Month: July 2010

In “Memo to Press: Don’t Mess with Brangelina!,” The Wall Street Journal quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s litigation against a British paper: “It’s really a combination here of two things, One is what would appear to be a traditional defamation action and two would be […]

In “WUFT will add music to air waves,” The Gainesville Sun also notes that “Richard Drake will be the new local host of the NPR weekday program ‘Morning Edition.’”

WCJB TV-20 featured Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in its Technology Spotlight on July 20. He discussed an appellate court ruling on FCC broadcast indecency rules.

The College’s Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, along with the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the University of Virginia, the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Pennsylvania Center of the First Amendment at Pennsylvania State University, filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week. They […]

In “UF grad Miles Doran: His Hearst award is reflective of his work,” The Gainesville Sun quotes the recent telecom grad as saying: “I’m very lucky and honored to have gotten first place. It was a great way to top off a college career.”

In “Selling UF is personal for former ad man,” The Gainesville Sun welcomes Andy Fletcher, ADV 1979, to campus: “In May, Fletcher, the former president, partner and chief executive officer of the Fletcher Martin advertising agency based out of Atlanta, assumed the role of UF’s associate vice president of marketing and public relations.”

In “UF wins fan favorite in energy-efficiency contest,” The Independent Florida Alligator mentions that our public relations students who participated in UF’s Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 effort won their category: “[The] communications team, which took on promoting the event and informing people about the university’s house, was also ranked first.” Our students – Joanna Brighton, […]

In “Crowds celebrate Fourth with fanfare despite rain,” The Gainesville Sun writes: “The nearly $30,000 celebration is sponsored by UF and its public radio and television stations, as well as the City of Gainesville, AvMed Health Plans and the University Athletic Association.”