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The
presenters of 2000

Learning
the digital camera
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June
2000
Approximately 140 Florida youth and their parents arrived at the University
of Florida campus on June 24, 2000 for a day of exciting activities.
Events included a media career professional panel; visual, print,
and broadcast journalism interactive workshops; and an elementary
and middle school print journalism workshop.
Parents attended a financial aide/scholarships
information session. A highlight was the "mock press
conference" with Brad Rogers, Ocala Star-Banner editorial
page editor and George Ramirez, sports anchor for Sunshine Network.
The event was sponsored by Role Models
Foundation, Ocala Star-Banner, The Knight Center at University
of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and Alachua/Bradford
Tech Prep Consortium.
RMT youth panel members and parents
also attended on online magazine planning session the following
morning, led by St. Petersburg Times Columnist Bill Maxwell.
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