Award Winning News Producers Visit UCF Knightly News

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WFLA TV News Channel 8 (NBC Tampa affiliate) news producers, Ginger Thorpe and Daniel Woodrum shared their experiences with Katie Coronado’s Knightly News students. The award-winning producers spoke about effective newswriting, news judgement and offered encouraging real-world advice during their visit. UCF Knightly News is the Broadcast Journalism capstone course at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media. The student produced newscast has received numerous Associated Press Awards.

 

 

A group of people in a computer lab, with one person seated at a desk using a Mac, while others stand around discussing.  Four people smiling for a selfie in an indoor setting with studio lights in the background.  Two people sit at a table in an office, discussing while looking at a laptop screen. The table has drinks and a brown paper bag on it.

Two men standing and smiling in an office setting, with monitors displaying news in the background. One wears casual attire, and the other is dressed in a blue suit.  Three people stand in a room with computers. Two are listening to the third person, who is speaking to them. A sign on the wall reads "No food or drink allowed.

 

By Katie Coronado.

Published to Nicholson News on October 7th, 2022.

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