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Harrison Hove

Chair and Senior Lecturer - Department of Journalism

Office: 2070 Weimer

Phone: 352-294-1371

Email: hchove@ufl.edu

Harrison Hove

Chair and Senior Lecturer - Department of Journalism

Harrison Hove is chair and senior lecturer of the Journalism Department. He previously served as director of the UF Summer Media Institute, an immersive learning experience for high school students from across the country and globe. Hove was also the interim director of the Innovation News Center from 2023-2025.

Hove, B.S. Telecommunication 2005, joined UFCJC in 2017. He was named UF Teacher of the Year in 2021 and UF Faculty Adviser/Mentor of the Year in 2025. He’s just the second faculty member at UF to receive both honors.

Since 2018, Hove has mentored nine Hearst Journalism Award National Championship participants, including three national winners, and has advised students who have earned five national student Edward R. Murrow Awards and nine professional regional Murrow Awards.

Hove teaches broadcast journalism courses and relies heavily on experiential learning opportunities. He has overseen student reporting assignments after landfalling hurricanes in Florida, Louisiana, and Puerto Rico. He also led reporting trips to the 2024 Republican National Convention, 2024 Democratic National Convention, and the Presidential Inauguration in 2025.

Before joining the College, Hove was a news anchor, reporter and meteorologist at WCMH-TV (NBC4) in Columbus, Ohio. From 2008 – 2012, Hove was a reporter and meteorologist for the Ohio News Network where he once traveled to Antarctica for a news story. Prior to that, he was a reporter and meteorologist at KLFY-TV in Lafayette, La. He has won numerous industry awards, including the National Award for Excellence in Science Reporting from the American Meteorological Society, regional Emmy awards in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015, as well as 21 regional Emmy nominations.

Hove has Bachelor’s degrees in Telecommunication and Political Science from UF, a B.S. in Meteorology from Florida State University, an M.A. in Journalism and Media Management from the University of Missouri, and is a Ph.D. candidate at UF in Higher Education Administration.

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Broadcast Journalism, Television News

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