Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson, an adjunct professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, received a belated award last week during a trip to Arizona. In 1990 while still a captive in Beirut, the University of Arizona awarded Anderson the John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award. Last week…

In March 1985, Associated Press reporter Terry Anderson was abducted off the streets in Beirut and held at the mercy of his Hezbollah Shiite captors. He lived for nearly seven years in chains wondering fearfully if each day would be his last. But his spirit soared beyond captivity, and he…

Adjunct journalism professor Terry Anderson  is quoted in the September 4, 2014 story in The Independent Florida Alligator, “UF professor shares personal experience with terror abroad,” regarding the recent slayings of two American journalists in the middle east.

Citing the necessity of a free press to report on international injustices and terrorist activities, faculty members of the University of Florida Department of Journalism praised the valor of two recently slain American journalists while condemning their beheadings by terrorists. Terry Anderson, adjunct faculty member and a former Associated Press…

Terry Anderson, who will join the College this Fall as an adjunct professor, is featured in this May 3, 2014 story in The Gainesville Sun, “Former hostage Terry Anderson, who will teach at UF, remains passionate about journalism.“

Terry Anderson, a retired journalist and a former foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications this fall as an adjunct professor, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. Anderson, a former AP reporter who was held hostage in Beirut…