2023-24 Hearst Journalism Awards Competition

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student journalists are competing in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards program. The program includes five writing, two photojournalism, one audio, two television and four multimedia competitions. Current UFCJC results include: Explanatory Writing: Alan Halaly, first place Personality/Profile: Lucille Lannigan, first place…

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Posted: March 4, 2024

Alan Halaly, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior, has received first place in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Explanatory Writing competition for “When the Storm Hits” published on wuft.org. Halaly is currently the water reporter for the Las Vegas Review Journal. While a student he…

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Posted: February 1, 2024

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Serra Sowers placed fifth in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Narrative Storytelling Competition. There were 85 entries from 52 schools submitted in the first multimedia competition of the academic year. Sowers is an anchor and reporter for WUFT-TV’s…

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Posted: January 12, 2024

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Chris Will and Macie Goldfarb, B.S. Journalism 2023, placed seventh and 11th, respectively, in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Television I Competition. There were 97 entries from 54 schools submitted in the first of two television competitions of the…

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Posted: December 22, 2023

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Alan Halaly and Journalism junior Kylie Williams placed sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Feature Writing Competition. There were 152 entries from 82 schools submitted in the first writing competition of the academic year. Halaly…

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Posted: December 18, 2023