University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) graduate Maggie Lorenz, B.S. Telecommunication 2017, won first place for TV reporting and Journalism senior Drea Cornejo won top honors for Best Story of the Year at the Hearst Journalism Awards National Championships on June 1. Caitie Switalski, B.S. Journalism 2017,…
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The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has tied for fourth overall in the 2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Competition. The high placement was a result of CJC student journalists receiving 15 individual awards. The Hearst program holds year-long competitions for journalism undergraduates in writing, photojournalism, broadcast news…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students have placed in the top 20 in the 2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Team Multimedia category. Students created the team entries in Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman’s Special Topics Hearst #Winning class. “The Invisible Disease: PTSD” by Kaitlin Hall, Grace King, Zachariah…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Maggie Lorenz (B.S. Telecommunication 2017) is a top-five finalist in the 2016-17 Hearst Journalism Awards National Championship. Lorenz will now compete in the Television News National Championship in San Francisco from May 29 – June 2. Lorenz submitted “Alachua County Lynchings”…
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The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has earned six top 10 finishes and two first place finishes in the prestigious 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards, the best performance in the competition in many years. Winners include: Caitie Switalski: first place in Radio Reporting Drea Cornejo: first place in…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior Drea Cornejo is the first place finalist in the Multimedia News category in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards. She will now advance to the national competition. Cornejo also placed sixth in the Picture Story category. Her Photo Story project, “From…
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Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students were recognized in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards Competition Multimedia News category. Journalism senior Drea Cornejo received 13th place for “Lightnin’ Salvage Lives On” chronicling a fire in a business behind a popular Gainesville pizza place. Telecommunication freshman Grace King received…
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Caitie Switalski, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior, has placed first in the 2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Radio Competition and will advance to the National Championship. Telecommunication junior Alexa Lorenzo was also honored, placing eighth. Switalski’s main piece was on a Steinhatchee woman who lost…
Read moreCongratulations to University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications graduates Steven Gallo, TEL 2013, and Alex Orlando, JM 2012, for competing in the finals of the 2012-13 Hearst National Journalism Awards Championship this week. The awards were announced last night in San Francisco. Gallo was a finalist in the…
Read moreCongratulations to Steven Gallo who has been selected to compete in the television news category in the 2013 Hearst Journalism Awards Program next month in San Francisco. Steven joins Alex Orlando who was informed earlier this month that he had qualified for the finals in the Hearst writing competition. Finalists…
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