Month: October 2015

The Institute for Public Relations on September 9, 2015 published “Infusing Social Media with Humanity: Corporate Character, Public Engagement and Relational Outcomes,” an article by Public Relations Assistant Professor Rita Men and Wan-Hsiu Sunny Tsai.    

Advertising chair and professor Tom Kelleher writes about Coca-Cola and Corporate Social Responsibility in this case study excerpted from his forthcoming textbook, Public Relations in the Digital Age.

Journalism Professor Bernell Tripp is a founding editorial board member for Historiography in Mass Communication, a new online journal for journalism and mass communication history. The journal, which is scheduled to launch in late October or early November, will focus on essays about the study of history, something no journal in the field has ever […]

The UF College of Journalism and Communications has a new student chapter of the Association for Women in Sports Media – AWSM@Florida. AWSM is a support network and advocacy group for women who work in sports writing, editing, broadcast and production, as well as public and media relations. The organization includes more than 600 industry […]

Dean Diane McFarlin is quoted in this October 18, 2015 op-ed column in the Ocala Star-Banner, “Tom O’Hara: The civic cost of Florida’s shrinking news staffs,” regarding newsroom staffing at Florida’s daily newspapers.

Advertising junior Thomas Echezabal is featured in this October 6, 2015 story in The Gainesville Sun, “Post-Great Recession, many workers must find their own way.”

Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman was one of nine speakers selected statewide to present a 75-minute session at the Florida Consortium for International Education’s annual conference Oct. 1-2, 2015, at the Paramount Plaza Hotel in Gainesville. Freeman’s talk, “Berlin Study Abroad — How an Immersion Experience Continues to Grow after 10+ years,” explained how his […]

The Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) today announced that Florida Storms, the free app Floridians are using to stay safe during major storms, is now available for Android devices. The app has been available on iOS devices since late August. The Florida Storms mobile weather application offers a simple way to stay informed of […]

Adam Bornstein (MAMC ’08) was a lifelong fan of the University of Colorado, his parents’ alma mater, where he also attended intent on becoming a psychology researcher.  Two years after he graduated, while doing research at the university, he had an “aha moment” when he decided that what he really wanted to be was a […]

PBS MediaShift on October 5, 2015 published “Innovator Rafat Ali on Connecting the Unseen Dots in the Travel Business,” a story by journalism senior Dahlia Ghabour about the recent Innovators Series visit by Skift CEO/Founder Rafat Ali. The story features photos and video by CJC Visual Coordinator Ryan Jones.

Dr. Michael Weigold, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs and Enrollment Management, has been selected for the 2015-16 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program (SEC ALDP). As an SEC ALDP fellow, Weigold is one of only 50 faculty and advisors chosen from Southeastern Conference universities to join this prestigious […]

A national investigation by Carnegie-Knight News21, a multi-university investigative project that included a top student from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, has captured one of the nation’s premier digital journalism awards. Wade Millward, a 2014 journalism graduate from the college, was among 29 students from 16 universities who won the Online […]

The Conversation on October 2, 2015 published, “How do libraries get away with banning books?,” an article by Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert.

The body image website Adios Barbie published “Are Social Media Sites the New Pro-Eating Disorder Communities?,” an article by Ph.D. student Nicki Karimipour which summarizes some of her research studies.