Month: April 2020

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Christine Morrison knew little beyond the basics of social media when she took Cody Hays’ Social Media Advertising class this semester as part of her online master’s degree program at  the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. She used Facebook and Instagram. But Tik Tok? “Not my […]

Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and Center for Public Interest Communications director, is featured in “Frank Karel Chair Ann Christiano Builds a Field Where There Never Was a Field,” an episode of the “Let’s Hear It!” podcast posted April 29. In this episode, […]

Ron Rodgers, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor and graduate coordinator, is the author of “The Social Awakening and the News: A Progressive Era Movement’s Influence on Journalism and Journalists’ Conceptions of Their Roles” published online in March and in the Summer 2020 edition of Journalism History. This study examines […]

Carolyn Lok, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations junior, has been elected president of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) for the 2020-2021 term. The previous two PRSSA national presidents were also CJC students. PRSSA, the foremost organization for students interested in the public relations and communications fields, […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and staff were recently honored for their accomplishments during the 2019-2020 academic year. The annual awards recognize achievements and service in the College and the UF community. The honorees include: UF Undergraduate Teacher of the Year: Moni Basu, Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student films and news reports were nominated for recognition in the National Academy of Arts and Sciences (NATAS) 2020 Suncoast Chapter Student Production Awards competition. Two films from the CJC Narrative Collaborative Filmmaking course led by Telecommunication Lecturer Iman Zawahry received nominations. “The Lead” by Madalin Stenzel, […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, will be one of three presenters during a Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) webinar, “Censorship: Getting Past Reporting Roadblocks in the Time of COVID-19.” Access will be available via Zoom on May 5 at 2 p.m. The webinar […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Bateman Competition team has been named one of the top three finalists in the 2020 contest. The CJC team, led by doctoral student Pamala Proverbs, was comprised of Public Relations seniors Sawyer Carlton, Erin France, Palak Patel, Ruth Rodriguez […]

By Madison Hindo, Public Relations 2020 In a time of social distancing, the UF College of Journalism and Communications Advisory Councils have stepped up to bring students together and navigate this difficult period of time with the #AllKindsofWeather series of Zoom meetings. The series was created and organized by Advertising Advisory Council member Dayana Falcon, […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, was quoted in “Authoritarian Governments Crack Down on Press Freedoms Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Report” featured on ABC News on April 28. The story focuses on how the coronavirus is compounding existing threats to press freedoms around the world. […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was one of four of the nation’s leading Constitutional Law and First Amendment scholars and professors to file a friend-of-the-court brief with the New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the case […]

Michael Weigold, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising professor and Online Undergraduate program director, is the author of “Succeeding in Online Advertising Education” published in the Journal of Advertising Education on April 22. Weigold reflects on the benefits of online education and UFs recent shift to online-only classes in response to […]

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, will serve as one of two guest editors for Journal of Advertising Education (JAE) Special Issue: Cases in International and Multicultural Advertising, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2020. Fernandes and Ohio University Associate Professor Craig Davis will review submissions of advertising teaching cases […]

Isabella C. Guardia, B.S. Advertising 2018, has received second place in the 2020 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Young Lions Print Competition. Guardia, a junior art director at Leo Burnett in Chicago, shares the award with Mariana Guarín Barkach, a copywriter at the same agency. The client for the 2020 competition was CureSearch, an […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Assistant Professors Jay Hmielowski and Myiah Hutchens are the co-authors of “Talking Politics: The Relationship Between Supportive and Opposing Discussion with Partisan Media and Credibility Use” published in Communication Research on April 21. Hmielowski and Hutchens, along with Sarah Staggs and Michael Beam, tested the […]

Cynthia Morton Padovano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor was recently honored by the American Academy of Advertising’s Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising (JCIRA) as the 2020 Journal Reviewer of the Year. Morton Padovano has worked in the field of advertising as a researcher, educator, consultant, and […]

From December 2007 until June 2009, the U.S. was in the middle of what came to be known as The Great Recession, the most severe economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. We asked CJC alumni who graduated in the midst of the Great Recession to share their experience during that time and […]

Patient participation in cancer clinical trials (CCTs), is critical to the discovery of new treatments and medications.  CCTs are becoming a measure for quality cancer care, and therapies offered through clinical trials are being considered the preferred treatment choice for physicians and patients. But patient participation in CCTs remains low. Research has shown that primary […]

Six University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumni were honored as part of the UF Alumni Association 2020 “40 Gators Under 40” awards. The awards honor young alumni whose achievements positively reflect UF. The 2020 CJC alumni honorees include Erin Cigich, B.S. Advertising 2007,  Jeff Darlington, B.S. Journalism 2004,  Amanda Hyland, B.S. Journalism […]

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Time: Noon Eastern / 11 am Central Access: Join us by registering at: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Dbx9iS3AR0OacT5YnGf4qkFcgt8qpMBAujO51699h0VUNjFLUEQ1SldURktJMjYxTFVaUVFISlVPWS4u Cost: Free  Chikage Windler, Chief Meteorologist at Sinclair Broadcast Group’s CBS station in Austin, Texas will be presenting.

COVID-19 is having a significant financial impact on U.S. newsrooms, at a time when accurate, unvarnished reporting is more critical than ever. As a result, the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information announced today the launch of Brechner Reporting Fellows, 10 fellowships for professional journalists experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19. Fellows will be granted […]

The first presentation in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ new online “Great Storytellers: Women and the Art of Film” series was featured in “CJC Hosts First Women and the Art of Film Speaker” written by Journalism junior Julia Collins and published in The Independent Florida Alligator on April 20. The series […]

Deaven Hough, M.A.M.C. 2017, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Translational Science Institute (CTSI) recruitment specialist and STEM Translational Communication Center Postdoctoral Associate Elizabeth Flood-Grady, are the authors of “Getting Started with Social Media to Recruit Research Participants” published in Clinical Researcher on April 14. Hough and Flood-Grady found that recruiting […]

The practice of journalism faces a myriad of challenges, including a continual stream of complaints about the credibility of today’s news. The advent of “fake news” has tarnished the longstanding trust and transparency considered the foundation of journalism. To combat this trend, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Professor Kim Walsh-Childers and colleagues drafted recommendations for […]