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....
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Lauren Crawford, a Telecommunication major with a Sports Management concentration from c/o 2015, works as a writer and reporter for OKMagazine.com. In her current position, she writes and produces daily articles on breaking entertainment news, interviews celebrities (both on and off the red carpet), and provides weekly entertainment recaps. Though looking ahead…
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As the current presidential administration continues to wage war against the media, either through “fake news” finger pointing, defamation cases or limiting access to public information, there are superheroes behind the scenes protecting journalism and journalists’ right to access information and share it with the public. Charles Tobin, B.S. Journalism…
Read morehttps://vimeo.com/groups/wildtoinspire/videos/119134852 This fall, Filipe DeAndrade will be traveling to Africa. The 2012 telecommunication production graduate is the winner of the second annual WILD TO INSPIRE filmmaking competition. National Geographic WILD presents this award, in partnership with the Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). As the…
Read moreSharyl Attkisson keynote video Panel discussion video Preview: Keynote speech kicks off Freedom of Information conference Investigative journalist and author Sharyl Attkisson will speak on “The Rightful Owners of Public Information” on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. in Weimer Hall’s Gannett Auditorium on the University of Florida campus. Attkisson’s…
Read moreTen University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumni are being recognized this weekend as one of the Gator100, the top 100 Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses around the world. The University of Florida and The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation are introducing this inaugural group of UF alumni entrepreneurs…
Read moreRebecca Patterson, JM 1990 and chief investment officer of Bessemer Trust Co., is featured in the August 13, 2014 article on Bloomberg.com, “Bessemer Investment Chief Braces Rich Families for Tumult.”
Read moreEarlier today, we lost one of our own. Susan Spencer-Wendel, MAMC 1991, died at age 47 in her Palm Beach home of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Spencer-Wendel was a reporter for The Palm Beach Post for nearly 20 years, and her coverage of…
Read moreDavid Finkel, TEL 1977, currently the Enterprise Editor and Reporter for the Washington Post spoke to Professor Mike Foley’s reporting class about immersion journalism on October 24, 2013 . Finkel was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 as a staff writer for the Washington Post for his coverage of U.S.-funded democracy efforts in Yemen. He…
Read moreRick Schneider–TEL 1984, Alumnus of Distinction and president of WPBT in Miami–was named executive vice president and chief operating officer at WETA in Arlington, Va., WETA President and Chief Executive Officer Sharon Percy Rockefeller announced July 24. Schneider will join WETA in late September. “I am delighted that Rick will…
Read moreCongratulations to Mike Neumeier, APR, PR 1992! The Public Relations Society of America’s Technology Section has named him the 2013 Technology PR Professional of the Year. Neumeier is a principal with Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing firm in Atlanta. He has more than 20 years…
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