Month: May 2009
WUFT-TV News wins two national SPJ Mark of Excellence awards
/Manned mostly by students, the University of Florida’s Public Broadcasting Service station recently won two national Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards. “It’s a confirmation of our hands-on, high-expectations method of teaching and learning,” WUFT-TV News Director Mark Leeps said. “We push our students to deal with daily deadline pressures to create […]
Read more »Hussin second in Hearst multimedia competition
Photojournalism student Tim Hussin placed second in the Hearst Foundation intercollegiate multimedia competition, professor John Freeman announced. Hussin wins a $1,500 scholarship with a matching award going to the Department of Journalism. The results give UF third place as a school in the competition, following the Western Kentucky University and San Francisco State University. Hussin’s […]
Read more »Sun features photo of our commencement ceremony
A photo taken at the College’s commencement ceremony is featured in a May 3 story in The Gainesville Sun.
Read more »Sun-Sentinel features PR graduate
Spring 2009 Public Relations graduate Alexandria Stephenson is featured in a May 1 story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Read more »Construction begins on 21st Century Newsroom
Photo gallery Click images to enlarge. (Photos by Steve Johnson) Dean John Wright and Prof. David Carlson, executive director of the Center for Media Innovation and Research (CMIR), swung the ceremonial sledgehammers on April 2 to mark the beginning of construction of the “21st Century Newsroom” on the ground floor of Weimer Hall. The futuristic, […]
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