Diane McFarlin is an American educator and author. She retired in 2021 as dean of the

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Career

McFarlin began her journalism career in high school and took a reporting job at the Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune after earning her degree at the University of Florida. She became managing editor at 30 and was named executive editor of

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three years later. She then returned to the Herald-Tribune, serving as executive editor for a decade and publisher for 13 years. McFarlin became dean of the UFC College of Journalism and Communications in January 2013. McFarlin is a past president of the

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and has served six times as a juror for the

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/ref> She has taught at the Centers for Independent Journalism in

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and

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, and addressed the

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on the subject of multimedia newsrooms. McFarlin has worked on behalf of numerous nonprofit organizations and launched the Season of Sharing charitable fund, which has raised $19 million to provide crisis funding to families on the brink of homelessness.

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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications BioOpinion: Are Girls Still in the Balcony
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