Month: May 2013

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Dean Diane H. McFarlin has been selected as one of 17 participants in the sixth Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy, sponsored by the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University and the Scripps Howard Foundation. The 2013 Academy will be held June 2-6 in Baton […]

WCJB TV-20 anchor David Snyder interviewed Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the Justice Department’s seizure of the phone records of Associated Press reporters in the May 20 story, “Clay Calvert Talks Freedom of the Press”.

Congratulations to UF public relations doctoral student Sarabdeep Kochhar for being named the recipient of the 2013 Public Relations Society of America Chester Burger Scholarship for Excellence in Public Relations.  She received the award at the PRSA Foundation dinner in New York City in April. The scholarship was created to encourage graduate public relations students […]

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune features Dean Diane McFarlin in the May 2, 2013 article, “Panel of publishers and editors offer glimpse into future of news.“

Congratulations to Steven Gallo who has been selected to compete in the television news category in the 2013 Hearst Journalism Awards Program next month in San Francisco. Steven joins Alex Orlando who was informed earlier this month that he had qualified for the finals in the Hearst writing competition. Finalists in five categories will gather […]