ABOUT Briana Erickson
Briana R. Erickson used to spend her early days, before she could write, telling stories from pictures. She’d sleep with books.
She’d ask questions nobody knew the answers to. Her parents told her she was Andy Rooney.
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“You ask too many questions; you should be a journalist,” her mom said one day.
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From then, it was a passion. Briana Erickson recently graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in journalism and a minor in teaching English as a second language. She is driven by communications and the desire to be the voice, through media, for the public.
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Here is a portfolio of her storytelling adventures, told through a combination of words, a lense and sound.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Winner: College Journalist of the Year: Sunshine State Awards
• July 2017
Winner: Hard News Radio Feature Winner: Investigative: Florida Associated Press Broadcast Awards
• April 2017
Dean’s Cup For Professional Promise; Excellence in Digital Media Award;
John Paul Jones Award for Magazine/ Feature Writing Excellence: UF College of Journalism and Communications
• March 2017
Region 3 Winner: Breaking News
Region 3 Winner: General News: SPJ Mark of Excellence
• March 2017
Region 3 Finalist: Online Feature Reporting Region 3 Finalist: Online News Reporting: SPJ Mark of Excellence
• March 2017
12th Place: National Hearst Journalism Award in Enterprise Reporting
• Feb. 2017
Sun Sentinel’s monthly newsroom award for reporters
• July 2015 and 2016
UF College of Journalism Scholarship
• April 2015 and 2016