Innovation News Center

Harrison Hove, B.S. Telecommunication 2005, will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications as a news manager in the Innovation News Center. Hove is currently a news anchor, reporter and meteorologist at WCMH-TV (NBC4) in Columbus, Ohio, where he has worked since March 2013. He is a…

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Posted: February 23, 2017

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that journalism stalwart and veteran educator Mira Lowe has been named the new director of the Innovation News Center (INC), the College’s award-winning multimedia newsroom. Lowe, a senior editor at CNN Digital in Atlanta, will lead a team of seven news…

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Posted: January 6, 2017

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications won first place honors in the Public Radio News Director Inc. (PRNDI) 2016 awards competition.  The reporting team, which included students Jena Sands, Rebekkah Mar and Ryan Nelson, won in the “Continuing Coverage” category for a story on the Florida black-bear…

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Posted: June 28, 2016

Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is featured in this July 2, 2015 article in College Media Matters, “Matt Sheehan is ‘Leading a Movement’ at UF’s Innovation News Center That May Help Shape Journalism’s Future.”

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Posted: July 2, 2015

A senior photographer and videographer who helped develop mobile reporting workflows for Tribune Co. newspapers, will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Division of Media Properties as the new deputy news editor and digital director, Matt Sheehan, the director of the Innovation News Center, announced today.…

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Posted: July 10, 2014

The College’s Innovation News Center and center director and journalism professor Matt Sheehan are featured in this June 18, 2014 NetNewsCheck article, “Florida’s News Center Preps for Multimedia.”

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Posted: June 19, 2014

The College of Journalism and Communications commissioned the Innovation News Center on the evening of Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. The state-of-the-art facility  houses the College’s sports, weather and news operations. Alumni, students, faculty, staff and donors came to Weimer Hall to enjoy tours of the center, a reception and a…

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Posted: September 20, 2013