{"id":229170,"date":"2026-04-13T01:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:37:09","slug":"wusf-wins-23-awards-from-florida-association-of-broadcast-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229170\/","title":{"rendered":"WUSF wins 23 awards from Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work produced by WUSF in 2025 received 23 awards from the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists<\/a> on Saturday, including overall station of the year.<\/p>\n

WUSF’s journalists received first place honors in 13 categories and were finalists in another 10.<\/p>\n

Kerry Sheridan was named the state\u2019s top radio reporter and Sky Lebron was a finalist for top host. The station\u2019s website also won first place.<\/p>\n

The team was honored for its work in broadcast and digital journalism that spanned a variety of topics from immigration to politics, environment and public affairs.<\/p>\n

While 14 individual reporters, anchors, and producers were named, the entire WUSF news team shares in the honors.<\/p>\n

First place honors:Overall station of the year<\/a>Reporter: Kerry Sheridan<\/a>Radio newscast \u2014 Cathy Carter: \u201cNov. 10, 2025 5 p.m. newscast\u201d<\/a>Investigative series \u2014 Kerry Sheridan: \u201cEmails detail plans to transfer USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College\u201d (Story 1<\/a>, Story 2<\/a>, Story 3<\/a>, Story 4<\/a>, Story 5<\/a>)Continuing coverage \u2014 Gabriella Paul: \u201cThe impacts of government cuts to benefit programs\u201d (Story 1<\/a>, Story 2<\/a>, Story 3<\/a>, Story 4<\/a>, Story 5<\/a>)Podcast-Series \u2014 Sky Lebron: \u201cThe Bay Blend: WUSF’s Daily News podcast\u201d (Episode 1<\/a>, Episode 2<\/a>, Episode 3<\/a>, Episode 4<\/a>, Episode 5<\/a>)Economic Reporting \u2014 Gabriella Paul and Octavio Jones: \u201cNot so forever home\u201d<\/a>Political Reporting \u2014 Meghan Bowman and Douglas Soule: \u201cYour Florida Team Covers State Politics\u201d (Story 1<\/a>, Story 2<\/a>, Story 3<\/a>, Story 4<\/a>, Story 5<\/a>)Series, Franchise Reporting Light \u2014 Steve Newborn, Kerry Sheridan and Gabriella Paul: \u201cWUSF reports on the wilderness\u201d (Story 1<\/a>, Story 2<\/a>, Story 3<\/a>, Story 4<\/a>)Website\/Digital \u2014 WUSF Staff: WUSF\u2019s website and social mediaDigital-based Reporting \u2014 Meghan Bowman: \u201cA collection of Megan Bowman’s reporting\u201dFeature \u2013 Hard News \u2014 Nancy Guan: \u201cA woman\u2019s choice to self-deport from Sarasota pushes her family to consider the same\u201d<\/a>Education single or series \u2014 Kerry Sheridan: \u201cCharter Schools of Hope announce plans to move into public schools\u201d (Story 1<\/a>, Story 2<\/a>, Story 3<\/a>, Story 4<\/a>, Story 5<\/a>)FinalistsNews Anchor or Anchor Team or Host: Sky Lebron<\/a>Climate\/Environmental reporting \u2014 Jessica Meszaros: \u201cExtreme heat is increasing health risks for pregnant Floridians\u201d<\/a>Feature \u2013 Cultural Historical \u2014 Jessica Meszaros: \u201cPreserving Black heritage in Progress Village, 65 years later\u201d<\/a>Podcast- Single \u2014 Sky Lebron: \u201cThe Bay Blend takes a dive with mermaids\u201d<\/a>Specials \u2013 Feature-Light \u2014 Matthew Peddie, Gracyn Doctor, Amelie Horace: \u201cLakeland’s mayoral race, celebrating Public Media Music Day and the local craft beer scene\u201d<\/a>Natural Storytelling \u2013 Use of Sound \u2014 Gabriella Paul: \u201cThe boom of backyard beekeeping in Florida\u201d<\/a>General Assignment \u2014 Kerry Sheridan: \u201cAnger in Sarasota as district unveils plan to merge schools\u201d<\/a>Sports Story \u2014 Meleah Lyden: \u201cSwinging through history: How a golf course shaped Tampa’s Black community\u201d<\/a>Health Reporting \u2014 Kerry Sheridan, Meghan Bowman, Jessica Meszaros: \u201cA collection of health stories from WUSF\u201d (Story 1<\/a>, Story 2<\/a>, Story 3<\/a>, Story 4<\/a>)Specials- Feature-Hard \u2014 Matthew Peddie, Gracyn Doctor and Amelie Horace: \u201cAtlanta’s Battery sparks Rays’ plans and ‘levy’ breaking for property owners\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work produced by WUSF in 2025 received 23 awards from the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists on Saturday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-229170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}