Niccolas Uff

Brightening your day: Nic Uff

School/College: Klein College of Media and Communication
Degree: BA, media studies and production, 2022
Hometown: West Deptford, New Jersey
Current Job Title: Associate segment producer
Current Employer: Good Morning America

As a producer for America’s most-watched morning show, Good Morning America, it’s the job of Nic Uff, KLN ’22, to “get.” Whether it’s finding everyday people impacted by breaking news, an A-list celebrity or the latest consumer product, it’s Nic’s job to work the phones and crisscross the country to get them on air.

Everything under the sun. A week in early April 2024 showcases Nic’s life as a morning show producer. First, he flew to Cleveland for the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four, where he took in the games while booking generational phenom Caitlin Clark for the show and co-anchor Robin Roberts. Then, Nic stuck around Cleveland for the historical solar eclipse, helping to produce a segment for a Disney+ special event from within the path of totality.

Niccolas Uff in the Good Morning America studio.

“Just think, anytime you’re watching a morning show and you’re seeing a performance, celebrity or news segment, there’s somebody behind the scenes booking that.”

—Nic Uff
Associate segment producer

Wide-open possibilities. Unlike other schools he considered, programs like the weekly, live, 30-minute student-run newscast Temple Update allow underclassmen to get immediate hands-on experience. He made the most of it, quickly learning an array of production skills and rising to supervising producer during his final two years.

A morning show hat trick. When a CBS news producer came looking for interns during his junior year, Klein career coach Lu Ann Cahn scheduled a meeting. Nic got the role and was extended for a stint as a booking intern on CBS This Morning. That led to additional internships—two with NBC’s TODAY show and another with ABC, the latter of which hired him right out of college to work on Good Morning America.

Nic fell in love with production. As an AV club member in high school, he helped grow the club from 20 to 50 members and produced its first-ever live sports broadcasts. No one in his family had ever gone to college, but a teacher aware of his talents connected him to Brian Seidel, then a senior academic advisor at Klein. The two hit it off and Nic decided to enroll.