2018 Winners

Winners in each category are presented in order of finish: first, second and third place. Awards were presented in Miami on Aug. 4. Certificates will be mailed in the coming weeks to all recipients not present at the event.

To correct errors or omissions, please contact Tim Dodson, chapter administrator.

To request copies of certificates at $10 each, please email spjflorida@gmail.com by Aug. 24.

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

James Batten Award for Public Service

• Winner: Miami Herald – Carol Marbin Miller, Audra D.S. Burch & Emily Michot, Fight Club: Dark Secrets of Florida Juvenile Justice
• Finalist: Sun Sentinel – Brittany Wallman & John Maines, Busted: Leaky pipes, fouled neighborhoods, money down the drain
• Finalist: POLITICO Florida – Matt Dixon, Alexandra Glorioso & Marc Caputo, Sex scandals stings Florida politics

Gene Miller Award for Investigative Reporting

• Winner: Tampa Bay Times – Mark Puente, The failures of the Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board
• Finalist: Miami Herald – Joey Flechas & Nicholas Nehamas, A Politician’s Secret PAC
• Finalist: POLITICO Florida – Matt Dixon, Alexandra Glorioso & Marc Caputo, Sex scandals stings Florida politics

Diversity Award

• Winner: El Nuevo Herald & Miami Herald – Brenda Medina
• Finalist: South Florida Gay News – Jason Parsley
• Finalist: WFTV – Myrt Price

First Amendment Foundation Freedom of Information Award

• Winner: The Palm Beach Post – Mike Stucka & Eliot Kleinberg, Tracking the Legislature
• Finalist: The Florida Times-Union – Ben Conarck, Behind Closed Doors
• Finalist: Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Josh Salman, Dak Le & Michael Braga, One War. Two Races.

Journalist of the Year

• Winner: The Florida Times-Union – Nate Monroe
• Finalist: Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Barbara Peters Smith
• Finalist: WLRN News – Nancy Klingener

Anchor of the Year

• Winner: Bay News 9 – Veronica Cintron

Photojournalist of the Year

• Winner: Orlando Sentinel – Red Huber
• Finalist: Bay News 9 – Timothy Kania
• Finalist: The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Jim Tiller

Excellence in Disaster Reporting

• Winner: Univision Noticias Digital – Lorena Arroyo, Esther Poveda, Nacho Corbella & Univision Feature Video Team, Life in the eye of the hurricane
• Finalist: WLRN News – WLRN News Staff, WLRN News: Hurricane Irma Coverage
• Finalist: The Palm Beach Post – Staff, Hurricane Irma — The Palm Beach Post

Outstanding New Journalist

• Winner: WLRN News – Kate Stein
• Finalist: The Palm Beach Post – Lulu Ramadan
• Finalist: Tampa Bay Times – Neil Bedi

NEWSPAPERS

Breaking News Reporting

1. Tampa Bay Times – Lisa Gartner, Fighting the fear, from the cot under the window
2. Tampa Bay Times – Zachary T. Sampson, Lisa Gartner & Laura C. Morel, Three boys dead after fiery crash in stolen SUV
3. The Florida Times-Union – Staff, Kamiyah Mobley

Non-Deadline News Reporting (Large Papers)

1. Sun Sentinel – Stephen Hobbs, Dangerous Doctors
2. Orlando Sentinel – Beth Kassab, Leslie Postal & Annie Martin, Schools Without Rules
3. The Palm Beach Post – Lulu Ramadan, Boca mayor

Non-Deadline News Reporting (Small Papers)

1. The News-Press – Frank Gluck & Melaine Payne, Hospice benefits
2. Miami New Times – Tim Elfrink, Hooked
3. The News-Press & Naples Daily News – Amy Bennett Williams, Ryan Mills, Pulse Nightclub

Feature Reporting (Large Papers)

1. The Palm Beach Post – Pat Beall, A world with no floor
2. Tampa Bay Times – Lane DeGregory, After the crash
3. The Daily Beast – James LaPorta, Ryan Owens, Navy SEAL Killed in Yemen, Was Braver Than America Knew

Feature Reporting (Small Papers)

1. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Ken Willis, A Survivor’s Tale
2. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Seth Robbins, Stuck in Time
3. Naples Daily News – Shelby Reynolds, Sammy & Parker

Series

1. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Daytona Beach News Journal, Gainesville Sun & Northwest Florida Daily News – Dinah Voyles Pulver, Dale White, Cindy Swirko & Tom McLaughlin, Rising Seas
2. Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm – Lucas Daprile, Soiled Springs
3. Tampa Bay Times – Lisa Gartner & Zack Sampson, Hot Wheels

Commentary & Criticism – General

1. The Florida Times-Union – Mark Woods
2. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Mark Lane
3. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Carrie Seidman

Commentary & Criticism – Arts

1. The Palm Beach Post – Leslie Streeter
2. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Jay Handelman
3. Creative Loafing: Tampa – Riley Huff

Profile Reporting

1. Miami New Times – Jessica Lipscomb, Ted Vernon Stars in South Beach Classics Despite Decades of Violent Abuse Claims
2. Miami Herald – Dan Evans, Man spends more than 30 unpaid years tending to the dead at Miami Cemetery
3. Miami New Times – Ryan Pfeffer, Trina: The One and Only Queen of Hip-Hop

Election Reporting

1. The Palm Beach Post – Lawrence Mower, Lulu Ramadan, Alexandra Seltzer & Justin Price, Candidates help voters fill out ballots
2. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Zac Anderson, Zac Anderson
3. Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm – Lucas Daprile, LLC elections loophole

Data Reporting

1. Tampa Bay Times – Staff, Why Cops Shoot
2. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Josh Salman, Dak Le & Michael Braga, One War. Two Races.
3. Sun Sentinel – Stephen Hobbs, Dangerous Doctors

Editorial Writing

1. The Florida Times-Union – Mike Clark, Opioids: An epidemic worse than murder and suicide combined
2. The Palm Beach Post – Rick Christie, Howard Goodman, Rick Christie – Editorials
3. Sun Sentinel – Rosemary O’Hara, Hurricane Irma outages; North Korea Diplomat; The Wave

Editorial Cartoon

1. The Baker County Press – Ed Hall, A Portfolio of Cartoons from 2017

Headline Writing

1. Florida Weekly – Staff, Staff Headlines
2. The Villages Daily Sun – Ryan Gregg, Headlines by Ryan Gregg
3. Sun Sentinel – Jeremy Lang, Jeremy Lang headlines

Beat Reporting – Arts

1. Florida Weekly – Nancy Stetson, Work of Nancy Stetson
2. Siesta Sand – Rodger Skidmore, Arts on the Horizon
3. Flaglerlive.com – Pierre Tristam, Art News on Par with Other Beats

Beat Reporting – Business

1. Miami Herald – Chabeli Herrera, Business Portfolio
2. South Florida Business Journal – Brian Bandell, Brian Bandell (Real Estate & Health)
3. South Florida Business Journal – Debora Lima, Debora Lima (Ventures)

Beat Reporting – Community

1. The Palm Beach Post – Joe Capozzi, Joe Capozzi
2. Miami Herald – Linda Robertson, Only in Miami
3. Sun Sentinel – Susannah Bryan, A dog and his killer: How Ollie the pit bull wound up in a suitcase

Beat Reporting – Consumer Issues

1. Tampa Bay Times – Mark Puente, The failures of the Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board
2. Miami Herald – Chabeli Herrera, Consumer Issues Reporting Portfolio
3. Florida Weekly – Evan Williams, Work of Evan Williams

Beat Reporting – Crime & Courts

1. Flaglerlive.com – Pierre Tristam, Bringing the Reader into the Courtroom
2. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Suzanne Hirt, Childhood Betrayed
3. Daily Business Review – Samantha Joseph & J. Albert Diaz, Portfolio: Someone Still Lives Here / Whodunnit / Undone

Beat Reporting – Education

1. Sun Sentinel – Scott Travis, Sexual abuse victims blamed
2. The Palm Beach Post – Andrew Marra, Andrew Marra
3. The Florida Times-Union – Tessa Duvall, EVAC at Lee High School

Beat Reporting – Environment, Health & Science

1. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Dinah Voyles Pulver, Rising Seas
2. Sun Sentinel – Diane Lade, For-profit stem cell clinics
3. Florida Today – Jim Waymer, Danger in the water

Beat Reporting – Food & Travel

1. Miami Herald – Mimi Whitefield, Cloudy skies for Cuba travel
2. Orlando Business Journal – Richard Bilbao, Orlando tourism coverage
3. Sun Sentinel – Michael Mayo, The Eat Beat by Michael Mayo

Beat Reporting – Government & Politics

1. Tampa Bay Times – Mark Puente, The failures of the Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board
2. The Palm Beach Post – Lulu Ramadan, Boca mayor
3. Miami Herald – Joey Flechas & Nicholas Nehamas, A Politician’s Secret PAC

Beat Reporting – Hardship Issues

1. The Palm Beach Post – Olivia Hitchcock, Sonja Isger, Wayne Washington & Jeff Ostrowski, Immigration debate hits home
2. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Barbara Peters Smith, Catching Our Drift
3. The Palm Beach Post – Christine Stapleton, Gratitude House

Beat Reporting – Minority Issues

1. Miami Herald – Jacqueline Charles, Fearing Trump deportation, Haitians head to Canada
2. The Palm Beach Post – Olivia Hitchcock, Sonja Isger, Wayne Washington & Jeff Ostrowski, Immigration debate hits home
3. Miami Herald – Mimi Whitefield, Cuban Americans: Caught between two worlds

Beat Reporting – Religion

1. Bradenton Herald – Mark Young, Issues of Faith: varied features

Beat Reporting – Sports

1. The Florida Times-Union – Justin Barney, Jacksonville High School Football
2. The News-Press – Seth Soffian, Seth sports reporting
3. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Doug Fernandes, Doug Fernandes

Special Publication or Section

1. Orlando Sentinel – Staff, WE REMEMBER
2. Orlando Business Journal – Staff, Orlando Business Journal’s Pink issue
3. Florida Weekly – Staff, Big Trouble

PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN

Breaking News Photography

1. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Jim Tiller, Teenager Gets 20 Years
2. Sun Sentinel – Susan Stocker, Crocodile caught on Hollywood beach
3. Miami Herald – Charles Trainor Jr., Hurricane Irma strikes Key West

Feature Photography

1. Palm Beach Daily News – Melanie Bell, Melanie Bell – Photography
2. The Villages Daily Sun – Amy J. Correnti, Anniversary Visit – May 29, 2017
3. The Palm Beach Post – Lannis Waters, Lannis Waters – Sunrises

Photography Story

1. The Villages Daily Sun – Erin Williams & Amy J. Correnti, Brothers’ Keepers
2. Naples Daily News – Kaitlin Klann, Florida Trail
3. The Daytona Beach News-Journal – Lola Gomez, Stuck in Time

Art/Photo Illustration

1. South Florida Business Journal – Hilda Vazquez, Hilda Vazquez – Art & photo illustrations
2. The Villages Daily Sun – Max Gersh, Hoops Wrecking Crew
3. Orlando Sentinel – Jacob Langston, Cassie Armstrong & Todd Stewart, Pulse: 1 Year Later

Infographic

1. South Florida Business Journal – Hilda Vazquez, MIA & FLL – How they rank (Infographic)
2. South Florida Gay News – Brendon Lies, The Beauracracy of Being Transgender
3. The Villages Daily Sun – Adam Rogers, Colin Smith & Grace Stamper, Not Their Own Lives / Sacred Shrines / Operation Holiday Magic

Front Page Design (Large Papers)

1. Orlando Sentinel – Todd Stewart, Cassie Armstrong & Pam Dowd, Orlando Sentinel front pages

Front Page Design (Small Papers)

1. The Villages Daily Sun – Adam Rogers, Colin Smith, Christmas Eve / Brothers’ Keeper / New Year’s Eve
2. The Villages Daily Sun – Adam Rogers, Colin Smith & Grace Stamper, 1/12/17 – 3/23/17 – 12/17/17
3. South Florida Business Journal – Hilda Vazquez, Hilda Vazquez cover design

MAGAZINES

Public Service Reporting

1. The Palm Beacher – Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Heavy Traffic
2. Sarasota Magazine – Daniel DeWitt, Signs of Life
3. Fort Lauderdale Magazine – Christiana Lilly, Trashing the Beach

Investigative Reporting

1. Distraction Magazine – Marissa Vonesh, Sidney Sherman, Alexa Aguilar & Allie Pakrosnis, The Invisible Trade
2. Gold Coast Magazine – Eric Barton, The Gray Area Between Racial Profiling And Policing
3. Gulfstream Media Group – Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Heavy Traffic

Feature Story

1. Florida Trend – Mike Vogel, Addicted to Rehab
2. Gulfstream Media Group – Eric Barton, The Mystery of the Wild Monkeys of Dania
3. Fort Lauderdale Magazine – Ashley Harrell, Two Wheels vs Four

Profile Story

1. Fort Lauderdale Magazine – Erik Petersen, Evander Holyfield
2. Florida Trend – Jason Garcia, A League of Their Own
3. Super Lawyers Magazine – Carlos Harrison & Beth Taylor, Visionary Man

Commentary & Criticism

1. City & Shore Magazine / Sun Sentinel – Mark Gauert, Columns by Mark Gauert
2. Florida Trend – Mark R. Howard, Editor’s Page
3. The Public Relations Strategist – Virgil Scudder, In the C-Suite: Anatomy of a Scandal at Wells Fargo

Food and Travel Writing

1. Gold Coast Magazine – Eric Barton, Chasing Darwin
2. INDULGE – Miami Herald – Evan S. Benn, Israel: Holy Land, Heavenly Food
3. Fort Lauderdale Magazine – Amy Krigsman, Cuba’s Second City

Trade or Special Interest Publication

1. City & Shore Magazine / Sun-Sentinel – Mark Gauert & Anderson Greene, PRIME
2. Palm Beach Media Group – Daphne Nikolopoulos & Michelle Lee Ribeiro, Art & Culture
3. The Triton – Staff, The Triton trade publication

Cover Design

1. Fort Lauderdale Magazine – Jonathan Perkinson, Fort Lauderdale Magazine covers
2. City & Shore Magazine / Sun-Sentinel – Mark Gauert & Anderson Greene, City & Shore Covers, January, September and November 2017
3. Palm Beach Illustrated – Olga Gustine, November 2017 Issue

Inside Design

1. Gulfstream Media Group – Craig Cottrell, The Gray Area Between Protecting and Profiling, New to the Neighborhood, Healthy Staycations
2. Sarasota Magazine – Gigi Ortwein, Sarasota Magazine
3. Distraction Magazine – Sidney Sherman, Ana Gonzales, Alexa Aguilar & Shellie Frai, Mangia

Best Single Issue

1. Fort Lauderdale Magazine – Erik Petersen & Jonathan Perkinson, Fort Lauderdale Magazine Ocean Issue
2. Sarasota Magazine – Staff, December 2017 Issue
3. INDULGE – Miami Herald – Evan S. Benn & Staff, Art Basel Issue

TELEVISION

Best Newscast

1. WPBF 25 News – Staff, WPBF 25 News at 6: Tornado Outbreak
2. WPBF 25 News – Staff, WPBF 25 News at 6: The Eve of the Inauguration
3. WFLA-TV – Staff, WFLA NEWSCAST EVENING 11 28 17

Investigative Reporting – Single Report

1. WFTS-TV – Adam Walser & Matt McGlashen, The Dangerous Diabetic Black Market
2. WPTV – Sam Smink & Jim Sitton, Social Media Sex Offenders
3. WPTV – Sam Smink & Jim Sitton, To Catch a Fish

Investigative Reporting – Series

1. WPTV – Sam Smink, Jim Sitton & Niels Heimeriks, Set Up to Fail: A look at DCF investigators and the system that fails them
2. WFTS-TV – Adam Walser, Randy Wright & Fran Gilpin, Falling Through the Cracks… Sinkhole Repairs in Tampa Bay
3. WFTS-TV/ABC Action News I-Team – Jarrod Holbrook, Randy Wright & Fran Gilpin, Port officials wine, dine on taxpayers’ dime while containers bypass Tampa

Spot News Reporting

1. WFTV – Samantha Manning, Ken Tyndall & Jonathan Galed, Suspect Shoots at Officer

Breaking News

1. WFTV – Samantha Manning & Erik Bates, Accused Cop Killer Caught

General Assignment Report

1. WPEC CBS12 – Michael Buczyner & Wally Lurz, Problem in Paradise
2. WFTV – Samantha Manning & Jonathan Galed, Stolen Ashes

Special Reporting

1. Bay News 9 – Veronica Cintron & Bobby Collins, Field of Fears
2. WPEC CBS12 – Maria Tomasch, Lynda Figueredo & Wally Lurz, Sex for Sale
3. News 13 – Marla Weech, Joh Ficurilli & Daniel Macaluso, Special Assignment: FHP Ghost Cars

Light Feature Reporting

1. Bay News 9 – Laurie Davison & Tim Kania, Diving Into History
2. WOFL Fox 35 News – Brian Scott, Message in a Bottle
3. WTSP 10 News – Garin Flowers, Exposing gender stereotypes with a riddle

Serious Feature Reporting

1. Fusion TV – Staff, The Naked Truth: Undocumented on Campus
2. News 13 – Marla Weech, Tony Rojek, Special Assignment: The Plastic Problem
3. WPEC CBS12 – Andrea Marvin, Maria Tomasch & Wally Lurz, Baker Act Abuse

Sports Reporting

1. WPEC CBS12 – Michael Buczyner, Wally Lurz, Chris Mills & Chris Hinson, Concussed Kids

Weather Reporting

1. WPEC CBS12 – Wally Lurz, Irma Lingers
2. WFTV – Myrt Price &Tom Zylowski, Hurricane Irma Weather Reporting
3. WFTV – Samantha Manning & Jonathan Galed, Hurricane Irma Hits Volusia County

Best Non-Newscast Program

1. WFLA-TV – Steve Jerve, Nancy Ryan, Ben Eytalis & Phil Hill, SURVIVING THE STORM: A Storm Team 8 Special
2. WPBF 25 News – Staff, Chasing a Championship

RADIO

Best Newscast

1. WLRN News – Christine DiMattei, Tim Padgett, Kate Stein & WLRN News Staff, WLRN News Covers the Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting
2. WJCT News – Michelle Corum, Cyd Hoskinson & Lindsey Kilbride, October 27, 2017 Newscast
3. WUSF Public Media – Carson Cooper, WUSF Morning Edition

General Coverage

1. WLRN Public Media – Peter Haden, Sunny Daze: Inside South Florida’s Opioid Crisis
2. WUFT – STAFF, Richard Spencer Coverage
3. WJCT News – Lindsey Kilbride, Jessica Palombo & Ryan Benk, Northeast Florida Hurricane Season 2017

Investigative Reporting

1.  WLRN News – Sammy Mack, Rowan Moore Gerety, Nadege Green & Alicia Zuckerman, Young Survivors: The Unspoken Trauma Of Gun Violence
2. WFSU-FM – Catherine Buckler, The Name In Blue
3. WJCT News – Ryan Benk, Florida Patients Stranded By State-Contracted Ride Service

Government & Politics Reporting

1. WLRN News – Wilson Sayre & Alicia Zuckerman, Cell 1: Florida’s Death Penalty In Limbo
2. WUSF Public Media – Bobbie O’Brien, An Unknown Future For Military Caregivers Of Post-9/11 Veterans
3. WFSU-FM – Sascha Cordner, Lawmakers Start Process To Formally Say Sorry To Former Dozier Wards, Create

Feature Reporting

1. WUSF Public Media – Robin Sussingham, Violins Of Hope’ Give Voice To Voiceless Of Holocaust
2. WUFT – Luke Sullivan, When the Lights Go Out, and Stay Out
3. WUSF Public Media – Daylina Miller, Pet Peace Of Mind’ Keeps Hospice Patients, Pets Together In Final Days

Public Affairs

1. WUSF Public Media – Stephanie Colombini & Robin Sussingham, Foster Care In The Suncoast Region
2. WLRN News – Tom Hudson, How Is The #MeToo Movement Translating Across Cultures In South Florida?
3. WUFT – Ryan Vasquez, After Irma: What’s Next For Florida

DIGITAL

Blog

1. Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm – Will Greenlee, Off the Beat with Will Greenlee

News Web Site

1. Univision Noticias Digital – Staff, Univision Noticias Digital
2. WLRN News – Teresa Frontado & WLRN News Staff, WLRN
3. WFLA-TV – Staff, com

Online Breaking News

1. The News-Press & Naples Daily News – Staff, Hurricane Irma
2. WLRN News – Teresa Frontado, Katie Lepri & WLRN News Staff, Surviving Hurricane Irma
3. The News-Press – Kinfay Moroti, Michael Braun, Andrew West & Craig Handel, Lehigh Acres Fires

Multimedia Feature

1. WLRN News – Teresa Frontado, Mihail Halatchev & WLRN News Staff, Young Survivors: The Unspoken Trauma Of Gun Violence Digital Treatment
2. Univision Noticias Digital – Lorena Arroyo, Andrea Patiño, Maye Primera & Jessica Weiss, Femicide: the scourge that kills 12 women a day in Latin America
3. UF College of Journalism and Communications – Staff, Cuba: Outside In

Package

1. Univision Noticias Digital – Staff, From migrants to refugees: the new plight of Central Americans
2. Univision Noticias Digital – Lorena Arroyo, Esther Poveda, Nacho Corbella & Univision Feature Video team, Life in the eye of the hurricane
3. WUFT.org – Staff, Energy Burden

Infographics and Data Visualization

1. Univision – Mariano Zafra & Javier Figueroa, 3D simulation of President Trump’s wall based on his own specifications
2. Univision – Amaya Verde & Patricia Vélez, Trump’s cabinet is far from reflecting the racial diversity of the United States
3. Tampa Bay Times – Neil Bedi & Connie Humburg, If you’re black

Online Video – Up to 3 Minutes

1. Univision Noticias Digital – Nacho Corbella, Lorena Arroyo & Esther Poveda, “The vultures are ready to prey on the weak”
2. Miami Herald – Pedro Portal & Matias J. Ocner, Big Pine Key Rebuilds
3. Miami Herald – Emily Michot, Fight Club: Dying youth begged for medical help. He didn’t get it.

Online Video – 3 Minutes or Longer

1. WUFT News – Andrea Cornejo, Beyond Gender
2. Univision Noticias Digital – Andrea Patiño & Alejandra Quintero, I was the victim of an acid attack. Now I help other women look in the mirror again.’
3. Univision Noticias Digital – Mauricio Rodriguez Pons, Nacho Corbella, Ricardo Weibezahn & Ronny Rojas, “This is going to be a rich man’s playground”

Podcast

1. Florida Today – John Torres, Mara Bellaby & Rob Landers, Murder on the Space Coast

Blog Writing

1. Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Lee Williams, The Gun Writer
2. SouthFlorida.com – Michael Mayo, The Eat Beat by Michael Mayo
3. Poynter – Ryan Pfeffer, How to get laid off from your journalism job

Social Media Package

1. WLRN News – Teresa Frontado, Katie Lepri & WLRN News Staff, WLRN News Digital Projects

SPANISH LANGUAGE

Mejor trabajo de investigación en prensa escrita/digital

1. Univision – Nicolás Ibargüen, Lara Fernández, Lucas Isakowitz & Jose L. Cuesta, Cartílago de tiburón: la industria detrás de las pastillas
2. El Nuevo Herald/Univision 23 – Brenda Medina & Erika Carrillo, ¿Salvación o pesadilla?
3. El Nuevo Herald – Antonio María Delgado & Sonia Osorio, Militares venezolanos preparan francotiradores para usarlos contra manifestantes

Mejor reportaje especial (features) en televisión

1. WTMO-TV Telemundo 31 – Valezka Gil & Axel Figueroa, Cosecha de sobrevivientes
2. WLTV-Univision 23 Miami – Sandra Peebles & David González, Muertos Olvidados
3. Univision – Brailyn Garcia, EL LEGADO DE UN DICTADOR

Mejor reportaje especial en prensa escrita/medio digital

• 1st Place: Univision Noticias – Lorena Arroyo, Luis Velarde & C.J. Karp, Acorralados por Trump: la fe de una indocumentada para salvar el taller familiar sola y con un grillete en el tobillo
• 2nd Place: El Nuevo Herald – Brenda Medina, #MeToo y las mujeres de Miami
• 3rd Place: Univision & The Facto – Nicolás Ibargüen, Lara Fernández, Tomás Ocaña & Begoña Ruiz, Cazando al depredador: la pesca de tiburones en Europa

Mejor cobertura de noticias de última hora en televisión/radio/digital

1. AFP – Leila Macor, Cobertura escrita de los huracanes Irma en el sur de Florida y María en Puerto Rico
2. Noticias Univision Tampa – Alexis Boentes & Filippo Ferretti, El Monstruo de Seminole Heights

Mejor infografía y/o visualización de dato del año

1. 1Univision – Mariano Zafra, Luis Melgar, Javier Figueroa & Sofía Ruiz de Velasco, ¿Estás pensando en irte de Puerto Rico? ¿Quieres volver? Con este cuestionario sabrás cuántos piensan como tú
2. Univision – Juanje Gómez, Antonio Cucho, Mauricio Rodriguez & Mariano Zafra, Escribe tu ‘zip code’ y descubre cómo se verá el eclipse solar en tu ciudad
3. Univision – Javier Figueroa, Mariano Zafra & María Sánchez, Estos son los más de 70 hombres poderosos acusados de acoso sexual tras el caso Weinstein

Mejor cobertura de desastres naturales en televisión/radio

1. Noticias Univision Tampa – Alexis Boentes, Huracán Irma amenaza la Bahía de Tampa

Mejor cobertura de desastres naturales en prensa escrita/digital

1. Univision Noticias Digital – Lorena Arroyo, Esther Poveda & Nacho Corbella, La vida en el ojo del huracán
2. Univision Noticias – Damià S. Bonmatí, Patricia Clarembaux & Nicolás Hernández, Cobertura digital del Huracán Harvey
3. El Sentinel sur de Florida – Aurelio Moreno, Irma

Mejor trabajo estudiantil  – todo tipo de medios

1. Noticias WUFT – Nicole Segnini, Sofia Millar, Clara Garcia & Alessandra Mayr, Noticias WUFT
2. South Florida News Service – Carolina Morales Chataing, Diversis trabajos para el SFNS portal de FIU
3. Florida International University School of Journalism – Monica Gomez Batista, Reportaje sobre la esposa de un discapacitado / El discriminado también discrimina

STUDENTS

College Journalist of the Year

1. WUFT News – Andrea Cornejo, Andrea Cornejo Portfolio
2. The Independent Florida Alligator – Ethan Bauer, Ethan Bauer Collection
3. WUFT – Alexa Lorenzo, Alexa Lorenzo body of work

Best Student Publication

1. Journey Magazine – Staff, Journey Magazine
2. The Miami Hurricane – Staff, The Miami Hurricane 2017
3. The Independent Florida Alligator – Alligator Staff, The Independent Florida Alligator

Best Website

1. Flagler College Gargoyle – Staff, Flagler College Gargoyle
2. The Miami Hurricane – Sherman Hewitt, Jackie Yang, Mackenzie Miller & Thomas Fletcher, The Miami Hurricane website
3. Lynn iPulse – Adam Yurkiewitz & Brian Martin, iPulse News Website, Lynn University

Best News Story

1. The Miami Hurricane – Israel Aragon Bravo, Local residents and UM students discuss legacy of 1980 Miami Riots
2. Flagler College Gargoyle – Katie Garwood, Residents still reeling from second hurricane hit in a year
3. Flagler College Gargoyle – Katherine Lewin, Flooding leaves refugee family with moldy apartment

Best News Photo

1. South Florida News Service – Elizabeth Soza, Documenting Miami’s homeless
2. The Miami Hurricane – Hunter Crenian, University protocol, morale put to the test during Irma’s historic wrath
3. FIU Student Media – Nicole Malanga, “No One Is Illegal”

Best Feature Story

1. The Miami Hurricane – Isabella Cueto, Sugar babies’ seek way to keep up with Miami standard
2. Independent Florida Alligator – Ethan Bauer, Into the Void
3. WLRN News – Allison Light, Miami Curves Week+ Celebrates Plus-Sized Fashion

Best Profile

1. WUFT – Briana Erickson, Two Veterans.Two Wars
2. WUFT – Luke Sullivan, Vivian Filer
3. Independent Florida Alligator – Ethan Bauer, Her Decision

Best Review

• The Current – Dorothy-Mae Eldemire, “SweetSexySavage” empowers women
• The Current – Dorothy-Mae Eldemire, “Trip”: Aiko’s journey through accepting death
• The Current – Brianna Spieldenner, Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ immerses viewers in its futuristic world

Best Sports Story

1. The Miami Hurricane – Isaiah Kim-Martinez, 5-foot-7 freshman guard continues to shatter expectations
2. The Miami Hurricane – Maxwell Trink & Carter Krouse, Who’s the man behind the Turnover Chain?
3. Miami Herald – Ethan Bauer, It could have been ‘his All-Star Game.’ Now, reminders of Jose Fernandez are everywhere

Best Sports Photo

1. The Miami Hurricane – Hunter Crenian, The Catch

Best Opinion Column

1. The Reporter – Kitty Geoghan, Skeptical Science Sundays: Vaccines, Autism & the Myth
2. The Current – Eleanor Marsh, Protesters reject Richard Spencer
3. FAU University Press – Ross Mellman, Opinion: The Trump Era garners new hope for America’s future

Best Page Design

• Journey Magazine – Dajah Dorn & Ricardo Brown, Rebel Issue Cover
• FAU University Press – Ivan Benavides, New Student Edition Cover

Best Video

1. WUFT News – Andrea Cornejo, Strength In the Storm
2. WUFT – Ramsey Touchberry, Gainesville Residents React To Thursday Speech Event On Campus
3. Tomahawk Nation – Perry Kostidakis, FSU vs. UF in: The Battle for Bowl Eligibility

Best Multimedia Feature

1. WUFT News – Andrea Cornejo, Beyond Gender
2. The Florida Times-Union – Wesley LeBlanc, Will Weber & Staff, In Their Eyes: Florida prison reform from inmates’ perspectives
3. WUFT News – Staff, Our Gainesville

Best Coverage of LGBT Issues

1. WUFT News – Andrea Cornejo, Beyond Gender
2. FIU Student Media – Nazareth Izada & Harold Daniel, Out + Proud Series
3. The Nation – Tyler Gillespie, “How Students Made an Off-Campus Protest a Movement”; “It’s a small world”

Best Coverage of Race and Minorities

1. The Current – Dorothy-Mae Eldemire, Recent NFL protests lack purpose
2. Flagler College Gargoyle – Katie Garwood, Keeping with his church’s tradition, Rawls speaks up for community
3. The Miami Hurricane – Marcus Lim, Staying in the United States proves a huge hurdle for some students

Best Disaster Reporting

1. WUFT News – Grace King, Janae Muchmore, Luke Sullivan & Erin O’Halloran, Hurricane Irma Aftermath
2. WUFT News – Andrea Cornejo, Strength In the Storm
3. Flagler College Gargoyle – Katie Garwood, Residents still reeling from second hurricane hit in a year