The University of Florida ’s College of Journalism and Communications will host its first Storytellers’ Summit May 14-16 in Gainesville, Florida.

Journalists in Transition’s first 2010 board meeting will be a fun one, with a business meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 30th followed by an all-journalists family fun day at 2 p.m. at Tradewinds Park…

The South Florida Media Coalition’s meeting on January 28th at 10 am will be forum focused on blog/online journalism and how it is “Changing the Way News is Covered.” The event is hosted by WIOD at the Clear Channel Studios in Miramar.

Miami-Dade College’s Journalism Speaker Series continues November 20th at the Wolfson Campus. The featured speaker will be Pulitzer prize-winning features writer, Lane DeGregory. DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times won the prize in 2009 for her series “The Girl in the Window.”

The Florida Society of News Editors, in association with the Florida Press Association and the Asian American Journalists Association, will hold an all-day, multimedia skills workshop Saturday, Dec. 12 at the University of Miami School of Communication. The workshop is open to all print, video and digital journalists and educators who are interested in building their multimedia toolbox. There will be all day sessions and partial day seminars taught by recognized Florida experts in their fields.

Join the SPJ South Florida Chapter for its latest free event — “Launching Your Own News Organization: How to Fund, Start and Successfully Operate It.” The event will take place Thursday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. in Hollywood. Panelists include Dan Christensen of the Broward Bulldog and Gary Kebbel of the Knight Foundation.

The Middle East Studies Program in FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs has invited renowned photojournalist Alexandra Avakian to speak on Nov. 13, 2009, at 2 p.m. in the MARC International Pavilion at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Avakian will speak about her work in the Middle East and discuss her recently published book Windows of the Soul, in which she shares the challenges, insights and rewards of nearly two decades of photographing the lives of Muslims around the world.

A 20-month project by Florida International University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication that produced innovative reports on HIV/AIDS in South Africa and South Florida will be featured in a WPBT/Channel 2 one-hour special titled “Tell Somebody: The New Face of HIV/AIDS.” The special will air on WPBT2 at 10 p.m. on October 15, National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

The Association of Health Care Journalists is hosting “Aging in the 21st Century,” an event for Health Journalists and non-health journalists alike. The event will take place October 16th and 17th at the University of Miami’s School of Communication.