The Florida Associated Press Broadcasters contest recently named 15 WUFT-TV pieces as winners, including all six entries submitted to the Pro TV contest. Students beat out WMBB, WCTV and WJHG. The winners, announced on April 4 at the annual AP banquet in Orlando, are:

AP Pro TV Contest:

• First Place, Spot News: Tropical Storm Fay, Miles Doran, Patrick Fleming
• First Place, Short Light Feature: Underwear Dash, Doran, Fleming, Robert Bradfield
• Second Place, Short Hard News Feature: Sand Wars, Kristin Giannas, Fleming
• First Place, Long Hard News Feature: Hope of Life, Doran, Rikki Klaus
• First Place, Public Affairs: Challenging Childhood, Erica Rodriguez
• First Place, Individual Achievement: Doran

AP College Contest:

• First Place, Spot News: Tropical Storm Fay, Doran, Fleming
• Second Place, Spot News: School Bus Crash, Kristin Giannas
• First Place, Spot News Video: Tropical Storm Fay, Fleming
• Second Place, Photo Essay: Medieval Faire, Fleming
• First Place, Sports Feature: Soccer Takes Heart, Merissa Richmond
• First Place, Long Hard TV News Feature: Hope of Life, Doran, Klaus
• First Place, Short Hard TV News Feature: Autism, Lauren Granado
• First Place, Short Light TV Feature: Ashes, Doran
• Second Place, Short Light TV Feature: Mr. 2-Bits, Bradfield

Posted: April 28, 2009
Category: College News