Today's event begins with a continental breakfast

After the breakfast donated by the Poynter Institute commences, the list of speakers for the ceremony is as follows:

• Tony Silvia, Director, Department of Journalism & Media Studies


• Karen A. White, Regional Chancellor, USF St. Petersburg


• Goliath Davis, Deputy Mayor, City of St. Petersburg


• G. Michael Killenberg, Founder, Neighborhood News Bureau


• The Honorable Frank Peterman, Jr., Representative, Florida District 55


• Leon Dash, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Peggy M. Peterman Lecture in Community Journalism


• Casey Cora, Graduate Student, Department of Journalism & Media Studies