Press Releases & Additional Work
FAMU J-School Journals Announce Student Producers Documentary Debut
With over a decade of showings, J-School Journals is a bi-annual event that gives leading students a platform to reveal their documentaries. Students from Florida A&M University (FAMU) are selected to premier their projects at J-School Journals, a showcase sponsored by the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication.
The screening is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of FAMU’S School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, 510 Orr Drive, room 2002.
The documentaries are based on real-life stories of extraordinary people in our community. “J-School Journals is significant to me because it creates a space where I can bring my ideas to life and bring awareness to global issues,” said Gabrielle Bolden, a senior broadcast journalism student.
The producers are allowed to explore topics that they feel are significant to society. “I would like for the audience to become aware of the dangers of human trafficking,” said Jasmina Lahens, also a senior who will show her documentary on Saturday.
Kenneth Jones, Journalism Sequence Coordinator at FAMU SJGC, selects students to showcase their narrative features at the event. After this selection, the students are then responsible for all aspects of production. ‘Having a live audience watch a film we’ve worked endless hours on… is beyond amazing,” said Diasha Henley, a graduating broadcast journalism student. This semesters list of new additions to the screening will include live acoustic music.
Documentaries
Black MD’s produced by Gabrielle Bolden and Diasha Henley
Untold Truths: Human Trafficking produced by Jasmina Lahens and Brandon Jones
News Magazines
Paradigm News Magazine – Thought produced by Gabrielle Bolden
Paradigm News Magazine – Expressions produced by Brandon Jones
For more information, please contact Jasmine Glover at (904) 586-5255 or Oriana Plummer at (404) 662-0659.
FAMU SJGC professor Hughes quoted in Global Report
FAMU School of Journalism & Graphic Communication professor Ranata Hughes made the global spotlight as one of 15 experts who contributed commentary and insight for FutureLearn’s recently released Global Report.
As of mid-March, the Global Report has been featured in more than 243 publications/media outlets around the world, with a reach of 2,075,789,164. That does not include social media.
Hughes’ area of focus in the report was about women and how online learning has given females more accessibility to take the lead in traditionally male-dominated industries.
“I am so humbled to be one of the experts discussing the role of women in the virtual classroom and how we are taking the lead in the industry,” said Hughes.
Yahoo Finance, Marketwatch Yahoo Finance and The Associated Press are among the top publications/sites that featured Hughes’ comments. The Global Report also ran in several Vietnamese publications.
As a relative topic, the Global Report also discussed the connection between the COVID-19 pandemic and social issues as it relates to molding a new global learning infrastructure.
The Global Report included other categorized commentary based on four topics: Women and Learning, Generational Distincts, Access, Inclusion and Self-Education and Personal and Professional Development.
FutureLearn is an online learning platform striving to transform education access.
FutureLearn is based in London, United Kingdom, and its online platform has about 12.5 million users around the world. FutureLearn is partnered with the British Council, King’s College London, John Hopkins University, The Open University, the University of Michigan and many others.