES - WINNER - Florida Bear Hunt”FINALIST - No Warning Signs in Dangerous Waters”SERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING | HARD - WINNER - Flesh Eating Bacteria Survivors Speak”TEAM COVERAGE - WINNER - WCTV Winter Weather Storm 2025”FINALIST - Historic Snow in the Sunshine State”WEATHER REPORTING | SERIES - WINNER - Mexico Beach Tornado”FINALIST - Mexico Beach Tornadoes”SPECIALS | FEATURE-HARD - WINNER - Breast Cancer Awareness Special 2025”INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT WEATHERCASTER - WINNER - Ryan MichaelsSPORTSCASTER - WINNER - finalist - - WINNER - Grace VelezFINALIST - REPORTER - WINNER - Isabella Benjumea - WINNER - Donna Bell and Jessica Foster - FINALIST - Abby Walton WCTV-TV
overall Station of the year RADIO NEWSCAST - WINNER - WUSF's Cathy Carter, Nov. 10, 2025”FINALIST - Jacksonville's Morning News Newscast”INVESTIGATIVE | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Emails detail plans to transfer USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College”CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - The Trouble With Water (compilation)”FINALIST - Extreme heat is increasing health risks for pregnant Floridians”CONTINUING COVERAGE - WINNER - The impacts of government cuts to benefit programs”FINALIST - Flooding Woes compilation”FEATUrE | CULTURAL / HISTORICAL - WINNER - FINALIST - Preserving Black heritage in Progress Village, 65 years later”PODCAST | SERIES - WINNER - The Bay Blend: WUSF's Daily News podcast”FINALIST - WOKV "All the Weather, All the Time""ECONOMIC REPORTING - WINNER - Not so forever home”FINALIST - COMPILATION: Pensacola's Grocery Buddies grows fast to feed families in need AND When costs rise, older pets are the first to go”"WEATHER REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Parched”FINALIST - Historic snowfall brings wonder, unity”PODCAST | SINGLE - WINNER - Are We There Yet: An astronaut answers questions from kids. Plus, a tasty space read”FINALIST - The Bay Blend takes a dive with mermaids”SERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING | HARD - WINNER - Central Florida Seen & Heard: Costly Commute”FINALIST - Medically Unnecessary”POLITICAL REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Your Florida team covers state politics”SPECIALS | FEATURE - LIGHT - WINNER - Sandra AverhartFINALIST - Lakeland's mayoral race, celebrating Public Media Music Day and the local craft beer scene”SERIES / FRANCHISE REPORTING LIGHT - WINNER - WUSF reports on the wilderness”NATURAL STORYTELLING / USE OF SOUNG - WINNER - The early bird gets the shot: Wildlife photographer Kirsten Hines shares her tips”FINALIST - The boom of backyard beekeeping in Florida”WEBSITE / DIGITAL - WINNER - WUSF's website and social media”DIGITAL-BASED REPORTING - WINNER - A collection of Megan Bowman's reporting”FINALIST - Digital Reporting Compilation”GENERAL ASSIGNMENT - WINNER - Bill to Lower Gun Age from 21 to 18 Has Young People Talking”FINALIST - Anger in Sarasota as district unveils plan to merge schools”SPECIALS | WEATHER - WINNER - WOKV First Alert Weather: "Preparing for the Storm"“FINALIST - Storm Surge: the 2024 hurricane season in Tampa Bay”FEATURE | HARD NEWS - WINNER - A woman's choice to self-deport from Sarasota pushes her family to consider the same”SPORTS STORY | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Orlando's esports scene levels up with bigger tournaments, and learning opportunities”FINALIST - Swinging through history: How a golf course shaped Tampa's Black community”EDUCATION | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Charter Schools of Hope announce plans to move into public schools”FINALIST - Apopka Nonprofit Launches Classes, Hopes of Immigrants Wishing to Be U.S. Citizens”TRANSPORTATION REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Central Florida Seen & Heard: Costly Commute”finalist -HEALTH REPORTING | SINGLE OR SERIES - WINNER - Health Reporting compilation”finalist -FEATURE | LIGHT NEWS - WINNER - Hospice chaplain provides comfort in life's final moments”FINALIST - Mullet Toss celebrates a landscape and culture in flux”SPECIALS | FEATURE - HARD - WINNER - Egmont Key: fascinating & endangered”FINALIST - Atlanta's Battery sparks Rays' plans and 'levy' breaking for property owners”INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT REPORTER - WINNER - Kerry SheridanNEWS ANCHOR OR ANCHOR TEAM OR HOST - WINNER - ”Jacksonville's Morning News Featuring: Kristine Bellino, Rich Jones, Benjamin Fridkis, Scott Young, and Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh”finalist -
