Ella Shockley

About Me

I am passionate and driven for truthful reporting. I am an Award-Winning Broadcast Journalism student at The University of Central Florida with two minors in Marketing and Intelligence/National Security and certificate in Criminal Profiling. I have six years of experience pitching, writing, shooting, and editing with a quick turn around. I hope to pursue a career in Producing after graduating in Spring 2027.

This past semester's work

Awards

I have been awarded for the Feature: Culture/Historical (College Radio) category for the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists News Awards Contest for working as the Audio Engineer for "Humor Behind the Fence", an episode of The Unheard Society Podcast.

This piece was also nominated for The National Murrow Awards for 2025.

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Florida Association of Broadcast Journalism Awards

Such an honor today at @fabjflorida ‘s Press Forward conference! Last year I had the opportunity to work with @emilychingmedia in our Electronic Journalism 1 course with @rickbrunson61 on “The Unheard Society Podcast”. This project was the most fun, and most meaningful piece I worked on. Bringing Marco Williams’ story to life was the highlight of this course. Today we received an award out of the entire state of Florida for Cultural/Historical Feature in College Radio for this piece. I am incredibly grateful for having the best partner @emilychingmedia to accept this award with! A huge thank you to @rickbrunson61 for being teaching us all about the ins and outs of audio journalism! Here’s to more storytelling! Cheers!🎙️ #dreamteam #gkco
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Mid Semester Update

This February in the professional world! 🎥Started off getting my hands back on the camera. It’s been nice to be out shooting every week, and the weather being warmer has made it enjoyable!
Worked on a project for The Charge on Air, coming soon! Got another story published on @thechargenews this one focusing on Epic Universe. Such an enjoyable story to write!!
I attended the UCF Women’s in Sports Dinner with @4everknightsucf , an Alumni relations club I am a part of. I enjoyed networking at this event, listening to inspirational speakers from @ucf.knights . The dedication and power from these inspirational women made my whole month. I’m feeling so grateful for this past month and looking forward to all that’s to come in March! #studentjournalist #journalism #ucf #ucfknights #orlando
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WUCF NewsNight Internship Recap

Last semester I had the opportunity to intern for @wucftv ‘s NewsNight program! This allowed experience allowed me to immerse myself in a newsroom environment and gains hands-on skills in various production roles. I jumped from running the Teleprompter, to learning behind the camera ,and operating the playback system while recording the show. The energy in the control room each week reaffirmed my passion for journalism time and time again. This opportunity was so valuable to my skill set and I’m forever grateful for this opportunity! #wucf #journalist
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The battle between Central Florida's hard water and your hair

So excited to announce my story is PUBLISHED! Such a surreal experience to hear @emilychingmedia and I’s piece on 90.7! A huge thank you to Central Florida Public Media @wmfeorlando and Professor Brunson @rickbrunson61 for making this possible! And to @emilychingmedia for being the dream partner (and audio engineer). Our story was featured this week Bungalower. For the full story, https://www.cfpublic.org/2024-04-26/the-battle-between-central-floridas-hard-water-and-your-hair
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Sounds of Central Florida BTS

Some recent work I’ve been up to!!! @emilychingmedia and I have spent the past six weeks working on our Sounds of Central Florida project for Electronic Journalism 1. Working with such a dedicated partner is inspiring, and has been a blast! In Electronic News Gathering, I have completed A3 as of last week consisting of reversal shots and over the shoulder shots! Looking back on all I’ve learned this semester, makes me love what I do even more! #journalism #ucf

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Florida Association of Broadcast Journalism Awards

Such an honor today at @fabjflorida ‘s Press Forward conference! Last year I had the opportunity to work with @emilychingmedia in our Electronic Journalism 1 course with @rickbrunson61 on “The Unheard Society Podcast”. This project was the most fun, and most meaningful piece I worked on. Bringing Marco Williams’ story to life was the highlight of this course. Today we received an award out of the entire state of Florida for Cultural/Historical Feature in College Radio for this piece. I am incredibly grateful for having the best partner @emilychingmedia to accept this award with! A huge thank you to @rickbrunson61 for being teaching us all about the ins and outs of audio journalism! Here’s to more storytelling! Cheers!🎙️ #dreamteam #gkco
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National Eating Disorders Association hosts UCF Loves EveryBODY

The National Eating Disorders Association hosted "UCF Loves EveryBODY" on Wednesday for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.Over 30 million Americans will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, according to NEDA. This affects anywhere from 20% to 67% of college students experiencing eating disorder symptoms, the highest it has been in the past 10 years, according to the American Society for Nutrition.
Jasmyn Martinez, freshman legal studies major, said this event is a great...