Month: July 2015

Congratulations to Caitlin Healy, an independent photographer, video journalist and filmmaker based in Dakar. Healy, a 2010 UFCJC Photojournalism graduate, is the producer of a new 57-interview maternal health documentary, The Yaay Project: Motherhood in Senegal. Healy traveled 8,700 kilometers across Senegal to find stories of motherhood, birth, early and forced marriage and family planning. The […]

Congratulations to UFCJC alumna Dr. Jennifer Greer, newly elected 2015-16 vice president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Jennifer earned her Ph.D. in mass communication at CJC in 1996. Her dissertation was on “Unleashing the Watchdogs on Political Advertising.” Jennifer attended her first AEJMC convention as a student in 1993 […]

The New York Times on July 13, 2015 published, “‘The Weather Experiment,’ by Peter Moore,’” a book review by Hearst Visiting Professional and Alumna of Distinction Cynthia Barnett, JM 1989, MA 2003.

Congratulations to UFCJC photojournalism alumni and Gainesville Sun staff photographers Erica Brough (BSJ 2005) and Doug Finger (BSJ 2002), who received first place honors in the photo division of the 2015 Florida Society of News Editors Contest. Brough won first place for Spot News Photography, and Finger took top honors for both Feature Photography and […]

Impressive fundraising performance distinguishes the Florida station WUFT – Gainesville, Florida was awarded the 2015 Greater Public Benchmarks Award for excellence in fundraising performance. The award was announced at this year’s Public Media Development and Marketing Conference (PMDMC) in Washington, DC. WUFT’s fundraising gains from 2010-2014 have been truly impressive. The station’s total revenue grew […]

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 17, 2015 story, “Conde Nast exec story: Gawker is keeping its sleaze game in shape,” regarding Gawker’s standards of newsworthiness in its recent reporting of a story about Condé Nast executive David Geithner.

Columbia Journalism Review quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 16, 2015 story, How university foundations try to avoid public scrutiny—and what reporters can do,” regarding the press’ ability to report on activities of university foundations.

PBS MediaShift on July 16, 2015 published “Audience Analytics Changing Journalism Education” featuring Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan and Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano. [View the story “Teaching Audience Analytics” on Storify]

The College’s content partnership with Yik Yak, Swamp Juice, is featured and Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is quoted in the July 15, 2015 story in Editor & Publisher, “The New Town Square.”

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced a program that provides graduates of its fast-growing professional Master’s programs with affordable lifetime access to graduate-level courses. The program, called “Master Access,” affords online master’s degree graduates the chance to access coursework in their specialization or that of two other programs for an […]

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 9, 2015 story, “Twitter stupidly freaks out about ESPN, Jason Pierre-Paul and HIPAA,” regarding the application of HIPAA to ESPN’s acquisition of NFL player Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical records.

Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is featured in this July 2, 2015 article in College Media Matters, “Matt Sheehan is ‘Leading a Movement’ at UF’s Innovation News Center That May Help Shape Journalism’s Future.”

Crowded around the TV in the third-floor lounge of Broward Hall, about 30 high school students spent their last night as a group singing hits from both “High School Musical,” Queen and the karaoke classic “Don’t Stop Believing.” Camper Olivia Fiss, 16, said the friendships and memories she made would be just two of the […]