#Spring2026Rewind 🔁| SJGC seniors Kaylin Jean-Louis and Naji Rutherford were both recognized at the 2025 Florida News Awards in the general assignment reporting category for college television! Jean-Louis took home the win and Rutherford earned finalist honors out of more than 700 total entries. Rattler journalism is showing out! 🧡🐍🌟 Read more about their recognition by visiting the link below. 👇🏾 🔗bit.ly/KaylinNajiNewsAwards #FAMUSJGC #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #FloridaNewsAwards

Another W for the record books! 🐍🧡💚 Journey Magazine's Just Politicin' Issue has been named an SPJ Mark of Excellence Region 3 Finalist for Photo Illustration. Our students are out here setting the standard and proving that FAMU SJGC storytelling hits different at every level. Congratulations to the team behind this recognition! 🙌🏾 #FAMUSJGC #MarkOfExcellence #HBCUExcellence #SPJ #JourneyMagazine

#Spring2026Rewind 🔁 | FAMU SJGC Public Relations Professor Dr. Hsuan Huang is putting Rattler research on the national stage. 🐍 She presented at the 2026 Eastern Educational Research Association Conference on how HBCU students can use predictive AI without losing their critical thinking edge, and just earned her second FAMU FRAP grant to connect university research with K-12 practice. Rattler-built. 🧡💚 #FAMUSJGC #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #SJGCOnTheMove

#SJGCOnTheMove 🐍 | Congratulations to Justin Jordan, selected for the inaugural IEJ Fellowship at @Cronkite_ASU! 🎉 One of only 6 undergrads chosen nationwide, Justin is repping @FAMU_1887 and SJGC at one of the most competitive investigative journalism programs in the country. Rattler-built. 🧡💚 #FAMUSJGC #HBCUExcellence #InvestigativeJournalism

It's a good Tuesday to talk about the power of a photograph. 📸🧡 We're so grateful for the incredible photojournalism workshop hosted by The FAMUan, featuring 2005 Broadcast Journalism alumna Natrice Miller! From newsroom photography and visual storytelling to documenting and preserving the Black experience in America, Natrice brought her award-winning expertise right back home to SJGC. 🐍💚 She also shared the journey that took her from these very halls to a major newsroom, and we are so here for it. Rattlers inspire Rattlers. 🧡 #FAMUSJGC #HBCUExcellence #Spring2026Rewind #Photojournalism #VisualStorytelling

#TuesdayMotivation looks like this. 🐍🧡 We had the honor of welcoming Emmy Award-winning journalist @ByGeorgiaFort to SJGC, and our scholars left the room inspired. She shared her story, her journey, and the resilience it took to get to the top of her craft. Proof that Rattlers and those who pour into them are built different. Thank you, Mrs. Fort, for taking the time to speak with our future storytellers. Your words will carry them further than you know. 💚 #FAMUSJGC #BlackExcellence #WomenInJournalism #HBCUProud

#Spring2026Rewind 🔁| Congratulations to SJGC junior Ziya Saffor, because she is taking up space in the NBA and bringing Rattlers with her! 🧡🐍 A 2025 NBA HBCU Fellow and Portland Trail Blazers intern, Ziya isn't just building her career. She's opening doors for the Rattlers behind her. 🌟 Read her full story: 🔗 bit.ly/ZiyaSafforNBAIntern #FAMUSJGC #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #NBAAllStar

#SJGCOnTheMove 🐍 | Congratulations to PR student Lauren Baldon, SJGC's newest Rural News Service intern at WFSU Public Media! 🎉 Lauren is headed to the Panhandle and Big Bend regions to tell the stories that matter. A Rattler built for this moment. 💪🏾🐍🧡💚 Read her full story here: 🔗 bit.ly/LaurenRNSIntern #FAMUSJGC #HBCUExcellence #LocalNews #RuralNews

Happy #NationalHigherEducationDay! 🎓🐍 At FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication, we’re proud to prepare the next generation of journalists, designers, broadcasters, and communicators to lead with purpose and make their mark on the world. 🧡💚 Your story only evolves from here, Rattlers. #FAMUSJGC #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #FAMU

#Spring2026Rewind 🔁 | Before closing one chapter, Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson is still writing new ones. 🐍 The retiring FAMU SJGC professor co-authored a new article for Electronic News: Broadcast and Mobile Journalism in @AEJMC ’s 2026 special issue on emerging trends in broadcast and mobile journalism. To learn more, visit the link below! 👇🏾 🔗 bit.ly/DrWilkinsonAEJMC #FAMUSJGC #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #JournalismEducation #AEJMC

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#ThrowbackThursday to First Amendment Week 2026 at SJGC! 🗣️📰 During a full week of panels, keynotes, and roundtables, faculty, students, and media professionals came together for powerful conversations on press freedom, reporting ethics, and the evolving challenges facing today’s journalists. We heard from First Amendment Foundation @FLFAF Executive Director Bobby Block and legal associate Grace Nwekesi, and left with a deeper understanding of what it means to protect and practice a free press. 🐍🧡 Repost this if you're committed to upholding the truth! 🔄 #FAMUSJGC #FirstAmendmentWeek #PressFreedom #StudentJournalism

Faculty RoundUP 🎓 | Professor Anosh Gill represented SJGC on the world stage at two @iafor conferences in Singapore this spring, presenting alongside SJGC alumna and @SCADdotedu professor Kia Dolby on typography, branding, and global design. 🌏🐍 341 delegates. 51 countries. One Rattler leading the conversation. To learn more about Professor Gill’s presentation, visit the link below! 🔗 bit.ly/GillatSEACAH #FAMUSJGC #HBCUExcellence #GraphicDesign #Typography #DesignEducation #FAMUAlumni #GlobalDesign

#SJGCOnTheMove 🐍 | Shoutout to Janelle Sears @JanelleIsmay on being selected for the Carnegie-Knight @news21 initiative, one of the most competitive journalism programs in the country! This summer, she’s headed to ASU’s Walter Cronkite School @Cronkite_ASU to produce in-depth, multimedia investigations alongside the best j-students in the nation. A Rattler earned her spot. That’s SJGC built different. We’re rooting for you, Janelle! 🧡💚 #FAMU #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #FAMUSJGC #News21

Gen Z and millennials are ditching drinks for dumbbells 🏋🏾💪🏾 Fitness spending is up, alcohol is DOWN, and FAMU SJGC alumni are in the mix. Bloomberg’s Sarah Rappaport @SarahRapp broke the story with sourcing support from our own Micah Barkley @micahbarkley_ , a broadcast journalism alumna on Bloomberg’s Ideas and Culture team. PR alumna India Gay @IndiaSynai also dropped gems on how Gen Z is finding connection, community, and identity through wellness. 🐍✨ Click here to read more 👇🏾 🔗 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#SJGCOnTheMove 🐍 | Big congratulations to Roni Graham on being selected for the @Report4America internship program! 🎉 Roni is heading to @WFSUmedia Radio in Tallahassee for a 10-week paid internship where she’ll produce multi-source stories and sharpen her craft in a real newsroom. 📻✍🏾 She’s already coming in with serious reps: live shot reporter for FAMU-TV 20, technical director for Word Around Campus, and correspondent for the Sanford Herald. Roni came ready! 💪🏾 We’re proud of you! Go show them what a Rattler can do! 🐍🧡💚 Read Roni’s full story at the link below. 👇🏾 🔗 bit.ly/FAMUReportforAmerica #FAMUSJGC #SJGCOnTheMove #JournoJobs #ReportforAmerica #LocalNews #RattlerNation

#Spring2026Rewind | Taliyah Marshall is rewriting what PR with purpose looks like. 🧡🐍 2025-2026 FINN Partners FCF Scholar. BowStern intern. Org founder. Honors student. First in her family at an HBCU. She has made every moment at SJGC count and we could not be more proud. 🌟 To read Taliyah's full story, click the link below. 👇🏾 🔗 bit.ly/4fZ8jJU #FAMUSJGC #FAMU #RattlerNation #HBCUExcellence #FINNPartners

Faculty RoundUp 🎓 | Dean Mira Lowe's latest op-ed tackles what it really means to prepare ethical, AI-ready journalists for a shifting media world. Essential perspective for anyone in emerging media. 📰🐍 Verification first. Transparent AI use. Human judgment always in the lead. This fall's "AI in Action" faculty retreat is turning that vision into action. Technological advancements should not intimidate our students. We help them stay eager, prepared and ready to lead. 🙌🏾 Read more about Dean Lowe's approach to building ethical, AI-ready journalists. Visit the link below! 🔗 bit.ly/4nVEvQk #FAMUSJGC #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #EthicalJournalism #AIinMedia

Thank you for featuring our amazing students at the Sports Emmy’s 🐍🙌🏾!!

#Spring2026Rewind 🎉 Congratulations to our very own Zaire Floyd who is going GLOBAL this summer! 🌍 Selected out of 500 applicants for the @cieestudyabroad CIEE Frederick Douglass-Daniel O’Connell Global Internship, Zaire will join scholars from Harvard, Yale, Howard & more for an 8-week internship in Dublin, Ireland! 🇮🇪🛫 Be the change that you wish to see, Zaire. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see the impact you make 🧡💚🐍 🔗 Click the link to read more! famusjgc.com/zaire-floyd-sel… #FAMUSJGC #CIEEStudyAbroad #ExploreIreland #FDDO