Home Documentary Reflection Published and broadcast on April 7, 2023 “Slept on Eastside” follows the journey of Eastside High School alumni Harold “Gator” Hoskins as he returns to his alma mater to revitalize the football team. The Rams had a record of 5-25 over the last three seasons, but the …
Read More »From reluctance to ‘visionary’: How ‘Slept On Eastside’ came to be
Home Documentary Reflection By Trey Johnson | April 7, 2023 I must have done something special. I could not ask for a better way to end my college journey. However, this almost didn’t happen. About a year ago, Herbert Lowe, one of my professors at the University of Florida College …
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Home Documentary Reflection By Trey Johnson | April 7, 2023This was not supposed to happen. Eastside High School football was an afterthought in Gainesville, essentially a guaranteed win for opponents. That was until the program shook things up. After accumulating a record of 5-25 over the previous three seasons, the …
Read More »Ukraine’s heart in Florida: How loved ones bring people together thousands of miles away
A blue and yellow Ukrainian flag flies from the hydrangeas-lined house owned by William and Lyuba Wharton in Gainesville. Their garage is full of stacked boxes with winter jackets and canned food. Inside, family photos line the walls above Matryoshka dolls on shelves, and warm smells of pirozhkis in the …
Read More »Advocates stress gun storage practices to prevent unintentional shootings
Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Bradley Hulett’s father considers himself a Second Amendment guy. Adam Van Allen …
Read More »Adam Van Allen: ‘Perfect human’ credited with saving lives after his death
Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Susan Van Allen’s pot of macaroni, tomato paste and beef sizzled in …
Read More »Nay’loni Fairley: Jacksonville father recalls losing his ‘Dazzling Doll’
Editor’s note: This is the third of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Nay’loni Fairley had been dancing since she could stand and taking ballet, …
Read More »Nay’loni Fairley: Jacksonville father recalls losing his ‘Dazzling Doll’
Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Nay’loni Fairley had been dancing since she could stand and taking ballet, …
Read More »Unsecured guns and unintended deaths: A preventable epidemic?
Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Schools were closed in Clay County because of Hurricane Irma on Sept. …
Read More »Bradley Hulett: ‘He was the glue of our team’
Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Fifteen-year-old Bradley Hulett stood in his home in the Fish Hawk community …
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