Month: September 2019

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Associate Professor Tim Sorel’s film, “My Kid is Not Crazy: A Search for Hope in the Face of Misdiagnosis,” is now available in the United Kingdom on Amazon Prime UK Video. Amazon, which is the exclusive over-the-top distributor for the film through 2020, launched it in the […]

Three University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students have been selected to attend the invitation-only Florida Bar Reporters’ Workshop on Oct. 28-29 in Tallahassee. Telecommunication senior Dolores Hinckley, Journalism senior Melissa Hernandez and Journalism junior Karina Elwood will attend the workshop to learn about legal reporting and covering state courts from lawyers, judges […]

The Collier Prize for State Government Accountability is now accepting entries for the $25,000 prize, one of the largest journalism prizes in the nation. Information about the prize and how to submit entries is available on the Collier Prize site. The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) announced the creation of the […]

Mira Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) assistant dean for student experiences and Innovation News Center director, is the new president of the Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) for 2019-2020. JAWS is an organization for working journalists, journalism educators and researchers from across the country. Members meet in person and online to share […]

Briana Erickson, B.S. Journalism 2017, and Rachel Crosby, B.S. Journalism 2015, received the Nevada Press Association‘s Annual Better Newspaper Contest Best Breaking News Reporting – Print first place award in the Urban Dailies division for “Video Shows Officers Waiting in Hallway During Las Vegas Shooting” published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on June 27, 2018. […]

Jacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, was featured in “’Always in Season’ Review: Lynching is Not Just Part of America’s Past” published in The New York Times on Sept. 19. Olive is the creator of a documentary centering on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging from a swing set in […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is quoted in “OUC Workers Signed Non-Disclosure Pacts with Universal Orlando; Experts Question Why” published in the Orlando Sentinel on Sept. 18. The article addresses the issue of five Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) employees that were forced to […]

By Madison Hindo, Public Relations 2020 Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Kim A. Barton, B.S. Advertising 1985, was no stranger to civic engagement. She watched her parents participating in the political process, all while encouraging others to do the same. She saw them drive friends to the polls and go door-to-door, making sure that neighbors […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Division of Graduate Studies and Research Associate Dean Tom Kelleher, Public Relations Associate Professor Rita Linjuan Men and Patrick Thelen, Ph.D. 2019, are the authors of “Employee Perceptions of CEO Ghost Posting and Voice: Effects on Perceived Authentic Leadership, Organizations Transparency, and Employee-Organization Relationships” published in Public […]

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and Bob Graham Center for Public Service Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, is the author of “The Nasty Political Fight Over Our First Weather Forecasts” published in Politico Magazine. In the article, Barnett traces this history of weather forecasting back to the early 19th century and how politics […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Jordan Alpert, Advertising Associate Professor Huan Chen and doctoral student Kelsy-Ann Adams are the authors of “E-cigarettes and Social Media: Attitudes and Perceptions of Young Adults to Social Media Messages” published in Addiction Research & Theory on Sept. 16. Their study focused on the […]

NJ Advance Media and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are the recipients of the 2019 University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism presented annually by the Online News Association (ONA). The $15,000 prize, the largest offered by the ONA, will be shared by the winners. NJ Advance Media won in the large market newsroom category […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the online Master’s program with a specialization in social media, was quoted in “Spent a Decade Online? Time to Do Some Cleaning Up” published on Rewire on Sept. 9. The article focuses on millennials and Gen Z’s who have a decade or more […]

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication professor and Media Consumer Research director, is the co-author of“Substitutability and Complementarity of Broadcast Radio and Music Streaming Services: The Millennial Perspective” published in Mobile Media & Communication on Sept. 9. Chan-Olmsted, along with UFCJC doctoral student Rang Wang and Kyung-Ho Hwang from Kyungnam […]

Diane McFarlin, dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), and Frank LoMonte, UFCJC Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, are the co-authors of “We Must Save Student Newsrooms” published in Inside Higher Ed on Sept. 11. McFarlin and LoMonte report on the current state of newspapers and their decline […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Vanessa Wakeman, founder and CEO of The Wakeman Agency, one of the nation’s leading social change agencies, has joined the College as a Public Relations Department Professional-in-Residence for the 2019-20 academic year. “We are extremely thrilled and privileged to welcome Vanessa to […]

Diane McFarlin, dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), has been named to the second annual Florida Trend Florida 500 list. Florida 500 is a Florida Trend special section that highlights the 500 most influential executives in different economic sectors throughout the state. The list is compiled by the editors […]

By Lauren (Joos) Keys, B.S. Journalism 2012 As a borderline perfectionist, I was thrilled to set a lofty goal and accomplish it this year when I visited all 61 US National Parks in seven months. As an experienced story-teller, I felt my soul spark to life as we uncovered nuance in the visitor centers by […]

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 When a professor and mentor encouraged Mary Ann Ferguson to start thinking about research while she was getting her master’s degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she decided to tackle the future of public relations. She presented a paper which was well-received by all but one person, […]

The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information today announced the debut of the Journal of Civic Information, the first open-access, interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed research related to the field of public information accessibility. The journal, which will include articles from both scholars and practitioners, will publish online quarterly. Topics will include issues regarding access to […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Has the Right to Block Critics on Social Media – A Court Ruling Against Trump Suggests She Might Not” published in Business Insider on Aug. 31. The […]

Ted Spiker, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Department chair, is the co-author of a chapter in the book “The Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism” to be published on Dec. 2. The book provides an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and international study of American literary journalism engaging the work of disciplines such as […]