Lauren Brensel

She/Her

Hi! I'm Lauren, and I'm a journalism senior at The University of Florida. I have experience reporting for campus outlets like WUFT News, The Alligator and Atrium Magazine — where I currently serve as a top editor. Through the news service Fresh Take Florida, I also have bylines in The Tampa Bay Times and The Sun Sentinel. Over the summer, I was a reporting intern on the local news desk at The Orlando Sentinel. I reported on city and county commission meetings, profiled prominent Orlando figures and wrote an investigative piece on the nearby school districts.

• The Orlando Sentinel

• WUFT News

• The Sun Sentinel

• The Tampa Bay Times

• Atrium Magazine

• The Independent Florida Alligator

• Her Campus UFL

• The Detroit Writing Room

Awards

• SPJ-Detroit: 3rd Place in Racial Justice Reporting

• Read in Color, a New Little Free Library Project, Reaches the Streets of Detroit

• The Sun Sentinel: 1st Place in Editorial Writing

• BLM Belongs in Palm Beach County

• The Palm Beach Post: 3rd Place in Column Writing

• Program Preparation