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UFCJC Student Places in the Top 20 in 2023-2024 Hearst Photo II Picture Story/Series Competition

Monday March 18, 2024

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism freshman Madilyn Gemme received 14th place in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Photo II Picture Story/Series competition. The contest included 88 entries from 54 schools submitted in the second and final photo competition of the year. Gemme’s winning photo story, “A Glance at Reality for […]
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UFCJC Professor John Freeman to Retire After Nearly 33 Years

Wednesday February 28, 2024

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman will be retiring in May after nearly 33 years at the College. Freeman has headed the photojournalism program at the UFCJC since joining the faculty in 1991. He is a two-time winner of the College’s Teacher of […]
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John Freeman Comments on the Effect Focal Lengths and Lenses Can Have on Photos

Monday April 3, 2023

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism associate professor, was quoted in “Posts on Social Media Use Different Photos of Fetterman to Boost Bogus Claim” published on FactCheck.org on March 30. The article focuses on Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for treatment of depression after he suffered a stroke. Social […]
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UFCJC Students Place First and Second in UFIC Annual Global Culture Photo Contest

Thursday November 3, 2022

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) students who participated in the College’s 2022 Berlin Study Abroad program, placed first and second in the University of Florida International Center’s annual Global Culture Photo contest, study abroad category. Journalism junior Alan Halaly placed first for “Sitting on History,” shot at the Reichstag Building […]
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John Freeman Receives Second Place in 2022 CES “Europe Through Photography” Contest

Monday September 19, 2022

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism associate professor, has received second place in the 2022 Center for European Studies Europe Through Photography Contest. Freeman’s winning photo features a Berlin, Germany alleyway located outside a popular late-night spot called Cafe’ Cinema. The photo was shot with an iPhone 8 during […]
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John Freeman Receives UFCJC 2021 Senior Faculty UF International Educators Award

Monday November 15, 2021

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism associate professor, received the College’s 2021 Senior Faculty International Educator Award. Freeman has led the UFCJC photojournalism program since joining the faculty in 1991. Since summer 2005, Freeman has conducted a two-week study-abroad journalism course in Berlin, where he lived as a high school student. The 2022 […]
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John Freeman Awarded Second Place in 2021 AEJMC Creative Research Competition

Wednesday June 23, 2021

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, received second place for “Poetry of the Ordinary” in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Creative Research Competition. According to Freeman, “’Poetry of the Ordinary’ could be used as a class assignment if pandemic times continue to limit […]
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John Freeman Receives First Place in AEJMC Visual Communication Creative Research Contest

Monday June 22, 2020

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, has received first place in the 2020 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Visual Communication Division Creative Research Competition for “Space Between Three.” The competition provides the opportunity to have creative scholarship vetted in a blind-juried, peer-reviewed forum. Freeman […]
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John Freeman Participates in Berlin Blockade 70th Anniversary Recognition Ceremony

Monday May 13, 2019

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, was one of 33 graduates of Berlin American High School invited by the city’s mayor to attend an exclusive ceremony recognizing the 70th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade on May 12. Freeman, coordinator of the annual CJC Berlin study […]
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John Freeman’s Collaborative Photographs Featured in Visual Communication Quarterly

Friday January 25, 2019

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman’s article “An Ethnographic Study: The Duality of Collaborated Smartphone Images” was published in Visual Communication Quarterly, Volume 24, 2018, Issue 4. The article features 10 of his photographs including one image used for the cover. The article describes his collaboration with […]
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John Freeman Chronicles CJC Alum’s World Cup Soccer Photo Coverage

Friday July 20, 2018

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, asks Adrian Dennis, B.S. Journalism 1993 and 2016 Alumni of Distinction, what it’s like to cover the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in “World Cup Soccer: Life on the Road with UF Photojournalism Alum Adrian Dennis” published on Medium on July […]
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CJC Berlin Study Abroad Work Featured in Our Town Magazine

Friday September 1, 2017

A photo essay by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications May 2017 Berlin Study Abroad students, as well as a feature story by CJC Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman,  are included in the September/October issue of Our Town magazine. “Berlin’s Graffiti” offers a photo montage of the city’s creative street art.  Freeman’s story, […]
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CJC Students Create Online Multimedia Gallery on Berlin Experiences

Tuesday June 27, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students traveled to Berlin, Germany in May for a two-week photojournalism study aboard program led by CJC Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman. Seventeen students created multimedia pieces ranging from a Syrian refugee to artists to musicians. An online gallery, produced on-site in Berlin, features images, a course […]
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CJC Students Place in Hearst Team Multimedia Competition

Thursday May 11, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students have placed in the top 20 in the 2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Team Multimedia category. Students created the team entries in Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman’s Special Topics Hearst #Winning class.  “The Invisible Disease: PTSD” by Kaitlin Hall, Grace King, Zachariah Chou and Raina Barnett received […]
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CJC Student Drea Cornejo is a Hearst Journalism Competition Finalist

Thursday March 30, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior Drea Cornejo is the first place finalist in the Multimedia News category in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards. She will now advance to the national competition. Cornejo also placed sixth in the Picture Story category. Her Photo Story project, “From Homelessness to Motherhood,” began in […]
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