Report for America reporter Rose Schnabel will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Innovation News Center in July as part of the new Florida Environment & Ag Desk. She will cover the agriculture, water and climate change beat in North Central Florida for WUFT News.…
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Report for America (RFA) has named public media station WUFT, housed at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), as one of its 2024 newsroom partners. The RFA reporter will join WUFT in summer 2024 and help bolster the new Florida Environment & Ag Desk in the…
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A news report by Katie Hyson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications WUFT News Report for America journalist, has been cited in “Debt Governance, Wealth Management, and the Uneven Burdens of Child Support” published in the Northwestern University Law Review, Volume 117, No. 1. Hyson’s story, “The Silent…
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Katie Hyson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications WUFT News Report for America journalist, won the prestigious GroundTruth Award and first place in Feature Writing at the Report for America 2021-2022 Local News Awards for her story “How a Black Marching Band Style Was Erased From Gainesville’s Fields,…
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Katie Hyson, M.A.M.C. 2020, joined the College’s Innovation News Center in June 2021 as a Report for America journalist for WUFT. Report for America is a national, non-profit service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. We interviewed Katie on Dec. 6, 2021…
Read moreKatie Hyson, M.A.M.C. 2020, joined the College’s Innovation News Center in June 2021 as a Report for America journalist for WUFT. Report for America is...
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Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, will receive a 2021 UFCJC College Faculty Professional Summer Award. The award includes a $7,000 stipend and offers the opportunity for professional renewal and a chance to re-connect with standards of…
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WUFT News, a leading news organization in Gainesville, Florida, is the recipient of a Report for America (RFA) reporter position to cover racial inequity in East Gainesville. WUFT News is located in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ Innovation News Center and provides news to several broadcast…
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