5/5/14

Former hostage Terry Anderson, who will teach at UF, remains passionate about journalism | Gainesville.com

Former hostage Terry Anderson, who will teach at UF, remains passionate about journalism | Gainesville.com: Terry Anderson is still settling into his new home in Hidden Village and getting to know the lay of the land.

He's getting to know his neighbors and has discovered the local Trader Joe's and Ward's — Gainesville's long-time independent grocery store.

Three weeks after moving up from South Florida, where he was doing consulting work for a startup company, Anderson has just gotten around to hanging pictures on the walls. He hasn't had a chance to put his office together, though the computer is up and running.

This is where he spends a good deal of his time — monitoring the news, humanitarian and diversity websites he has bookmarked, following international journalists thrown into prison, and staying in touch via Skype and various social media with his far-flung family and friends around the world.