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Herbert Lowe Authors Article on UFxFAMU1963 Student Expedition to Report on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail 60th Anniversary

Friday September 22, 2023

Herbert Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior lecturer, is the author of “Four Girls, 60 Years, 11 Students, 2,800 Miles and a New Awareness of History” published on neimanstoryboard.org on Sept. 15. During Spring Break 2023, Lowe and three other faculty advisers led a group of students from UFCJC […]
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Herbert Lowe Chronicles UFCJC and FAMU Students’ Journey to Cover the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Friday June 23, 2023

Herbert Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior lecturer, is the author of “Florida Students Spend Spring Break Reporting from Hallowed Ground of Civil Rights History” published on poynter.com on June 12. In honor of the 60th anniversary of a pivotal year in the Civil Rights Movement, Lowe led an […]
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Former TV News Professional Spreads Her Love for Teaching Storytelling

Monday March 27, 2023

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism, 1984 Kalisha Whitman, senior TV news manager in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center (INC), grew up in the predominantly white city of Hamilton, Alabama, a town of about 6,000 people that had four stoplights when she was born in 1985. It now has […]
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UFCJC Alumna and Staff Honored in NABJ 2022 Salute to Excellence Awards Competition

Thursday August 25, 2022

Pamela Comme, B.S. Telecommunication 2021, is the recipient of a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2022 Salute to Excellence Award for “Black Thursday 50th Anniversary” in the Television – Undergraduate category, and WUFT Senior TV News Manager Kalisha Whitman’s “The Lede” Season III Episode IV: Black History Month – African Americans’ Legacy received an […]
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Kalisha Whitman To Serve as an Instructor for the Dow Jones News Fund HBCU Digital Media Institute

Wednesday May 12, 2021

Kalisha Whitman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center senior TV news manager, will be one of seven instructors for the virtual Dow Jones News Fund HBCU Digital Media Institute from May 26-28. The Institute consists of three days of training in digital media to increase fluency with the latest news-gathering […]
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CJC Faculty, Staff and Student Receive UF Research Team Awards for 2020 Racial Justice Research Fund Grant

Monday December 21, 2020

Bernell Tripp, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, and doctoral student Yewande O. Addie are part of a team that has received a UF Research 2020: Advancing Racial Justice Through Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access at the University of Florida grant. The research proposal, “The Recruitment and Retention of Black […]
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Kalisha Whitman Nominated for Mobile Journalism Award

Thursday August 20, 2020

Kalisha Whitman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center senior TV news manager, is one of eight journalists from around the world to be nominated in the Mobile Journalism Awards Best Mobile Journalism Reporting category. Whitman was selected for her entry “Nancy & the EF3.” The video features a Leon County, […]
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Kalisha Whitman Named CJC Innovation News Center Senior TV News Manager

Monday December 2, 2019

Kalisha Whitman will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center as the Senior TV News Manager on Jan. 3. Whitman will train students on how to report and produce engaging original content that connects with diverse audiences for TV and digital platforms. Her specialty is digital media concepts and […]