Month: March 2008
College to recognize five Alumni of Distinction
The College will recognize five alumni this spring as “Alumni of Distinction,” Dean John Wright announced. Including these five, the College will have recognized only 102 of its more than 22,000 graduates in this manner. The alumni have been invited to participate in the College’s annual awards banquet on Wednesday, April 9 and the undergraduate […]
Read more »St. Petersburg Times: ‘Flip Flop Man’ steps into starring film role
Documentary Institute graduate students Carlos Torres and Yelena Packwood and their short film There's Something About Larry are featured in a story in the St. Petersburg Times.
Read more »Alligator, Sun cover Erin Andrews visit
The visit and presentations by Erin Andrews, TEL 2000, Sideline Reporter for ESPN and the College’s 2007 UF Outstanding Young Alumni honoree, is featured in stories in The Independent Florida Alligator and The Gainesville Sun. Alligator: ESPN reporter, UF alumna Erin Andrews speaks at UF. Sun: ESPN’s Erin Andrews sees ‘convergence’ in sports. A video […]
Read more »msnbc.com’s Tom Brew talks about online journalism
[jwplayer file=”college/college/TomBrew080321.mov” html5_file=”http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/college/college/TomBrew080321.mov”] Tom Brew, MA 1976, deputy editor of msnbc.com, chats with online journalism students and journalism professors David Carlson and Mindy McAdams in the Interactive Media Lab on March 21, 2008. Running time: 1:09.24. [audio:http://www.jou.ufl.edu/assets/newsaudio/TomBrew080321.mp3]
Read more »ESPN’s Erin Andrews talks with students
/http://fms02.jou.ufl.edu/college/ErinAndrews080320.mp4 Erin Andrews, TEL 2000, sideline reporter for ESPN and the College’s 2007 UF Outstanding Young Alumni honoree, speaks to students and holds a question-and-answer session in the College’s Gannett Auditorium on March 20, 2008. Running time: 1:20:56. https://www.jou.ufl.edu/assets/newsaudio/ErinAndrews080320.mp3
Read more »Documentary Institute alumni take College Emmy
Two graduates of the College’s Documentary Institute recently won an Emmy at the 29th annual College Television Awards in Los Angeles for their thesis project, “Bismillah: In the Name of Allah.” Jolene Pinder, MAMC 2007, and Sarah Zaman, MAMC 2007, won the documentary category for their film about a Muslim Girl Scouts leader who runs […]
Read more »Students place seventh, eighth in Hearst round two
Photojournalism students Luanne Dietz and Jarrett Baker placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in round two, news/sports, of the annual Hearst Foundation intercollegiate photojournalism competition, professor John Freeman announced. Each student won $500, with matching awards going to the journalism department. Dietz’s entries were from alligator assignments and work shot for the Gwinnett Daily Post in […]
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