Profiles

Deputy Director of Newsroom AI and Automation Ryan Serpico is part of Hearst's DevHub – a centralized team that helps five Hearst newsrooms (and supports others) create their own data-driven reports, interactives, templating systems and more.

Jacob Sedesse connected with CJC alumna Bridget Carey, principal video producer at CNET, to explore the amazing technology on display at the world's largest technology event.

An experienced play-by-play announcer, Ethan Eibe is the catalyst behind the Orange and Blue Sports Network, which provides livestreams and archives of student play-by-play of Gator sports and podcasts.

By Amanda Friedman, Journalism senior When Sofia Portugal looked at UF’s website for the first time as a high school student in Bahia, Brazil, she couldn’t imagine attending college anywhere else. “It just felt right,” Portugal said. The now 23-year-old University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) graduate…

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Former University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications News Directors Catherine Harwood and Tom Krynski taught their students how to work on deadline and get things done in minutes, or even seconds, instilling in them a hard-work ethic that Christine van Blokland, B.S.,…

Students' win first place for their proposal on how to best promote FOX Sports coverage of FIFA Women's World Cup.

From directing, shooting, reporting and anchoring, students learn how to be spontaneous and react on the fly.

By Reighan Sheppard, Journalism senior They say Capricorns have a reputation for being ambitious and that their determination runs deep. They represent leadership and initiation. They never back down from a challenge. Once they set their goal, nothing stands in their way, and anything is possible. Born a Capricorn in…

Christina Gayman, B.S. Journalism, is director of communications at Syverson Strege in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Cognizant that from a very young age journalism and politics have been the cornerstone of his identity, Brett Posner-Ferdman’s experience with research and data literacy and mentorship from CJC faculty led him to internship at the CNN Washington, D.C., bureau.

Ceci Edelberg's drive and ambition helped her adapt and thrive at the University of Florida.

The UFCJC alumnus' photographs from Gainesville's Great Southern Music Hall, which include images of Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett and others, is now on display at the Matheson History Museum.