Month: March 2011

The Asbury Park Press has been named the winner of the 2010 Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for exposing questionable use of taxpayer dollars in New Jersey and how that state’s property tax system harms the economy. In addition, the Asbury Park Press raised awareness of a gap in the public records law […]

Three University of Florida students won their overall categories in the National Broadcasting Society National Electronic Media Award Competition.  Video News Segment: Erica Rakow, "Freezing manatees" Video Feature Segment: Sheli Muniz, "Daycare webcams" Video Commercials: Camilo Moreno (and Raul Betancourt), "VW commercial" The College also had four Finalists in the competition: Video News Package: Vic […]

Professor John Kaplan’s cancer education film “Not As I Pictured,” was named Best Documentary at the Michigan Film Awards, held in conjunction with the Detroit Independent Film Festival. Of more than 235 films entered from 16 nations, “Not As I Pictured” was one of two major winners, one for Best Documentary, and another for Best […]

Telecommunication professor Churchill Roberts and his latest documentary film, “The Last Flight of Peter Ginz,” are featured in the March 13 article in The Gainesville Sun, “UF documentary institute’s last film debuts Wednesday.”

Two students from the College recently placed in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Broadcast News Competition II. Sheli Muniz placed first in the news competition and recieved $2,600. Clark Fouraker placed third and recieved $1,500. As finalists, the two students will submit additional entries for a semi-final round. The top five television finalists will be […]

University of Florida student journalists will take home 14 regional Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The award winners will be recognized at the SPJ Region 3 Conference April 1-2 in Birmingham, Ala. The winners are:  Editorial Writing: Jared Misner, The Independent Florida Alligator Feature Writing: Jared Misner, "Eye of […]

Wayne Wanta Wayne Wanta has accepted the position of chair of the Department of Journalism at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications effective June 1, Dean John Wright announced today. Wayne currently holds the Welch-Bridgewater Chair in Sports Journalism at Oklahoma State University. He joined the OSU department in 2009 after serving […]

The Gainesville Sun features the Monday, March 7 premiere of the new student-produced program on WUFT-TV, “Our Town,” in the March 4 article, “Alachua, High Springs featured in WUFT-TV program.”

The Gainesville Sun quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in two articles about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the free speech rights of the Westboro Baptist Church: “Funeral pickets win case with UF group’s support” (published March 3, 2011) “UF First Amendment group joins suit, says Westboro ‘protests’ are protected” […]

[jwplayer file=”college/David-Westin-20110224.mp4″ html5_file=”http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/college/David-Westin-20110224.mp4″] David Westin, president of ABC News from 1997 to 2010, speaks with Dean John Wright, students and faculty from the College on Feb. 24, 2011 in the CMIR 21st Century News Laboratory. [audio:http://www.jou.ufl.edu/assets/newsaudio/David-Westin-20110224.mp3]