Month: September 2012

“Wired for Story” shares cognitive secrets of effective storytelling Author Lisa Cron will discuss her book Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the 21st Century News Laboratory at Weimer Hall on the University of Florida […]

The College of Journalism and Communications held its reunion weekend on Friday, Sept. 21, and Saturday Sept. 22. The reunion titled “Let’s Get Social,” is the third annual for the College of Journalism and Communications. “The point is to reconnect with old friends,” said Debbie Mason, 1981 UF journalism graduate and CEO of United Way […]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the College of Journalism and Communications Alumni Weekend. We look forward to seeing you next year.

UF and Maryland announce partnership to co-host the innovative conference GAINESVILLE, Fla. and COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Journalism Interactive 2013, a conference for educators, journalists, scholars and students to explore how journalism schools are meeting the challenge of the digital age, will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville on Feb. 8 and […]

The Orlando Sentinel quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding Florida’s new law on video voyeurism in the Sept. 19, 2012 article, “Video voyeurs face tougher penalties with new Florida law.“

Fox News Radio quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding Terry Jones and the recent violence in Libya and Egypt in the Sept. 12, 2012 article, “U.S. Military Tried to Silence Florida Pastor.“

Salon.com quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the Republican Party platform on enforcement of laws on pornography and obscenity in the Sept. 1, 2012 article, “GOP, hands off my porn!“