A senior photographer and videographer who helped develop mobile reporting workflows for Tribune Co. newspapers, will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Division of Media Properties as the new deputy news editor and digital director, Matt Sheehan, the director of the Innovation News Center, announced today.

Gary Green joins a newsroom that provides local news, weather and sports content to seven terrestrial and affiliated digital media outlets managed by professionals and staffed with students enrolled in the College. He starts July 28.

“We’re so delighted to bring a gifted storyteller and visual thinker into the INC to help us shape the future of digital communication and news,” Sheehan said. “Not only does Gary have 20 years of experience, but as we look toward the future, we recognize that Gary’s ability as a visual storyteller will bring critical strengths into our newsroom and help shape evolutions in how we create and consume news on mobile platforms.”

Green comes to the College from the Orlando Sentinel, where he has served the past 12 years as a photo/video editor, multimedia producer and senior photojournalist.  His portfolio includes coverage of some of the biggest stories of the last two decades, including Sept. 11, deadly hurricanes, presidential campaigns, space shuttle launches, controversial court trials and sporting events, including seven Super Bowls, NCAA Final Four championships, NBA playoffs and the NBA Finals.

Most recently, Green led a team, and helped develop best practices, for utilizing mobile devices in the collection and dissemination of news by Sentinel journalists. Other Tribune papers are using those lessons in their operations.

Gary is also behind the video components of the Sentinel’s “In the Shadow of Race” series, which chronicled race relations in Central Florida following the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.  Todd Stewart, the interactive and visuals manager at the paper, called Green’s contributions to the award-winning series “some of the highest-level video storytelling the Sentinel [has] ever produced.”

Before joining the Sentinel, he worked for several newspapers, magazines and wire services in Florida, Ohio and Kentucky. He is a graduate of Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication. He is currently completing his thesis as a master’s degree candidate in mass communication at UF. Green’s thesis explores the opportunities and challenges posed by the digital disruption of a newsroom..

Green has served as a speaker at the ACP/CMA National Media Convention, as a coach for University of North Carolina Photojournalism Sports Workshop and mentored dozens of student interns and emerging journalists.

His work has been published by numerous national newspapers, magazines and websites including: Time, Sports Illustrated, New York Times, The Washington Post, Sporting News, USA Today and Huffington Post as well as several international publications. His journalism has been honored by the Associated Press, National Press Photographers Association, Ohio News Photographer Association, Florida Society of News Editors, Ohio Prep Sports Writer’s Association and the Associated Press Sports Editors.

About the Innovation News Center
The Innovation News Center, the home of the College’s news, weather and sports operations, opened in August 2012.  The two-story, 14,000-square-foot space provides nearly 100 seats for reporters, producers and editors working together to report the news for the College’s many distribution channels, including WUFT-FM (NPR), WUFT-TV (PBS), ESPN 850 WRUF, WRUF-FM, WRUF-TV6 and wuft.org. The College’s students work with professional news directors and College faculty to report for multiple platforms.

About the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is driving innovation and engagement across the disciplines of advertising, journalism, public relations and telecommunication. The strength of its programs, faculty, students and alumni  — in research and in practice — has earned the college ongoing recognition as one of the best in the nation among its peers. The college offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees and certificates, both online and on campus. The college’s strength is drawn from both academic rigor and experiential learning. CJC students have the opportunity to gain practical experience in the Innovation News Center, which generates content across multiple platforms, and a strategic communication agency that will begin operation in Fall 2014. The college includes seven broadcast and digital media properties and the nation’s only program in public interest communications.

Posted: July 10, 2014
Category: College News
Tagged as: Gary Green, Innovation News Center