ORLANDO, Fla. — University of Florida women’s collegiate club player Ophelie Jacobson claimed first place in the 2023 Hearst Journalism National Television Championship presented in San Francisco for her story, “The Future of Fortunes”. Due to her victory, she is awarded a $10,000 Scholarship and a Hearst Medallion for journalism excellence.
A 2023 graduate of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Spanish, the award adds to a legacy of accolades which includes:
- First Place, 2023 Hearst National Television Championship
- Winner, 2023 Suncoast Student Production Award News Report-Light News
- Winner, 2023 Suncoast Student Production Award Magazine Program (Team)
- First Place, 2023 BEA Television Long Feature News Reporting
- Best of Festival, 2023 BEA Student News Competition
- Second Place, 2023 BEA Television News Magazine (Team)
- Fourth Place, 2022-23 Hearst National Television Features Competition
- First Place, 2022 SPJ Region 3 Feature Videography
- Finalist, 2022 SPJ Region 3 Best All-Around Television News Magazine
- First Place, 2022-2023 National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition Video News Package
- First Place, 2022-2023 National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition Video Feature Segment
- First Place, 2022-2023 National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition Video Magazine Program (Team)
- First Place, 2022 Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists College Television News Anchor
- University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Dean’s Cup of Professional Promise 2023
- University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications WJXT-TV Award for Broadcast Journalism 2023
During her tenure on the Florida water polo team, she helped the team to claim the 2022 Southeast Division Championship and a Seventh Place finish at the Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship hosted by the University of Alabama at the Huntsville Aquatic Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Florida finished in Third Place in the Southeast Division in 2023, while the 2020 and 2021 seasons were lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To learn more about Jacobson, visit her website at: https://opheliejacobson.com/home
