Month: September 2010

[jwplayer file=”college/CMIR-21CNL-201000924a.mp4″ html5_file=”http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/college/CMIR-21CNL-201000924a.mp4″] The Center for Media Innovation + Research (CMIR) hosted a grand opening ceremony for its first component, the 21st Century News Laboratory, on Sept. 24, 2010. Speakers Dean John Wright (00:00, 17:15, 39:48) UF President Bernie Machen (2:13) Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, TEL 1982, keynote speaker (11:45) Barbara Gore, retired Internet business […]

UF President Bernie Machen addresses the guests at the grand opening of the 21st Century News Laboratory. (Photo by Sistine Gurrey.)

The Gainesville Sun, The Independent Florida Alligator and WCJB TV-20 cover the Sept. 24, 2010 grand opening of the College’s 21st Century News Laboratory. Alligator: Journalism college debuts cutting-edge media lab Sun: UF opens new media lab WCJB: The lab is featured in the Sept. 28 Technology Spotlight. Related: Webcast: 21st Century News Laboratory grand opening […]

Related links Watch the archive video of the grand opening Sun, Alligator, WCJB cover 21st Century News Lab grand opening Snapshot: Machen speaks at lab opening A state-of-the-art news laboratory that will allow students to create content for all multimedia platforms will be unveiled Friday in the College. The grand opening of the 21st Century […]

Recent photojournalism graduate Jasmine Luoma’s photo of Gainesville Pastor Terry Jones ran as the lead photo on the front page of the Sept. 9, 2010 edition of USA Today.

In “Panel cites examples of gender bias in the media,” published Sept. 1, The Gainesville Sun features the roundtable discussion cosponsored by the College. Related news Archived Webcast College cosponsors Gender Bias in the Media Roundtable discussion

Ann Christiano Nation’s first-of-its-kind program named for Frank Karel, UF alumnus and pioneer in the field Ann Christiano, former senior communications officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, NJ, was introduced today as the nation’s first recipient of an endowed professorship in Public Interest Communications – the Frank Karel Chair, named for the […]

[jwplayer file=”college/Gender-Media-2010-08-31.mp4″ html5_file=”http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/college/Gender-Media-2010-08-31.mp4″] The Florida Commission on the Status of Women hosted a Gender Bias in the Media Roundtable discussion on at the Ocora Room at Pugh Hall, home of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida. Representatives from women’s groups, academia, and media shared with participants their perspectives and […]