If you missed Super Bowl 60, you may have missed a new commercial by Ring. The commercial was introducing a new feature that the doorbell surveillance company was releasing, called "Search Party" While editing the story on Thursday night, Ring announced that they were canceling the feature after facing immense backlash. I spoke to UCF Professor for Cyber Security, Dr. Yao Li about the privacy concerns, as well as Nicole Puchalla, a UCF student who owns a Ring camera.

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The United Faculty of Florida at UCF union hosted the Invest In Education Not Administration rally to voice their frustrating with the proposed 0% raise for UCF faculty, while UCF President Alexander Cartwright's salary increased to around $1.2 million in 2025. I spoke with UFF at UCF President Talat Rahman and a student, Grisha Glozman, who showed his support.

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Protests against ICE have taken place on UCF's campus. The UCF Skateboarding Club, a non-political club, made a public statement against ICE on its Instagram story. I spoke with UCF political sciences professor, Dr. Aubrey Jewett, and UCF Skateboarding Club President Christopher Ray about the issue.
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Renee Hildebrand is a UCF alum and former head coach for Team USA's speed skating team. I had the chance to speak to her about her career, highlighting two former students of hers, Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe. Jackson, a 3x Olympian with a gold medal was the flag bearer for Team USA in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and Bowe is a 4x Olympian with two bronze medals, also competed this year. Hildebrand has been coaching for about 40 years now and is still training the next generation of Olympic skaters.

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Tyler "Ty" Paton was a UCF student in the Nicholson School of Communications and Media and a beloved member of both the Hitting The Field Network and ESPN+ Pregame Show crew. Ty was a son, brother, amazing friend, and an aspiring sports broadcaster with a bright future. However on December 12th, 2025, Ty unexpectedly took his own life. This feature story honors his life, and is the most difficult piece I have put together in my young journalism career thus far. I interviewed his brother, Nick Paton, a marketing major at UCF who has helped advocate for mental health since losing his brother, as well as Kathleen Moore, the executive producer and new host of The Combine at the Hitting The Field Network.

This package focuses on two UCF seniors, Eli Fitzpatrick and Mia Flores, that are attending their final football home game as students. They spoke on their favorite game and what makes UCF football games special.

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The 2024 Homecoming Queen for UCF was crowned while her mother was in a hospital in Ohio with stage four breast cancer. However one year later for UCF's Homecoming game, her mother was able to be at the game in person.

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