In August, a team of 11 multimedia journalists from Noticias WUFT and WUFT News spent a week in Puerto Rico nearly a year after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island. What they saw and heard will be presented in a special 30-minute report to air on WUFT-TV on Sept. 20 at…
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Dania Alexandrino’s dream was to be the first person in her mother’s family to attend college. And then in high school, another dream emerged. “I wanted to be an international lawyer and work in an embassy,” said Alexandrino, Spanish-language news manager in CJC’s Innovation News Center. “But after joining Junior…
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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists from WUFT-TV/FM, Noticias WUFT and The Independent Florida Alligator are finalists in the 23rd annual Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Sunshine State Awards competition. Students were recognized in both professional and student divisions for their work on radio, television, print…
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Amaury Sablon, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication junior, received an Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Award at the Foundation’s 2017 OPC Scholar Awards Luncheon in New York City. Sablon was among 15 aspiring foreign correspondents selected by a panel of leading journalists from a pool…
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Dania Alexandrino will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in the new position of Spanish-language News Manager. Alexandrino is a news producer and reporter for the Univision Network and its East Coast affiliates in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was formerly a CNN en Español reporter…
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Student reporters from WUFT-TV/FM, Noticias WUFT and The Independent Florida Alligator were honored at the 22nd annual Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Sunshine State Awards presentation in Miami. Students were recognized in both professional and student divisions for their work on radio, television, print and online. In the professional division,…
Read moreThe College’s public radio station, WUFT-FM, will broadcast a student-produced Spanish-language radio newscast starting Feb. 18. The 30-minute “Noticias WUFT” (“WUFT News”), which will air every Thursday night at 11, will cover local, state, national and international news, including public affairs, sports and weather. “In terms of serving our community,…
Read moreLa estación de radio de la Universidad de Florida, WUFT-FM, transmitirá un noticiero en español producido por estudiantes a partir del 18 de febrero. El programa de 30 minutos, llamado “Noticias WUFT”, se transmitirá todos los jueves a las 11 de la noche y cubrirá noticias locales, estatales, nacionales e…
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