Thousands of new journalists join the work force each year. These journalists are trying to join an extremely competitive industry. Hundreds are willing to move across the country as they pursue their professional dreams.
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As the television news audience declines, a theme of diversity is becoming more important than ever.
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The research team has already completed an initial drone flyover to get a visual of the area being treated, plotted a grid, tested soil, sampled vegetation, applied herbicide and top dressed the field with compost.
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A sophisticated voice-identity technology used to monitor prisoners and inmates across Florida and elsewhere is so secretive and controversial that its manufacturer urged government agencies to coordinate with its public relations office before responding to inquiries from news organizations, a Fresh Take Florida investigation found.
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The contract would become effective on May 31, and the deal for buying the property would need to close no later than January 31, 2020.
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Florida is grappling with an outbreak of hepatitis A but does not have a top …
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This was the first mission for the company's commercial crew program, which, if successful, could soon ferry American astronauts to space in an American-made vessel for the first time since the end of NASA's shuttle program in 2011.
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D’Alemberte, who died suddenly Monday at age 85, had a list of accomplishments --- including serving as president of the American Bar Association, president of Florida State University and dean of the school’s College of Law --- that were on par with a humanitarian legacy evidenced by the outpouring of affection and respect as news of his death spread.
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About 150 students, Gainesville residents and community leaders gathered around a prayer mat, listened in silence and held carnations in their hands as a University of Florida student sang. The words were meant to comfort in times of mourning.
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In 2016, the Florida Gateway College became part of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program. Now, three years later, 47 inmates walked at the first college graduation inside a Florida prison.
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The Clay County Animal Services (CCAS) created a championship to give deserving dogs a home. Sixteen dogs were chosen for the adoption tournament modeled after March Madness.
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Joy Hughes recently opened Life Unplastic in the Thornebrook Village Shopping Center as the first plastic-free shop in Gainesville.
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Floridian rapper Rod Wave visited the PACE Center for Girls Alachua on Monday. That and more in 90 seconds.
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PACE expansion will welcome 14 new girls to the program. The new PACE Butterfly Center will provide more physical space that includes showers, a large common room and a kitchen complete with sinks, microwaves and refrigerators.
Read More »Lincoln Park in East Gainesville had fallen into disrepair during the past few years.
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Lady Gaga is the first woman to win an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Grammy within the span of one year. That and more in 90 seconds.
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The Save a Life tour spent Friday at Buchholz High School teaching students about the dangers of impaired and distracted driving.
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Dozens of people crowded into an urban farm during the first half hour of a workshop intended to help Florida's population of monarch butterflies.
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A plane loses power and crashes into a nearby home in Lakeland, Florida. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Lincoln Park, 900 SE 15th St., will see big improvements in the coming months. The Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department has started a multi-step project that will be completed by August.
Read More »So far, nine such scholarships have been awarded in Marion County and four in Alachua.
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Nearly 2,500 Florida students have applied for a scholarship intended to help victims of bullying.
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At least 200 people filled three courtrooms, erupted in laughter and sang together at the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center on Friday.
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Williston’s Regional General Hospital continues to struggle financially as it pays down utility debt to the city. It's weekly payment plan tripled Friday to $15,000.
Read More »The Save a Life Tour visited a local Gainesville High School. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Republicans will hold a primary on April 9. The general election won’t take place until June 18, meaning the legislative session from March 5 to May 3 won’t have House representation for parts of the Panhandle that suffered the most from Hurricane Michael.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro plans on closing the Brazilian border. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »The money was used to construct a $1.8 million Center for Outdoor and Recreation Education and clear 3 acres of trees.
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The program this month began using a $10,000 grant from the American Library Association that would help it expand and offer tutoring services to more people.
Read More »Alachua County Veteran Services and local organizations are working together to link Veterans with much needed resources. -- News from North Central Florida's public media stations on http://WUFT.org , 89.1 FM & Florida's 5.
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Arjuna Myles spends weeks every summer at band camp. But he's no high school student or band director. He’s a drill designer; he directs hundreds of high school students scampering in intricate patterns across football and practice fields around North Central Florida, like ants under a microscope.
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The City of Gainesville this week heard public feedback about proposals for a relocated and redeveloped east side park that's expected to cost at least $600,000.
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The board of the University of Central Florida has accepted the resignation of the school's president.
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About 100 people joined city commissioners Wednesday evening to strategize ways to make housing more affordable throughout the city.
Read More »The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission banned shore-based shark fishing yesterday during its meeting in Gainesville.
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It’s yet another ongoing county effort to recover from Hurricane Irma’s effects.
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Following a recent evacuation, this High Springs school is reevaluating it's active shooter protocol. Students were hiding in private residential yards when teachers heard gunshots near campus.
Read More »The political strategy for Democrats hoping to rewrite Florida gun laws is emerging in Tallahassee, …
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A northeast Gainesville park will soon be called Unity Park and receive a much needed facelift.
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The body of the man who jumped in the Santa Fe river to save a dog has been identified. That and more in 90 seconds.
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For nearly five years, two statues have greeted visitors outside of an old art gallery along State Road 26 in Melrose. The sculptures depicting the likenesses of John Belushi and Dan Akyroyd’s characters Jake and Elwood from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers have become a local landmark, but now the one of the sculptures is missing.
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A Jewish utopia was created near Micanopy in the early 1800s. Now, almost no evidence of this society remains.
Read More »Those who answered the calls said they stand behind state Rep. Anthony Sabatini after a photo of him wearing blackface resurfaced.
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Gainesville’s surfers and skateboarders will be without their local shop for the first time in more than two decades.
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Bradford County Sheriff’s Office found and identified the body of James Eddie Curtis Jr. on Monday evening after the 22-year-old died in a boating accident in Little Lake Santa Fe.
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