CJC faculty and students were honored this past academic year for their exemplary work, strengthening the College’s position as one of the top communication programs in the country. Below are some of the honors they received this year.

FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS

• Public Relations Lecturer Natalie Asorey, PRNEWS Platinum Special Recognition Award for PR Trainer/Educator of the Year
• Former Journalism Lecturer Moni Basu, 2022 Florida Magazine Association Charlie Award
• Associate Dean for Research Marcia DiStaso, Ragan/PR Daily Educator of the Year
• Public Relations Professional-in-Residence Pat Ford, Hispanic Public Relations Association President’s ¡BRAVO! Award
• Public Relations Professional-in-Residence Mickey Nall, PRSA Gold Anvil Award for Lifetime Achievement
• MPMT Professor Tim Sorel, 2023 BEA Festival of Media Arts Best of Competition Award for “The Heart of a Rose”
• MPMT Lecturer Iman Zawahry, 2023 BEA Festival of Media Arts Best of Competition Award for “Americanish”
• MPMT Assistant Professor Kun Xu, 2022 Amsterdam School of Communication Research Denis McQuail Award

STUDENT/FACULTY RESEARCH HONORS AND AWARDS

• Amanda Bradshaw, Ph.D. 2021 and Advertising Professor and adviser Debbie Treise, 2022 AEJMC Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Honorable Mention Award
• Roxane Coche, 2022 Kopenhaver Center Fellow
• Master’s student Sophia Donski and rising Journalism senior Alan Halaly, Florida Climate Institute Student Climate Fellows Program
• Advertising Professor Janice Krieger, ICA Fellow 2023
• MPMT Associate Professor Yu-Hao Lee, 2023 UF Research Foundation Professor
• Public Relations Professor Linjuan Rita Men, AEJMC Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award
• Doctoral students Chelsea Moss and Taylor Vasquez, 2022 NCA Douglas P. Cushman Memorial Award
• Devyn Mullis, Ph.D. 2021, and Advertising Associate Professor and adviser Carla Fisher, NCA 2022 Sandra Petronio Dissertation of the Year
• Danny Pimentel, Ph.D. 2021, and Journalism Professor and adviser Sri Kalyanaraman, 2023 ICA Environmental Communication Division Dissertation Award
• Doctoral student Ekaterina Romanova: Association for Academic Women’s Emerging Scholar Award Honorable Mention

STUDENT HONORS AND AWARDS

Advertising

28 AAF North Central Florida Student and Professional ADDY Competitions

• Ten Gold Student ADDYs including Best of Show and Judge’s Choice
• 13 Silver Student ADDYs
• Two Gold Professional ADDYs
• Two Silver Professional ADDYs
• Best of Category for Film, Video and Sound

Journalism

33 Hearst Journalism Awards, including:

• Seven  National Championship Awards: First Place in Writing and Television Competitions, Third Place in Multimedia and four finalists in Writing, Television, Photojournalism and Multimedia
• Five Intercollegiate Competition Overall Awards: Second overall, Third Place in Audio and Television and Third Place in Multimedia, Fourth Place in Writing and Seventh Place in Photojournalism

21 Individual Intercollegiate Competition Awards, including:

• First and Fourth Place Television Features
• Second and Third Place Multimedia Innovative Storytelling and Audience Engagement
• Second and 17^th Place Personality/Profile Writing
• Third Place Audio and Television
• Third Place Multimedia
• Third and 18^th Place Explanatory Writing
• Fourth Place Writing
• Sixth Place Multimedia Team Digital News/Enterprise Story
• Seventh Place Photojournalism
• Seventh Place Television II News
• Seventh Place Photojournalism Picture Story/Series
• Eighth and 20^th Place Multimedia Video Narrative Storytelling
• 10^th Place Photojournalism News and Features
• 11^th Place Feature Writing
• 17^th Place Audio News and Features
• 19^th Place Tie Multimedia Individual Digital News or Enterprise Story

14 Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Awards

• First Place awards in the Professional Competition Radio Newscast, Weather Reporting and Digital Programming categories
• One finalist in the Professional Competition Cultural/Historical Feature category
• First place awards in the College Competition Newscast, General Assignment, Public Affairs, Radio News Anchor, Television News Anchor, Sportscaster, Hard Feature and Cultural/Historical Feature categories
• Two finalists in the College Competition Education Reporting and Sports Reporting categories

19 SPJ Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards

• Four winners and two finalists in the Print/Online category
• Three winners and two finalists in the Art/Graphics/Multimedia category
• One winner and two finalists in the Audio category
• One winner and three finalists in the Broadcast category
• One finalist recognition in the All Platform category

Two National SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

• First Place in News Videography
• Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best All-Around Newspaper

Two Radio Television Digital News Association Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

• First Place in Radio Continuing Coverage
• First Place in Radio News Magazine

Eight Public Media Journalists Association Awards

• Two National Division C First Place awards in the News Feature and Short Documentary categories
• Two National Division C Second Place awards in the Narrative/Produced Podcast and Enterprise categories
• Three National Student Division First Place awards in the Interview Podcast, News Feature and Newscast categories
• One National Student Division Second Place award in the Multi-Media Presentation category

Two National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards

• First place in Television Undergraduate category
• First place in Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online Feature Reporting category

One Planet Forward 2023 Storyfest Awards

• First Place in the Science Narrative category

Nine Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Awards

• Best of Festival and First Place in Television News Long Feature
• Second Place in the Radio Newscast category
• Second Place in the Television Short Feature category
• Third Place in the Television Hard News category
• Second Place in the Television News Magazine category
• Two Awards of Excellence in Video Sports Story/Short Feature category
• Third Place in the Video Sports Story/Long Feature category

Two National Academy of Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter Student Production Awards

• First Place in the Magazine Program category
• First Place in the News Report – Light News category

Media Production, Management, and Technology

Eight Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Awards

• Sixth Overall in BEA School Rankings
• Best of Competition Awards in the Faculty Film & Video category and the Faculty Documentary category
• First Place and Third Place and two Awards of Excellence in the Student Film & Video Narrative category
• Award of Excellence in the Student Documentary category

Two Campus Movie Fest Awards

• Two First Place winners

One Sci-Fi Gainesville Film Festival

• Best Gainesville Film

Public Relations

Three PRWeek Awards including:

• Outstanding Education Program
• Outstanding Student Award and Top Five Finalist
• 2023 Education A-List

Public Relations Student Society of America National Bateman Competition

• First Place (five-person team)

Two PRNEWS Social Impact Awards

• PR Graduate Student of the Year and PR Undergraduate Student of the Year

Two PRNEWS Platinum Awards

• Special Recognition Award for PR Trainer/Educator of the Year and PR Student of the Year

Arthur W. Page Society Student Case Study Competition

• Honorable Mention (three-person team)

Florida Public Relations Association

Golden Image Award for Gator to Gator Coaching Program

Division of Media Properties

WUFT Media Services Recognized in National and International Digital and Video Competitions

• Two AAF North Central Florida ADDY Awards
• Four AVA Digital Awards
• Three Communicator Awards of Excellence
• Two Telly Awards

Posted: July 14, 2023
Category: Uncategorized
Tagged as: Student Awards 2023