Awards

2021

NBS-AERho The National Electronic Media Association, 58th Annual National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition

Outstanding Multi-Camera Direction: NewsVision (Oct. 15, 2020)
Ben Ezzy
Production During a Pandemic: Black Voices Matter (July 7, 2020)
Tre’Vaughn Howard, Michelle Ng-Reyes, Gianna Sanchez, KiAnna Dorsey and Jayda Graham
Video Comedy Program: Off the Wire (Oct. 29, 2020)
Peter Gurl, Madison Schurr, Kate Smirnova and Zoe Milenkovic
Video Entertainment and/or Music Program: Pulse (Oct. 5, 2020)
Julia Hecht and Jessie Lauck
Video Feature Package: The UM Joggler
Cassandra Garcia
Video Feature Segment: Dr. Armen Henderson, Defender of the Homeless
Tre’Vaughn Howard and Gianna Sanchez
Video Newscast (Live): NewsVision (Oct. 29, 2020)
Jenna Weiss, Spencer Askinazy, Ben Ezzy, Tyler Walsh and Jessie Lauck
Video Sports Package: Dobbs’ Dream
Cameron Dobbs
Video Sports Program: SportsDesk
Gianna Sanchez, Danyel de Villiers, Brendan Reilly, Michelle Ng-Reyes and Julia Hecht
Podcast (Finalist): COVID-19: A Crisis Behind Bars
Jessie Lauck and Lauren Maingot
Production During a Pandemic (Finalist): Covid-19 Special (May 6, 2020)
Justin Stevens, Ben Ezzy, Gianna Sanchez, Michelle Ng-Reyes and Tommy Fletcher
Video Comedy Segment (Finalist): Off the Wire (Frat Initiation Sketch) (Episode 187)
Kate Smirnova, Zoe Milenkovic, Dan D’Amico, Dana Feeney and Peter Gurl
Video Documentary Program (Finalist): From Exile to Expansion: A Futbol Odyssey
Simon Lehrer, Danyel de Villiers, Charlotte Payne and Maxwell Trink
Video News Segment (Finalist): Campus Trumpification
Julia Hecht
Video Newscast (Pre-recorded) (Finalist): UniMiami (7 de octubre 2020)
Michelle Ng-Reyes, Massiel Leyva and Danyel de Villiers

2020

The Television Academy Foundation, 40th College Television Awards

Sports: SportsDesk
Madison Riley Brown, Valerie Ferrante, Amanda Fuentes, Luis Gonzalez, David Perez and Justin Stevens

NBS-AERho The National Electronic Media Association, 57th Annual National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition

Outstanding Multi-Camera Direction: NewsVision (Oct. 24, 2019)
Ben Ezzy
Video Comedy Program: Off the Wire (Episode 179)
Jeremy Erdheim, Alberto Lopez, Danny LaRose and Victoria Stewart
Video Comedy Segment: Off the Wire, “Good for Anything”
Jeremy Erdheim, Alberto Lopez and Kate Styles
Video Newscast (Pre-recorded): UniMiami
Alexa Eckembrecher and Bryan Acevedo
Video Newscast (Live): NewsVision, “MSD Massacre One Year Later“
Tommy Fletcher, Justin Stevens, Rebekah Chung, Jenna Weiss and Ben Ezzy

Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists, College Contest Winners

College Station of the Year: UMTV
Best Newscast: NewsVision, “MSD Massacre One Year Later”
Tommy Fletcher, Justin Stevens, Jenna Weiss
News Producing: NewsVision, “MSD Massacre One Year Later”
Tommy Fletcher, Justin Stevens, Jenna Weiss
Investigative: “Banning Fluoride”
Madison Brown
Sports Reporting (Finalist): SportsDesk, “Seeing Life Through a Different Lens”
Josh White
Weather Reporting (Finalist): CanesCast (Sept. 19, 2019)
Dave Downey, Jackson Dill, Jarrod Maloney
Feature/Light News (Finalist): “Hero For A Hero”
Erika Orstad
Environmental Reporting (Finalist): “Bacteria In The Ocean”
Justin Stevens, Tommy Fletcher
Public Affairs (Finalist): “Hitting Home”
David Perez, Josh White, Amanda Fuentes

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Suncoast Chapter), Suncoast Student Production Awards

Newscast: NewsVision, “MSD Massacre One Year Later”
Tommy Fletcher, Justin Stevens, Jenna Weiss, Rebekah Chung, Erika Orstad, Ben Ezzy, Madison Brown, Breana Ross, Boriana Treadwell (advisor)
Sports Program: SportsDesk
Gianna Sanchez, Valerie Ferrante, Danyel De Villiers, Ed Julbe (advisor)
Director: NewsVision (Oct. 24, 2019)
Ben Ezzy, Boriana Treadwell (advisor)
Long Form, Non-Fiction: “Hitting Home”
David Perez, Josh White, Amanda Fuentes, Gianna Sanchez, Jenna Weiss, Trevor Green (advisor)
General Assignment, Light News: “Zoe’s Dolls”
Madison Brown, Boriana Treadwell (advisor)