Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student films and a student journalist have been nominated for 2024 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Suncoast Chapter Student Production Awards. In the Non-Fiction – Long Form category, “Runway Rivals,” created by UFCJC Media Production, Management, and…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) students were honored in the 2024 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts competition. In 2024, the contest received almost 1,900 entries from over 300 participating schools. In the Student News Competition, “Inside ICAC” by Journalism senior Chris Will received…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Chris Will and Macie Goldfarb, B.S. Journalism 2023, placed seventh and 11th, respectively, in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Television I Competition. There were 97 entries from 54 schools submitted in the first of two television competitions of the…
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By Aurora Martínez, Journalism senior It “takes a community” to produce the University of Florida’s annual Homecoming Parade in Gainesville, Florida, held each Friday on homecoming weekend. While hundreds of people watched and cheered for the parade floats passing by 13th Street and University Avenue on Oct. 6, a team…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism rising senior Chris Will and the student staff of The Independent Florida Alligator are the recipients of Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2022 National Mark of Excellence (MOE) Awards. These awards honor the best collegiate work published or broadcast in 2022.…
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All seven of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student journalists who competed in the 63rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards National Championships were honored in the Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia categories. UFCJC had the greatest number of students competing from any participating college in…
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Six University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism students have qualified to compete in the 2022-23 Hearst Journalism Awards National Championships on June 2-8 in San Francisco. Journalism senior Alexis Ashby, who placed second in Multimedia 2 Innovative Storytelling and Audience Engagement with “Behind the Bet: Stories…
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Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student journalists were recognized in the first 2022-23 Hearst Journalism Awards Television News Features competition. Journalism junior Chris Will and Journalism senior Ophelie Jacobson received first and fourth place, respectively. Will’s first place honor includes a $3,000 award and automatically…
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