Until now there has never been a resource available that attempts to comprehensively pull together the numerous wide-ranging materials that delve into this important facet of the history of Florida. Students, journalists, historians, librarians and others are left with the task of navigating their way through a body of materials that is often difficult to locate and access.

The Florida Journalism History Project is an attempt to identify collections and documents of all types and to provide a Web-based “portal” that simplifies locating and accessing these materials. The site consists of full-text digitized materials, bibliographic lists, compiled chronologies, links to relevant special collections or newspaper collections and archives, and any other materials relevant to the topic. The resources included are very specific to Florida print journalism, although some broader resources were included where relevant. Many of the materials included will be useful for researchers looking at the political, social and economic history of the state as well as journalism history.

Note: In 2006 the FJHP won a "Best of the Web" award in the Creative category from the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication/Visual Communication and Communication Technology Divisions.

Suggestions for additional resources or ways to improve the site are welcome and can be sent to Patrick Reakes at pjr@uflib.ufl.edu.

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