Month: August 2016
Rita Men Named Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations Scholar
UF College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) Public Relations Assistant Professor Rita Men, Ph.D., APR, has been named a scholar of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. Dr. Men will be one of 12 scholars, each serving a five-year term. The Plank Center at the University of Alabama is a leading resource for […]
Read more »Clay Calvert Comments on Dartmouth Rape Case Records Exemption Request
/Clay Calvert, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project Director is quoted in “An Ex-Dartmouth Student Is Trying To Bury His Rape Case, But A Documentarian Is Winning” published in Huffington Post on Aug. 26. The article focuses on access to the prosecutorial records of accused campus rapist Parker Gilbert. Parker was found not guilty, however […]
Read more »Robert Imfeld Pens New Children’s Book
Robert Imfeld, B.S. Journalism 2011, has written his first children’s book entitled A Guide to the Other Side. In his paranormal debut, Imfeld tells the story of a boy, Baylor Bosco, and his ghostly twin sister who work together to pass messages from the beyond. Since graduation, Imfeld worked with two of the highest paid […]
Read more »Melissa Lyttle Selected as President of the National Press Photographers Association
Melissa Lyttle, B.S. Journalism 1999, was selected as the new president of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Lyttle, an independent visual journalist in St. Petersburg, Fla., was captivated by photography after taking a black and white darkroom photo class in her second year of college. Fascinated with nature, science and math, she was planning […]
Read more »Cynthia Barnett Featured in Groundwater Decline Report
/Cynthia Barnett, UF College of Journalism and Communications visiting lecturer in environmental journalism, was featured in the article Groundwater Declines Seen, Even in Wet Climates: Studies published in the online edition of Bloomberg BNA on Aug. 23. The article, which compares the arid west in Nevada and the wet east in Florida, references a recent […]
Read more »Mickey Nall Joins Public Relations Department as Visiting Lecturer
/Mickey G. Nall, APR, PRSA Fellow will be a visiting lecturer in the UF College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Department for the upcoming school year. For more than 25 years, Nall has been a PR Agency professional working on a variety of brands and clients, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
Read more »Krieger and Strekalova Collaborate On Nursing Student Empathy Training Study
/Janice Krieger, UF College of Journalism and Communications STEM Translational Communication Center Director, and Yulia Strekalova, UF CJC Director of Grants Development, collaborated with two ShadowHealth researchers to publish an online article in Wolters Kluwer Health Nurse Educator. The Aug. 3 article, “Empathic Communication in Virtual Education for Nursing Students: I’m Sorry to Hear That,” […]
Read more »Clay Calvert Comments on Lawyer Advertising Best Practices
/University of Florida Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project Director Clay Calvert was featured in the article, “Panel Issues Guidance on Best Lawyer Advertising” in the print and online editions of the August 2016 issue of ABA Journal. Calvert commented on how the content of ads for lawyers can help prospective clients make more informed […]
Read more »UF CJC Student Aaron Albright Selected for Prestigious ONA16 Student Newsroom
/UF College of Journalism and Communications student Aaron Albright is among the 20 talented digital journalists who have been selected for the Online News Association’s 2016 Student Newsroom. Under the guidance of carefully curated mentors, these students will provide intensive website coverage of the ONA’s Conference and Awards in Denver, Colo. from Sept. 15-17. The […]
Read more »Defining Moments: Scott Tatter, B.S. Telecommunication 1984
/Scott Tatter, B.S. Telecommunication 1984, had his defining moment one night at a music nightclub. Tatter graduated from the CJC with a degree in hand and had no clue what his future held. He was supposed to be a football phenomenon, but that never happened after he blew out his knee. He found himself in […]
Read more »Eunice Kim Receives International Research Grant
/University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Eunice Kim received The Differences’ Research Grant in recognition of the top research paper, “Consumer Socialization Through Social Media: Antecedents of Consumer Acceptance of Native Advertising on Social Networking Sites,” presented at the Global Colloquium organized by the Korean Advertising Society. The paper was […]
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