2017 College Contest Winners

The awards were presented April 2018.

Seven college radio and television stations submitted 50 entries in the contest, which featured news and sports stories from 2018.

COLLEGE RADIO

Best Long Hard News Feature: David Jones, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, "Continuing Flooding Woes"; Morgan Rynor, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, "Helping Puerto Rico."

Best Short Light Feature: Luke Sullivan, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, "Hawthorne High Problems."

Best Long Light Feature: Luke Sullivan, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, "Blueberry Farms Damaged by Irma."

Best Use of Sound: Dolores Hinckley, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, "Memorial Day 2017."

Best Sports: Amanda Cheney, WUFT-FM, Gainesville, "O-Dome Security."

Best Radio Newscast: Grace King and Dolores Hinckley, WUFT-FM, Gainesville.

COLLEGE TV

Best Short Hard News Feature: Sara Girard, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "After the Fire"; Sara Wicks, The Dolphin Channel, Jacksonville, "Reducing the River Pollution."

Best Long Hard News Feature: Erika Orstad, UMTV-TV, Coral Gables, "Rescuing South Florida's Reefs"; Oliver Redsten, UMTV-TV, Coral Gables, "Trouble Downstream."

Best Short Light Feature: Alexa Lorenzo, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "The Practice Before the Parade"; Shay Simon, FAMU-TV, Tallahassee, "Thrifting."

Best Long Light Feature: Jessika Ward and Romani Poole, FAMU-TV, Tallahassee, "Taking the Jersey Off."; Alexa Lorenzo, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "Painting with a Purpose."

Best Breaking News Video: Daniela Hurtado, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "Hope for Cuba: Miami Reacts to Castro's Death"; Alexa Lorenzo, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "Gators Drown Out Richard Spencer."

Best Sports: Darwin Patterson, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "Little Golfer, Big Dreams"; David Perez, UMTV-TV, Coral Gables, "Painting Inspiration."

Best Photo Essay: Sara Girard, WUFT-TV, Gainesville, "Balancing Life on Skates."; The Dolphin Channel, Jacksonville, "Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northeast Florida"

Best TV Newscast: Rebekah Chung and Amanda Herrera, UMTV-TV, Coral Gables; Rachel Trent, WUFT-TV, Gainesville.