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Rob Harder has joined the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Division of Media Properties as director of Broadcast Operations. Harder will provide oversight of the programming operations, underwriting, membership and content functions of public media stations WUFT-TV, WUFT-FM, WUFT Classic and GHQ, commercial broadcast stations WRUF-AM/FM…

Áine Pennello has joined the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Innovation News Center as a multimedia reporter and producer, and will assume the role of “Morning Edition” news anchor. She will also be a reporter for WUFT platforms. “Morning Edition” is broadcast Monday through Friday from…

By Aurora Martínez, Journalism senior It “takes a community” to produce the University of Florida’s annual Homecoming Parade in Gainesville, Florida, held each Friday on homecoming weekend. While hundreds of people watched and cheered for the parade floats passing by 13th Street and University Avenue on Oct. 6, a team…

GHQ, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) multi-platform “radio station,” is partnering with Futuri Media to use Futuri’s RadioGPT™ AI technology, making GHQ one of the first radio stations in the world to use this service to better connect to audiences. RadioGPT™ uses Futuri’s TopicPulse system…

By Emma Behrmann, B.S. Journalism 2024 In a Zoom room filled with CEOs of non-governmental organizations, activists and lobbyists, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel called out Jacob Sedesse. He recognized him as a member of the Snapchat generation, and as a 20-year-old University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC)…

By Serra Sowers, Journalism and Sustainability Studies 2024 I have never been more grateful for functioning stoplights and clean, running water. Three days after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28, 2022, I headed down to southwest Florida with a team of fellow WUFT News reporters to cover…

WUFT-TV and WUFT.org, operated from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, are the winners of a 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award in the Small Market Radio Digital category and a first-ever National Student Murrow Award for Excellence in Video Reporting. “At the Finish Line” by Tobie…

Report for America (RFA) today announced that CJC alumna Katie Hyson will join public media news organization WUFT in Gainesville, Florida, as a 2021-22 Report for America journalist. Hyson will join WUFT starting June 1. RFA, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues…

WUFT-TV/FM and the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) today were honored with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Community Lifeline Award for providing extensive coverage and non-stop emergency information during Hurricanes Michael, Irma and Matthew. The Community Lifeline Award recognizes public media stations that provide outstanding service to their…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ WUFT-FM -and South Carolina ETV (SCETV)/South Carolina Public Radio have formed a partnership to provide heightened hurricane, tropical storm and other weather emergency content to South Carolina residents and visitors across the state. Available immediately, listeners to South Carolina Public Radio…

Randy Wright, executive director of the Division of Media Properties at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, on July 28 was part of a panel in Washington, D.C. that discussed public broadcasting’s public safety mission. The event, organized by America’s Public Television Stations, NPR and PBS in…

This story was edited from a press release by the University Station Alliance. The University Station Alliance presented its 2015 USA Madison Hodges Innovator Award for Public Media Advancement to Randy Wright, executive director of CJC’s Division of Media Properties, at its Super Regional Meeting in San Antonio, Texas on…