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Cody E. Hmelar
Born2003 (age 21–22)
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WebsiteUniversity of Pittsburgh profile

Cody Hmelar (born 2003) is an American radio journalist and academic researcher at the University of Pittsburgh.

Education

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Hmelar attended Palo Alto High School. He recieved his B.A in Journalism and Writing Studies and M.A in Community and Investigative Reporting from the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University[1].

Media Career

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Hmelar worked as a radio and digital reporter in New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He won awards from the Fair Media Council[2] and Press Club of Long Island for Political News, Radio Podcast, Race and Diversity Coverage and College Radio Broadcasts.[3][4][5] He was an engineering assistant for WMCA (AM) and WNYM in New York[6]. He later worked as the youngest Chief Engineer in the United States for WFIL and WNTP in Philadelphia. He now works as a freelance reporter with articles featured in TechRadar[7][8],Technical.ly, and WPXI[9].

He hosts and produces the 1World Community Radio Show, a collaboration between WRHU, Bush Radio (South Africa) and WRCT[10].

He served as president of the New York Chapter and serves as president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association.[11] He also serves as secretary of the New York Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.[12]

Academia

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Hmelar currently is a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh in English Composition[13]. He also serves as the Academic Programs Manager for the Center for Ethnic Studies Research at the University Center for International Studies[14]. In 2025, he received the Scholars for the Dream Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication[15]



References

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  1. ^ "Hofstra M.A Journalism Capstone Projects". Hofstra University.
  2. ^ "Folio Award Winner List 2023". Fair Media Council (FMC).
  3. ^ "2023 Press Club of Long Island Media Awards Finalists Revealed". pcli.org.
  4. ^ "2024 PCLI Media Awards Finalists". pcli.org.
  5. ^ Scherer, Chriss (July 17, 2024). "2024 SBE National Award Winners Announced". The Society of Broadcast Engineers.
  6. ^ McLane, Paul (December 20, 2022). "WMCA's Meadowlands Sign Is Lit Again". Radio World.
  7. ^ Hmelar, Cody. "Inside Maryland's latest effort to support emerging businesses". Technical.ly. Technical.ly.
  8. ^ Hmelar, Cody (October 17, 2023). "Netflix is breaking into live sports – but probably not in the way you imagined". TechRadar.
  9. ^ Hmelar, Cody. "Your smartphone is ruining your sleep. Here's what you can do about it". wpxi.com. WPXI.
  10. ^ "About 1World". 1World Community Radio Network. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  11. ^ "Announcing the 2024 AAJA Philly chapter board". AAJA Philadelphia. January 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "Officers/Contacts". SBE 15.
  13. ^ "Cody Hmelar | Department of English | University of Pittsburgh". www.english.pitt.edu.
  14. ^ "CESR Staff | Center for Ethnic Studies Research". www.ucis.pitt.edu.
  15. ^ "PhD student Cody Hmelar won a CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award".