Moni Basu

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, was a co-presenter for “The Perfect Writer-Editor Relationship,” a workshop at Fortellings Kraft 2022, the leading conference in narrative journalism, held at Kulturhuset in Bergen, Norway from Sept. 21-23. Basu and her…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, has received a 2022 Charlie Award from the Florida Magazine Association for “Drivin’ the Dixie Highway: How Florida’s Dream Road Turned to Dust.” The story, published in Flamingo magazine on Nov.…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer in Narrative Nonfiction, has accepted the position of Director of Narrative Nonfiction for the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts Program at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, is the author of “Hurricane Maria Devastated Her Home. Now, This Teen is Helping Put Survival Kits in Florida Libraries” published on youthtoday.org on July 1. Basu writes about Nadya Rexach-Rivera,…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student journalists and alumni from WUFT and Fresh Take Florida, and two faculty members are finalists in the 2022 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Florida Pro Sunshine State Awards competition. Finalists include: College Journalist of the Year: Meleah Lyden, B.S. Telecommunication…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, and Natalia Galicza, B.S. Journalism 2022, are the co-authors of “Rising From the Rubble: Three Miamians On Healing and Hope One Year After the Surfside Condo Collapse” published in Flamingo magazine…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, is the author of “Ashley Jones! Now” published in The Bitter Southerner on May 31. Basu focuses on Alabama’s first Black poet laureate and the youngest in the 91 years since the…

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Samantha Chery, B.S. Journalism 2022, is proof that hard work and involvement, the ability to overcome burnout, and brushing off microaggressions pays off.  The journalism senior received four awards at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ spring 2022 Awards Banquet:  the…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, is quoted in “War Correspondents Discuss Dangers Journalists Face in Ukraine” posted on wptv.com, the West Palm Beach, Florida NBC affiliate on March 14. The story features interviews with two war correspondents:…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, is featured in “Reporting Trauma: Moni Basu on Following an Earthquake Survivor” published on NiemanStoryboard on Feb. 10. Basu, a former CNN reporter, traveled to Haiti to report on the devastation from…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, David Finkel, B.S. Telecommunication 1977 and Hall of Fame 2007, and John Woodrow Cox, B.S. Journalism 2008, are featured in Writers on Writing: Inside the Lives of 55 Distinguished Writers and Editors…

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, is the author of “Drivin’ the Dixie Highway: How Florida’s Dream Road Turned to Dust” published in Flamingo magazine on Nov. 1. Basu traveled the Dixie Highway, one of the oldest roads…