Month: May 2015

Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano in interviewed in this episode of the Launch Yourself podcast published May 28, 2015. http://traffic.libsyn.com/launchyourself/Ep27-AnnChristiano.mp3

Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is interviewed by Dan Reimold of College Media Matters on this episode of the College Media Podcast published May 27, 2015. https://soundcloud.com/dan-reimold/college-media-podcast-matt-sheehan-innovation-news-center-university-of-florida

PBS MediaShift on May 28, 2015 published “Why We Messed with a Good Thing by Converging Our Florida Newsrooms,” an article by Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan.

In 2007, Bienvenido “Benny” Torres — a gamer since age 5 — knew he wanted to work on the Nintendo advertising account, then being managed by Leo Burnett. At a Most Promising Minority Students professional development program, he marched up to the Leo Burnett recruiter and within five minutes she knew he was her guy. He proceeded […]

The Conversation on May 26, 2015 published “Why does social media advertising fall flat?,” a study on the effectiveness of Facebook ads by Advertising Professor Jon Morris.

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has hired Eric Esterline as a lecturer in sports journalism/production and sports communication, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. He will join the College’s faculty this fall. This position is part of a partnership between the College’s Sports Journalism and Communication program and the College of Health […]

The Los Angeles Times on May 21, 2015 published, “It’s not just a ‘California drought,’” an op-ed piece by Hearst Visiting Professional and Alumna of Distinction Cynthia Barnett, JM 1989, MA 2003.

Journalism Professor and Knight Chair Mindy McAdams will be spending two weeks this summer at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a Scripps Howard Foundation/Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Visiting Professor in Social Media. McAdams has been a professor in the College since 1999, teaching courses about the Internet and journalism. She […]

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the the lawsuit filed by University of Virginia Associate Dean Nicole Eramo against Rolling Stone in the May 12 story, “Lawsuit against Rolling Stone claims ‘doctored’ photograph cast dean as ‘villain.’”

Below is a list of conference papers by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and students that were accepted and will be presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference May 21-25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Other conference roles are also noted.) ICA is a leading academic association for scholars interested […]

Congratulations to the University of Florida’s Bateman team for its second place finish at the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2015 Bateman Case Study competition in Chicago today. Loyola University New Orleans, took the top prize. The team includes seniors Andrea Cepeda, Nathan King, Elliot Levy, Trisha Tucker and Valeria Yulee. Deanna Pelfrey and […]

‘Breaking’ News: Why we’re examining many of the things we’ve spent the last 18 months building in our newsroom Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan gives an update about the INC in the article, “‘Breaking’ News: Why we’re examining many of the things we’ve spent the last 18 months building in our newsroom,” published May […]

Time on April 30, 2015 published “15 Tips for High School Graduates” by Associate Professor and Interim Journalism Chair Ted Spiker.