Month: June 2008

Prof. Mary Ann Ferguson (Public Relations), doctoral student David Stanton and the Poynter Institute Eyetrack07 research are featured in a story in UF’s Explore magazine.

John Cox’s victory in the Hearst collegiate writing championship was featured in stories in The Gainesville Sun and The Independent Florida Alligator. Sun: Journalism grad wins Hearst Alligator: UF graduate wins Hearst writing award

Almost as soon as recent University of Florida journalism graduate John Cox landed in San Francisco earlier this month, he started competing in the national Hearst Championships. After attending a dinner reception, he received his spot-news assignment and quickly hit the pavement. Forty-eight hours later, Cox became the third UF College of Journalism and Communications […]

The Documentary Institute thesis film A Sh’mal World is featured in a story in The Gainesville Sun.

The Documentary Institute’s receipt of a $200,000 pledge to help fund its next film, The Flight of Petr Ginz, is featured in stories in The Independent Florida Alligator and The Gainesville Sun. Alligator: UF alumnus donates $200K toward Holocaust documentary Sun: $200K donation helps UF institute with Holocaust documentary

When Col. Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut, climbed aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003, he carried a moonscape drawing by Petr Ginz, an artist and writer who perished as a teenager at Auschwitz. To help the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ Documentary Institute make a film about Ginz, whose diary […]

Documentary Institute student filmmakers Boaz Dvir and Rebecca Goldman and their thesis film, Jessie’s Dad, are featured in a story in The Independent Florida Alligator. Journalism Master Lecturer Mike Foley is quoted in the story.