Florida Focus - Past Students

Ashley Cohen is a Senior at the University of South Florida majoring in Mass Communications; her emphasis is Broadcast News. She currently works as multimedia editor for USF's award winning student newspaper, The Oracle. She is also a CNN University correspondent in a program with CNN that allows student to contribute video reports to the international network's website.

Atish Patel is a Senior at University of South Florida majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Television Programming and Production and a minor in Biomedical Physics. During the Fall 2008 semester, he served as Executive Producer of a half-hour documentary on skin cancer for WUSF-TV/Ch. 16 which aired in January 2009. Atish is a member of the Florida Focus production crew working as director, technical director, audio + studio camera + tape operator, graphics designer, reporter and photojournalist.

Brandon Gordon is a Senior majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in television production at the University of South Florida. Brandon's interest in television started in childhood. Brandon has completed a news internship at WFLA-TV/Ch. 8 in Tampa. He is currently interning at WMOR-TV/Ch. 32 in the promotions department. He also works as a master control operator at WUSF-TV. Brandon aspires to be a producer.

Chelsea Newberry is a Senior at the University of South Florida majoring in Broadcast News with a minor in Political Science.

Chelsea has worked as segment producer for “In Touch with Nature: Learning Gate at Nature's Classroom," a 30-minute documentary about public school children learning about nature. The program aired on WUSF-TV in August 2008. She also served as news anchor for "Behind Busch Gardens: A World of Conservation," a 30-minute magazine newscast about conservation efforts at the popular amusement park in Tampa. That program aired on WUSF-TV in January 2009.