Rick Brunson, University of Central Florida
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
Rick Brunson is senior instructor of journalism at the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson School of Communication and Media. For more than two decades he has taught courses in digital, print and broadcast journalism. His RTV 3301 Electronic Journalism I class is a collaborative partnership course with Central Florida Public Media (WMFE 90.7 News), Central Florida’s NPR News affiliate. Students in the class produce a project called “Sounds of Central Florida,’’ which sheds light on people and issues in Central Florida. In its three years of existence, the project has garnered numerous statewide journalism awards for excellence in reporting from both the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sunshine State Awards and the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists’ College Awards program. In 2022, Brunson and his students in the class also received the national Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting for “The Moore Project,’’ a collaborative partnership with WUCF-TV that spotlighted the quest for racial justice in Central Florida.
Bio
Rick Brunson is senior instructor of journalism at the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson School of Communication and Media. For more than two decades he has taught courses in digital, print and broadcast journalism. His RTV 3301 Electronic Journalism I class is a collaborative partnership course with Central Florida Public Media (WMFE 90.7 News), Central Florida’s NPR News affiliate. Students in the class produce a project called “Sounds of Central Florida,’’ which sheds light on people and issues in Central Florida. In its three years of existence, the project has garnered numerous statewide journalism awards for excellence in reporting from both the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sunshine State Awards and the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists’ College Awards program. In 2022, Brunson and his students in the class also received the national Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting for “The Moore Project,’’ a collaborative partnership with WUCF-TV that spotlighted the quest for racial justice in Central Florida.