Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists
COLLEGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR
The FABJ College Teacher of the Year Award honors college or university teachers/mentors/advisers in the state of Florida who have made a significant impact on their students, the broadcast journalism industry, and/or field of research. The submission should include a nomination letter. Supplemental items can include a document with links from content they have advised in the last calendar year and recommendation letters.
The FABJ Teacher of the Year is Alicia Coleman of the University of Florida!
Alicia Coleman is an experienced broadcast journalist and educator with more than seven years of experience in TV newsrooms and eight years educating aspiring journalists. Since 2017, Coleman has taught journalism, ethics and integrity at Bethune Cookman University, Valdosta State University and South Carolina State University. She has taught students on how to communicate effectively for television, web and social media and assisted students in developing clear and concise storytelling with an emphasis on writing for broadcast news.
Prior to joining academia, Coleman was the 11 p.m. show producer for WJAX/WFOX Action News in Jacksonville. As show producer, she built and organized daily newscasts, developed voiceovers, sound bites and packages into broadcast and suggested graphics to support it, collaborated with anchors, reporters and news managers on content during daily editorial meetings, and executed time-sensitive decisions while overseeing daily live broadcasts. Previously she was a reporter/producer at WCJB TV 20 in Gainesville, Florida, and KWES-TV Newswest 9 in Midland, Texas.
Coleman was a 2017 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards’ nominee in 2017 and in 2016 she received an Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall News Excellence.
Alicia Coleman/University of Florida
SUBMITTING A NOMINATION
The Board of the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists will judge nominations based on a number of merits including:
-Overall contributions to students or field of research
-Character and professionalism
-Length of service
> The application process (below) includes submitting various testimonials and examples of one’s career and impact.
> Nominations are open to college or university teachers/mentors/advisers in the state of Florida
> There is no limit to the number of nominations FABJ will accept nor is there a limit to how many nominations any individual
nominator may submit
> There is no fee to submit a nomination.
> The number of recipients awarded is at the sole discretion of the FABJ Board
If selected, it will be the responsibility of the Nominator/College or University to provide FABJ with:
-High quality headshot/photo of nominee
-Video tribute montage, no more than 2 minutes in length, to be aired during the FABJ Awards Program