Month: April 2015

Aaron Zeiler, 4PR, has been named as one of seven students nationwide to participate in the 2015 Frank Karel Fellowship in Public Interest Communications. Aaron will spend this summer working for the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a leading force in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its deadly toll in the United […]

Congratulations to this year’s UF Bateman team for being named one of three national finalists in the 2015 Bateman Case Study Competition sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America! Five CJC seniors competed in Fall 2014 to be selected as members of the 2014-2015 UF Bateman Team. This year’s competition is designed to […]

Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert is quoted in this April 25, 2015 story on WPIX-TV (PIX 11), the New York City flagship station for Tribune Broadcasting, “Man claims he was illegally detained for filming Jersey City police,” regarding the First Amendment right to film police officers performing their duties in public places.

HuffPost: Entertainment on April 24, 2015 published “Humanizing Cannibal Cop on Eve of Appeal: “Thought Crimes” Doc Reveals Unseen Side of Gilberto Valle” a column by Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the United States v. Valle case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Fear Isn’t Fatal, and 12 Other Things My Students Taught Me About Teaching Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano offers some thoughts after 4+ years in the classroom in the article, “Fear Isn’t Fatal, and 12 Other Things My Students Taught Me About Teaching,” published April 21, 2015 in […]

View the photo gallery on Facebook → Congratulations to our winners from the 2015 awards banquet, held April 20, 2015. Chad Furst, who will graduate this spring with a public relations degree, received the Ruth and Rae O. Weimer Award. This award, named for the founding director and first dean of the College, is presented […]

HuffPost: Entertainment on April 16, 2015 published “Indecency, Politics and the FCC: A New Round in the Culture Wars?” a column by Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the FCC’s standards on indecency.

Journalism professor Wayne Wanta has been named a UF Research Foundation Professor for 2012-2015.  He is one of 34 UF faculty members chosen by the UF Research Foundation to receive the honor this year. Wanta is the 17th College of Journalism and Communications faculty member to receive this prestigious award, which goes to faculty members […]

The Los Angeles Times has been named the winner of the 29th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for its investigative series. The award-winning series titled: “Lifting a Cloak of Secrecy,” details the fight for access to information about ownership of the Los Angeles Coliseum. UF’s College of Journalism and Communications Dean Diane […]

https://vimeo.com/groups/wildtoinspire/videos/119134852 This fall, Filipe DeAndrade will be traveling to Africa. The 2012 telecommunication production graduate is the winner of the second annual WILD TO INSPIRE filmmaking competition. National Geographic WILD presents this award, in partnership with the Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). As the winner, DeAndrade’s wildlife adventure will […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has partnered with messaging app Yik Yak to create a customized content feed for local Yik Yak users. The feed, called Swamp Juice, is available as a Peek to any Yik Yak user around the University of Florida campus. On Swamp Juice, UF journalism students curate […]

Ann Christiano, the Frank and Betsy Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communication and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was named the 2014-15 University of Florida Teacher of the Year, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. The award was presented Monday evening at UF’s annual Faculty Awards […]

Juan-Carlos Molleda, Chair and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was recognized as one of four 2014-15 UF Doctoral Dissertation Adviser/Mentoring Award winners, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. The award was presented Monday evening at UF’s annual Faculty Awards reception hosted by UF President Kent Fuchs. In […]

Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert is quoted in this April 6, 2015 article in The Daily Beast, “Can Rap Lyrics Send You to Jail? If You’re a Young Black Male, Yes.,” regarding the defense against prosecutors using rap lyrics as evidence is cases such as Elonis v. United States.

Howard French, author of China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, will address China’s continental impact on Africa, from historical and global perspectives, at the University of Florida on April 9. Both the university community and the general public are welcome to attend the keynote address on April […]