Harrison Hove is the 2025 Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year award finalist

Harrison Hove, associate instructional professor and chair of the Department of Journalism in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), was named a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year award.

A 2005 UFCJC Telecommunication graduate, Hove returned to the College in 2017 and has since served as news manager, lecturer, associate chair, director of the Summer Media Institute and interim director of the Innovation News Center. He led the Innovation News Center’s (INC) transition into an academic unit, expanded its faculty and implemented a shared governance model. Under his leadership, INC students have earned more than 100 national, regional and state awards.

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.

A champion of immersive, hands-on learning, Hove has led student reporting after hurricanes in Florida, Louisiana and Puerto Rico and organized reporting trips to the 2024 Republican and Democratic National Conventions and the 2025 Presidential Inauguration. In 2024, he directed the most comprehensive all-platform hurricane coverage in WUFT’s history.

He has mentored nine Hearst National Championship participants — including three national winners — and advised students who have earned multiple national and regional Murrow Awards.

Hove has Bachelor’s degrees in Telecommunication and Political Science from UF and 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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