DEADLINE: Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida

Event Date: 
August 15, 2025

The Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at the University of South Florida invites entries for the annual Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida.

The award recognizes distinguished examples of reporting and commentary about environmental issues in Florida. The Waldo Proffitt Award was established in 1998 by friends of Waldo Proffitt, a former editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The award is made possible by the Waldo Proffitt Scholarship Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc.

The $1,000 award will be given for outstanding achievement in a story or series of stories, commentary or editorials from Jan. 1, 2024, to March 1, 2025.

Deadline: Aug 15, 2025

The Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida is administered by The Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at the University of South Florida. Questions may be addressed to Wendy Whitt, The Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications, at wwhitt@usf.edu.

*The award will be presented at the University of South Florida in the fall.

 

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