UFCJC Student Journalists, Alumni and Staff Honored in 2025 Florida Society of News Editors Journalism Contest
Fourteen University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists and recent graduates from WUFT, Fresh Take Florida, Atrium Magazine, and The Independent Florida Alligator and WUFT Report for America Reporter Rose Schnabel were honored in the 2025 Florida Society of News Editors (FSNE) Journalism Contest.
The annual FSNE Journalism Contest recognizes the best work across Florida’s newspaper industry.
Student competition winners include:
- Photography: First place, Lee Ann Anderson, “Softball Celebration,” WUFT
- Photography: Second place, Second place, Sydney Johnson, “Spelling Bee,” WUFT
- Video Storytelling: First place, Alexander Land, “Limitless Legends: Soccer Team Offers Girl with Limited Muscle Control a Chance at the Game,” WUFT
- Sports: Second Place, Liana Handler, “’Don’t Stop Playing:’ Girls Who Love Baseball Look to Show They Belong on the Field,” WUFT
- Features Writing: First place, Hanna Maglio, “Not Homeless, Just on an Adventure,” Hernando Sun
- Enterprise Writing: Second place, Sarah Henrry, “Mascot for Cruelty,” Atrium Magazine
- Enterprise Writing: Third place, Natalie Kaufman, “What’s Behind the Meteoric Rise of Online Gambling Among College Men,” The Independent Florida Alligator
Fresh Take Florida winners include:
- Breaking News Reporting: First place, Kylie Williams, “’Nowhere Else to Go:’ Florida Seniors Struggle to Recover from Back-to-Back Hurricanes”
- Breaking News Reporting: Second place, Diego Perdomo, “Black Voters in Florida Lagging in election in Early, Mail Voting”
- Breaking News Reporting: Third place, Lauren Brensel, “Lieutenant Dan: Tampa Man Refusing to Leave Sailboat in Hurricane Milton Once Arrests Over Claim He Tried to Set Woman on Fire”
- Investigative Reporting: First Place, Valentina Sandoval and Jared Teitel, “Troubled Gainesville Hospital Removes Surgical Vice President, Gets Clean Checkup from State Regulators”
- Investigative Reporting: Second Place, Vivienne Serretand Garrett Shanley, UF President Scandal
- Investigative Reporting: Third Place, Lee Ann Anderson, “Democrats Fielded Candidates for Every Legislative Seat; Some Live Hundreds of Miles from Districts Where They’re Running”
- Features Writing: Second place, Lauren Brensel, “When Private Pilots Falter, Air Controllers are Saviors of the Skies”
Professional competition winner:
- Spanish-Language Features & Enterprise Writing: First place, Rose Schnabel, “Florida Lacks Language Laws for Disaster Communications, Leaving Counties, Residents on Their Own”
- Multimedia (Division C): First place, Rose Schnabel, “Gulf Sturgeon, the Iconic Jumping Fish of the Suwannee River, Face New Pollution and Climate Hurdles”
The FSNE awards were presented at the 2025 Florida Media Conference on July 31 in Charlotte Harbor, Florida.
Category: Alumni News, College News, Student News
Tagged: 2025 Florida Society of News Editors Journalism Contest Atrium Magazine Fresh Take Florida FSNE The Independent Florida Alligator WUFT
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