The staff of The Beacon Today won four awards in the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists college competition.
Florida-based college and university broadcasting programs submitted more than 50 entries in the contest, which featured news and sports stories from 2019. The University’s Beacon Today news team swept the radio category with a first-place finish and a finalist. Sailfish TV won first place in public affairs. Sailfish TV reporter Jessica Lykins was a finalist in the Feature | Hard News category.
PBA’s winners are:
Radio
Journalism students engage in hands-on learning in the podcasting studio housed in The Beacon Today office.First Place – Episode 2: In Your Head
The Beacon Today Podcast
By Sarah Roulette ’20, a journalism major from Palm City, Florida; Michaela Payne ’20, an English major from Jacksonville, Florida and Alex Pimentel, a rising senior and international business major from Weston, Florida.
Honorable Mention – Episode 4: Not My Type
The Beacon Today Podcast
By Sarah Roulette, Michaela Payne
Public Affairs
First Place – Four Families in Mafraq
Sailfish TV
By Tim DeMoss ’20, a cinema arts major from Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Sarah Roulette; and Israel Balderas, assistant professor of journalism and adviser to The Beacon Today
Feature | Hard News
Finalist – West Palm Beach Resident at Odds with City’s Violent Crime Statistics
Sailfish TV
By Jessica Lykins ’20, a communication major from Groveland, Florida
