NEWS WRITING: THE INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR
My work as a contributing writer for the Independent Florida Alligator, a student-run newspaper in Gainesville, FL.
THOSE AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD BONE CANCER SPEAK ON THEIR EXPERIENCES
February 28, 2018
Cheyenne Heflin has been getting stares since she was 14 and had her right leg amputated because of Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer.
But she isn’t ashamed of her silver and black prosthetic leg.
“I always like telling people what happened so they can realize that this is a thing. It happens,” said 19-year-old Heflin, who’s been cancer-free for five years. “But it’s also not the end of the world.”
THIS WINN-DIXIE IS CLOSING IN GAINESVILLE
March 18, 2018
Parker Kaleo goes to Winn-Dixie every other week to pick up milk because the 2002 SW 34th St. location is conveniently close to where he lives at the Ridge Apartments.
But the UF biochemistry and molecular biology sophomore might have to find a new place to buy milk, because the Gainesville Winn-Dixie on Southwest 34th Street and 29 others in Florida are closing.