{"id":133890,"date":"2023-02-23T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=133890"},"modified":"2023-02-24T09:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:01:19","slug":"remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering UCF Alumnus, Spectrum News Reporter Dylan Lyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An up-and-coming journalist and graduate from the Nicholson School of Communication and Media (NSCM) was killed Wednesday while reporting on the scene of a fatal shooting. <strong>Dylan Lyons \u201919<\/strong> was 24.<\/p>\n<p>Lyons\u2019 journalism professors remember him as a \u201cconfident and talented go-getter who was always up for a challenge and never turned down a story,\u201d says NSCM Director Robert Littlefield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDylan\u2019s passing is a major loss for our entire community, and the media industry and our School are mourning,\u201d Littlefield says.<\/p>\n<p>Lyons joined the crew of Spectrum News 13 as a multimedia journalist in July 2022. He was reporting Wednesday in Pine Hills on an earlier fatal shooting in the neighborhood when shots were fired at him and another photojournalist identified by Spectrum as Jesse Walden. Walden remains in critical condition, Spectrum said.<\/p>\n<p>The Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office named Keith Kelvin Moses, 19, as a suspect in the shooting of Lyons and Walden. Following their shooting, police said, Moses walked into a nearby home and shot a woman and her 9-year-old daughter; the girl died. Moses was arrested Wednesday in connection with the initial shooting and will be charged later for the other shootings, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133894\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\" class=\"figure float-right\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-133894 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-300x234.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-656x512.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-513x400.jpg 513w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-360x281.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-133894 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20234%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20234%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-656x512.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-513x400.jpg 513w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-360x281.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons.jpg 692w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/UCF-Alum-Dylan-Lyons-300x234.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Dylan Lyons &#8217;19 is remembered as a dedicated reporter. (Photo courtesy of Spectrum News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lyons gained experience as a journalist first at UCF, where he majored in journalism and political science. Journalism Senior Instructor Rick Brunson worked closely with him for years, equipping him with skills and tools to match his passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis brain was on fire with curiosity,\u201d Brunson says. \u201cHe was always working on the next story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lyons\u2019 zeal for news reporting led him to three local news internships before graduation. He arrived for election night at WFTV in 2018 dressed in a suit, even though he would spend the evening crunching numbers at a desk not on camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe showed up ready to play, looking sharp and acting sharp,\u201d Brunson says.<\/p>\n<p>Those internships steered Lyons toward community news as his preferred beat. What he discovered was that he loved lifting up a mirror to the community and saying, \u201cThis is you, the good, the bad and the ugly,\u201d Brunson says. Covering a story like Wednesday\u2019s shooting from the perspective of the neighborhood was exactly where he exceled, Brunson says.<\/p>\n<p>He reported and anchored at student-led UCF Knightly News. His first job after graduation was Gainesville\u2019s ABC affiliate WCJB, where he was awarded best Politics\/Elections Series by the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists. He was a finalist for best Investigative Reporting in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In a Spectrum News 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2023\/02\/23\/remembering-dylan-lyons\">story<\/a>, reporter and friend Josh Miller said: \u201cHe took his job very seriously. \u2026 He loved the community (and) telling the stories of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Littlefield, the NSCM director, says faculty work hard to share their expertise and knowledge with students so they have the tools they need for their careers. Lyons \u201cexcelled and used those tools to do what he loved,\u201d Littlefield says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDylan will be remembered for his professionalism that shined through from the start and led him to accomplish great things,\u201d Littlefield says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dylan Lyons \u201919 <\/strong>was a passionate journalist who was drawn to and received recognition for coverage of community news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":133891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15992,5,6],"tags":[6457,20753,2562,3393,3992,54128,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-133890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-colleges","category-community","tag-broadcast-journalism","tag-community","tag-journalism","tag-nicholson-school-of-communication-and-media","tag-rick-brunson","tag-robert-littlefield","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remembering UCF Alumnus, Spectrum News Reporter Dylan Lyons | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dylan Lyons \u201919 was a passionate journalist who was drawn to and received recognition for coverage of community news.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering UCF Alumnus, Spectrum News Reporter Dylan Lyons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dylan Lyons \u201919 was a passionate journalist who was drawn to and received recognition for coverage of community news.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-23T21:29:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-24T14:01:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/02\/dylan-lyons-tribute.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Juzanne Martin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Juzanne Martin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Juzanne Martin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/85cf3bab26b268af0b080375c968e4c7\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering UCF Alumnus, Spectrum News Reporter Dylan Lyons\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-23T21:29:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-24T14:01:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/remembering-ucf-alumnus-spectrum-news-reporter-dylan-lyons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/dylan-lyons-tribute.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"broadcast journalism\",\"community\",\"Journalism\",\"Nicholson School of Communication and Media\",\"Rick Brunson\",\"Robert Littlefield\",\"UCF Alumni\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\",\"Colleges &amp; 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