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CJC Journalism Professor John Kaplan Retires After 22 Years

Thursday December 17, 2020

John Kaplan, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor and winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, is retiring after 22 years at the College. During his tenure at CJC, Kaplan’s academic honors …

John Kaplan Participates in Nobel Laureates Forum Lectureship in China

Monday April 29, 2019

John Kaplan, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor, is the first non-Nobel Prize winner to join the distinguished Nobel Laureates Forum Lectureship series held in China’s Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces. …
John Kaplan and Hank Conner

John Kaplan Returns Overdue Library Book with Help from Hank Conner

Thursday April 26, 2018

John Kaplan, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, checked out Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from the library of a Delaware high school where he was a …

Kaplan discusses the impact of memorable photos on social change

Tuesday September 15, 2015

Journalism Professor John Kaplan was recently interviewed for an article, “Pictures that Changed History,” published in the Sept. 7 edition of the Beijing Mirror Evening News. The article was spurred by the impact of the harrowing photograph of drowned …

John Kaplan awarded international course development grant

Monday March 23, 2015

John Kaplan has been awarded a $5,000 Undergraduate Course Development Grant to design a new course entitled “International Humanitarian Communication.” The course will be a component of UF’s new International Scholars Program, an …