I felt wholly unprepared for a job as a logistics reporter. But I had been writing about business all along. By Jensen Werley Making the first drive between Gainesville and Jacksonville, I pulled over twice to look up the Wikipedia definition of “logistics.” It was the days leading up to my Saturday graduation, and I was… Continue Reading
My experience taught me how to be curious, how to watch my government, and more broadly, how to live out my citizenship. Now long removed from a career in news, I am not only a news junkie, but a person who knows how much journalism matters. In 2001, The Independent Florida Alligator fought against the… Continue Reading
By Jenna Box Sarkissian I never thought I would close the door on journalism and will admit that I worried a piece of me would die when I took a job in public relations last year. My work in newsrooms brought me much pride and great memories. I met many friends and even one of… Continue Reading
Joe Collum is the author of three books. His novel Brady’s Run, a murder mystery set in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was published in 2009. Et Tu Brady, the sequel to Brady’s Run, was published in 2013. His next novel, A Bullet for Brady, will be published in 2016. The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed, the… Continue Reading
After working at The Independent Florida Alligator, Gene Page went to New York for graduate school at Long Island University’s C.W. Post Campus. While there, Gene did some work for Newsday. After graduating from LIU and getting married, Gene and his wife Kim moved upstate to Cortland, New York, to work with newspapers in and… Continue Reading
Debbie Cenziper is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The Washington Post. Over 20 years, Debbie’s stories have sent people to prison, changed laws, prompted federal investigations and produced more funding for affordable housing, mental health care and public schools. She has won many major awards in American print journalism, including the Robert F. Kennedy… Continue Reading