Month: September 2020

Social media has played an important role in mobilizing collective social actions around the world. Occupy Wall Street, #BlackLivesMatter, and #MeToo are just a few examples of movements for social change that gained speed via social media channels. Yu-Hao Lee, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication associate professor, and Carlin Littles, B.S. Telecommunication 2015, from […]

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and Bob Graham Center for Public Service Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, has been selected as a 2020 Florida Climate Institute (FCI) Distinguished Faculty member. Barnett was recognized for her outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary climate research, collaboration with colleagues across UF’s 16 colleges, extension and education programs, as […]

Carma Bylund, Public Relations associate professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and associate professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, is the co-author of “International Barriers to Parent-Child Communication About Sexual and Reproductive Health Topics: A Qualitative Systemic Review” published in the Journal […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications scholars Carma Bylund and Carla Fisher recorded “Communicating with the Young Adult with Blood Cancer” for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Treating Blood Cancer Podcast Series for Professionals. It was posted on Aug. 13. Bylund is Public Relations Professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism […]

Pi Sigma Epsilon Florida is a national co-ed sales, marketing, and management professional fraternity. Our main goal is to provide a comfortable family-like environment for UF students of all majors and years while also helping to prepare them for amazing careers in all industries and functions. We are starting our recruitment process this week and […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “Court Records Helped Expose Flaws in Florida’s Guardianship System. Industry Lawyers Want to Make Guardianship Court Records Confidential” published in the Orlando Sentinel on Sept. 8. The article features an attempt […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, was quoted in “Here’s Why You Won’t See Reporting from Inside Seattle-Area Virtual Classrooms This Week” published in The Seattle Times on Sept. 4. Thousands of Washington children returned to schools – mostly online. However, there are few […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, was quoted in “Nearly Half of Power 5 Won’t Disclose COVID-19 Test Data” posted on ESPN on Sept. 3. The story features the lack of or limited disclosure of positive COVID-19 test results and data by college and […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication has announced a new annual teaching honor – The Helen Aller Oster Adjunct Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes adjunct lecturers who are an integral part of the residential and online curriculums in the College. The award is named in honor of Helen Aller […]

Marcia DiStaso, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Department chair, is the co-author of “Responding to a Health Crisis on Facebook: The Effects of Response Timing and Message Appeal” published in Public Relations Review, Volume 46, Issue 3, September 2020. DiStaso and Yan Huang examined the effects of timing and message […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications master’s student Alyssa Varas is the recipient of the 2020 PRSA Foundation Chester Burger Scholarship for Excellence in Public Relations. Varas is pursuing an online master’s with a specialization in Global Strategic Communications. This scholarship was created to encourage graduate public relations students to pursue careers in […]

Finalists for the 2020 Online News Association (ONA) University of Florida Awards in Investigative Data Journalism have been named. The $15,000 award, which honors high-impact data journalism that is exceptionally well presented, is the largest presented by ONA. The finalists in the Large Newsroom category are How Trump Reshaped the Presidency by The New York […]

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By Michael A. Monahan, B.S. Public Relations 1996 President and CEO, Moxē Integrated Marketing Someone recently asked me how COVID has changed agency life in 2020. While it’s hard now to even think about what the agency world was like pre-COVID, there are four things that stand out to me as I reflect on the […]

Free T-shift Alert! We have a mystery to solve Gators! Today for our virtual Fall Festival UF Library West is having a great event: An InvestiGATOR in Library West. A fun, online, mystery activity to help students become familiar with the Libraries’ homepage and our student-oriented services. Those who crack the case within the next […]

Eligibility FASPE Journalism applicants must be interested in journalism as a career and fit into one of the following two categories: 1) be enrolled in a graduate program of any kind and planning to work as a journalist; 2) be working as a journalist with an undergraduate degree in any field received between May 2015 […]

J. Keith Saliba, B.S. Journalism 2001, M.A.M.C 2005 and Ph.D. 2008, is the author of Death in the Highlands: The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me. The book begins in the fall 1965 when the South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolved to crush it once and for all. […]