Jen Ford
@jenford138.bsky.social
I work in design/branding/strategy
I love art/music/travel
Director of Marketing and Comms & National Board for AIGA // the professional association for design
📍GNV FLA
I love art/music/travel
Director of Marketing and Comms & National Board for AIGA // the professional association for design
📍GNV FLA
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Florida Victorious, the official NIL partner of the Florida Gators, and the UF College of Journalism and Communications have announced a partnership to establish a creative agency within the college designed to help student-athletes develop their brands.
Learn more: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025/08/12/f...
Learn more: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025/08/12/f...
Florida Victorious and UFCJC Partner to Establish Two Bits Creative
Florida Victorious, the official NIL partner of the Florida Gators, and the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to est...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Florida Victorious, the official NIL partner of the Florida Gators, and the UF College of Journalism and Communications have announced a partnership to establish a creative agency within the college designed to help student-athletes develop their brands.
Learn more: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025/08/12/f...
Learn more: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025/08/12/f...
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Critics argue that public broadcasting is biased. But year after year, surveys show that PBS is the most trusted source of news in America. | Opinion
Public media is a pillar of our communities. Don’t defund it | Opinion
Critics argue that public broadcasting is biased. But year after year, surveys show that PBS is the most trusted source of news in America. | Opinion
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April 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Critics argue that public broadcasting is biased. But year after year, surveys show that PBS is the most trusted source of news in America. | Opinion
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Clem Burke, whose energetic, versatile drumming provided the beat for the band Blondie as it churned out post-punk, disco and rock hits in the late 1970s and early ’80s — and then again after the band re-formed in 1997 — died on Sunday. He was 70.
Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70
He provided both the explosive percussion on hits like “Call Me” and the laid-back rhythm on the reggae-influenced “The Tide Is High.”
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April 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Clem Burke, whose energetic, versatile drumming provided the beat for the band Blondie as it churned out post-punk, disco and rock hits in the late 1970s and early ’80s — and then again after the band re-formed in 1997 — died on Sunday. He was 70.
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U.K. Subs’ singer was backed by a random lineup at LA Punk Invasion because three members were denied entry into the US.
“I’m now wondering if my regular and less than flattering public pronouncements regarding their president and his administration were a factor,” writes the punk band’s bassist.
“I’m now wondering if my regular and less than flattering public pronouncements regarding their president and his administration were a factor,” writes the punk band’s bassist.
U.K. Subs Explain Random Lineup At LA Punk Fest: Three Members Were Denied Entry To US
On Saturday (March 15), U.K. Subs were slated to play LA Punk Invasion. However, three out of four of the band members were denied entry to the US. Bassist Alvin Gibbs shared a statement on social med...
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March 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
U.K. Subs’ singer was backed by a random lineup at LA Punk Invasion because three members were denied entry into the US.
“I’m now wondering if my regular and less than flattering public pronouncements regarding their president and his administration were a factor,” writes the punk band’s bassist.
“I’m now wondering if my regular and less than flattering public pronouncements regarding their president and his administration were a factor,” writes the punk band’s bassist.
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Breaking News: David Johansen, who as frontman of the New York Dolls was in the vanguard of glam and punk rock, has died at 75.
David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Breaking News: David Johansen, who as frontman of the New York Dolls was in the vanguard of glam and punk rock, has died at 75.
My @ufjschool.bsky.social team took home a silver and a gold at the Addy Awards tonight. So proud of them 🖤
February 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My @ufjschool.bsky.social team took home a silver and a gold at the Addy Awards tonight. So proud of them 🖤
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Good morning, CommuniGators! 🧡🐊💙
It’s time to Stand Up and Holler because it is Gator Nation Giving Day! Show your love for CJC by giving what you can, big or small. Remember, every bit counts! Give here: givingday.ufl.edu/pages/colleg....
It’s time to Stand Up and Holler because it is Gator Nation Giving Day! Show your love for CJC by giving what you can, big or small. Remember, every bit counts! Give here: givingday.ufl.edu/pages/colleg....
February 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good morning, CommuniGators! 🧡🐊💙
It’s time to Stand Up and Holler because it is Gator Nation Giving Day! Show your love for CJC by giving what you can, big or small. Remember, every bit counts! Give here: givingday.ufl.edu/pages/colleg....
It’s time to Stand Up and Holler because it is Gator Nation Giving Day! Show your love for CJC by giving what you can, big or small. Remember, every bit counts! Give here: givingday.ufl.edu/pages/colleg....
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Whiskey & Co is on tap again this Saturday on WUFT-TV! #wuft #wuftamplified
February 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Whiskey & Co is on tap again this Saturday on WUFT-TV! #wuft #wuftamplified
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Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
I always love spending time with such talented graphic design students.
And honored to be a featured speaker alongside someone I’ve long considered one of my design heroes.
Go check out the selected student work at ligature34.cargo.site.
And honored to be a featured speaker alongside someone I’ve long considered one of my design heroes.
Go check out the selected student work at ligature34.cargo.site.
February 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I always love spending time with such talented graphic design students.
And honored to be a featured speaker alongside someone I’ve long considered one of my design heroes.
Go check out the selected student work at ligature34.cargo.site.
And honored to be a featured speaker alongside someone I’ve long considered one of my design heroes.
Go check out the selected student work at ligature34.cargo.site.
I love his level of petty.
5 Grammys for a song hating on Drake and he shows up in a Canadian tuxedo
5 Grammys for a song hating on Drake and he shows up in a Canadian tuxedo
February 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I love his level of petty.
5 Grammys for a song hating on Drake and he shows up in a Canadian tuxedo
5 Grammys for a song hating on Drake and he shows up in a Canadian tuxedo
This is the stuff that made me decide to be a graphic designer. So glad I caught this exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Thanks for joining me @howdoudofellowkids.bsky.social ✨
Thanks for joining me @howdoudofellowkids.bsky.social ✨
February 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This is the stuff that made me decide to be a graphic designer. So glad I caught this exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Thanks for joining me @howdoudofellowkids.bsky.social ✨
Thanks for joining me @howdoudofellowkids.bsky.social ✨
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Punk / new wave design & fashion exhibition in Orlando with @jenford138.bsky.social
Wildly inspirational, exciting, almost overwhelming
All this stuff has loomed so large in my psyche since I was a pre-teen
Wildly inspirational, exciting, almost overwhelming
All this stuff has loomed so large in my psyche since I was a pre-teen
February 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Punk / new wave design & fashion exhibition in Orlando with @jenford138.bsky.social
Wildly inspirational, exciting, almost overwhelming
All this stuff has loomed so large in my psyche since I was a pre-teen
Wildly inspirational, exciting, almost overwhelming
All this stuff has loomed so large in my psyche since I was a pre-teen
And I throw them all on the same playlist
February 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
And I throw them all on the same playlist
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This year marks CJC's 10th annual Climate Communications Summit! Join us Thursday, February 6th as we explore this year's theme of trust—and how to overcome the climate divide. Registration at go.ufl.edu/climate
January 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This year marks CJC's 10th annual Climate Communications Summit! Join us Thursday, February 6th as we explore this year's theme of trust—and how to overcome the climate divide. Registration at go.ufl.edu/climate
It’s January 89th and I am tired 🫠
January 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It’s January 89th and I am tired 🫠
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Can't wait to welcome Benji Backer w/ the Nature Is Nonpartisan movement to #Gainesville Thurs 2/6 for UF's annual #Climate Comms Summit. How do we bridge the climate divide? w/ @maxchesnes.bsky.social, @sjryan3.bsky.social & more. Free and open to public. Register: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025-climate...
2025 Climate Communications Summit
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January 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Can't wait to welcome Benji Backer w/ the Nature Is Nonpartisan movement to #Gainesville Thurs 2/6 for UF's annual #Climate Comms Summit. How do we bridge the climate divide? w/ @maxchesnes.bsky.social, @sjryan3.bsky.social & more. Free and open to public. Register: www.jou.ufl.edu/2025-climate...
My teenager asked to go to the bookstore last week to spend some of the money they got for Christmas. They came out with Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. Since then, they have been discussing these books all week with a group of friends at school who did the same thing.
The kids are alright.
The kids are alright.
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My teenager asked to go to the bookstore last week to spend some of the money they got for Christmas. They came out with Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. Since then, they have been discussing these books all week with a group of friends at school who did the same thing.
The kids are alright.
The kids are alright.
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Earth Explodes
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January 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Earth Explodes
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The entry period for the $25,000 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability is NOW OPEN! The prize, which recognizes outstanding journalism at the state level, is available to any news organization in the U.S. on any media platform. Enter here: www.jou.ufl.edu/collier-priz...
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
The entry period for the $25,000 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability is NOW OPEN! The prize, which recognizes outstanding journalism at the state level, is available to any news organization in the U.S. on any media platform. Enter here: www.jou.ufl.edu/collier-priz...