Alumni Profiles

Fabian De La Fe Rodriguez, B.S. Advertising 2014, is lead creative strategist at Target.

Jake Best, B.S. Journalism 2018, is Communications Director for Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).

Emily Netburn, B.S. Telecommunication 2019, is Manager of Platform Editorial at Peacock.

Domingo Santana, B.S. Telecommunication 2019, is Multi-platform Research Manager for CNN Espanol.

Chris Kirschner, B.S. Journalism 2014, is the Atlanta Hawks beat reporter for The Athletic.

Rachel Wang, B.S. Telecommunication 2019, is an Associate Field Producer for the Drew Barrymore Show.

As part of the University of Florida capital campaign, CJC alumni Juan and Sandy Andrade donated funds to create the Andrade Fund for Student Success. The fund was launched to give students in need the support to be able to accept internships they might not otherwise be able to afford…

The mentorship program pairs alumni with graduating or recently graduated CJC students to discuss career opportunities, offer guidance and work on professional network building.

Public relations’ majors don’t always appreciate the skills they can learn in a reporting class, but Erica Loewe said that class was the most instrumental she took while in the College of Journalism and Communications.

Clarence Thomas, the first Black person to graduate with a doctorate from the UF College of Journalism and Communications, is retiring from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) after more than 20 years, knowing his legacy will be his advocacy for diversity, inclusion and equity for those around him.

Fitz Koehler was enjoying a career as a professional race announcer and running her own fitness empire, Fitzness International, when her world was turned upside down. Seven weeks after a clean mammogram in December 2018, she found a lump in her breast.

Jake Best started his political life while at CJC and, at 24, was named press secretary for John Ossoff, the newly elected U.S. Senator from Georgia.