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Environmental Journalism: ““The demand is finally there from the profession. And, many of our students are fired up to cover the story.”

Monday April 1, 2024

This profile originally appeared in the College’s 2024 Dean’s Report. Cynthia Barnett, CJC’s director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives, says many students in her classes see climate change and what’s happening to the planet as …

Join Us for a Q&A session with Rolling Stone climate journalist Jeff Goodell!

Thursday October 26, 2023

CJC Students are welcome to join us on November 1st, at 1pm for a Q&A session with Jeff Goodell. RSVP is needed.

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Cynthia Barnett

Cynthia Barnett Named Director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives at the University of Florida

Tuesday September 12, 2023

Cynthia Barnett, Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), has been named director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives for the college. Barnett, a senior lecturer in the …

Cynthia Barnett Co-Authors Behind-the-Scenes Article on Fertilizer Investigation by Missouri and Florida Student Journalists

Thursday September 7, 2023

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental journalist-in-residence and senior lecturer, is the co-author of “Missouri, Florida Journalism Professors Join Classes on Multistate Fertilizer Investigation” …

How UF Helped this Gator Grad Find her “Environment” in Journalism

Tuesday May 3, 2022

This video and story, written by Cynthia Roldán Hernández, originally appeared in UF News on April 25, 2022. Marlowe Starling knew she wanted to be a writer from a very young age. A self-described “book nerd,” she spent much of her time immersed in …

“Peak Florida” Chronicles Florida’s Population Growth and Its Impact

Friday December 21, 2018

“Peak Florida,” created by students in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications fall 2018 Environmental Journalism course, focuses on how Florida’s population growth, weakened development regulations, and accelerated climate …

Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman speaks at UF

Monday February 2, 2015

Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman, one of the nation’s top environmental reporters, shares raucous stories about the environmental beat: From covering secret Texas hunting trips paid for by sugar lobbyists to hurricanes and other …