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Boys And Oil: Growing Up Gay In A Fractured Land: An Evening With Taylor Brorby

University of Florida Gainesville, FL, United States

“I am a child of the American West, a landscape so rich and wide that my culture trembles with terror before its power.” So begins Taylor Brorby’s Boys and Oil, a haunting, bracingly honest memoir about growing up gay amidst the harshness of rural North Dakota, “a place where there is no safety in a ravaged […]

Fearlessly Curious Conversations With Mónica Guzmán

Pugh Hall (PUGH) 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, FL, United States

Journalist and author Mónica Guzmán will share insights on how to have constructive discourse across political and ideological lines. Guzmán, the inaugural McGurn Fellow for Media Integrity and the Fight Against Disinformation at UF, is the author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, which […]

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Decoding AI With Drew Harwell

Pugh Hall (PUGH) 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, FL, United States

As part of UF’s ongoing Science Journalist in Residence series, noted Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell will appear on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 4 pm in Pugh Hall to speak on Decoding AI: How Algorithms are Shaping Our Future. This program is free and open to the public. It will also be livestreamed at this link. Harwell, a University […]

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“Bad Press” Documentary Screening

Reitz Union 655 Reitz Union Dr., Gainesville, FL, United States

Join us on Monday, February 26 at 9:30 a.m. for the documentary screening of “Bad Press,” which shows the story of indigenous journalists on an Oklahoma tribal reservation that pushed back against censorship and convinced their community to pass a constitutional amendment protecting the right of media to report the news unfettered and free – […]

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REPORTING ON FOOD POLICY AMID A JOURNALISM IMPLOSION

Pugh Hall (PUGH) 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, FL, United States

Join us for a conversation with UF’s spring Science Journalist in Residence Helena Bottemiller Evich, the founder and editor-in-chief of Food Fix. A reception will follow the talk. Food Fix is a new, in-depth publication about food policy in Washington and beyond. Evich, an award-winning reporter who previously led food coverage at Politico, launched Food Fix […]

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The Orange and Blue Film Festival

University of Florida Gainesville, FL, United States

The Orange & Blue Film Festival is the only state-wide collegiate/high school film festival hosted by a public university in Florida. This celebration of student storytelling includes film screenings, workshops, industry panels and awards. We’re launching the next generation of storytellers forward right from the heart of the Gator Nation.