Month: June 2021

Harrison Hove, College of Journalism and Communications Journalism lecturer, has received first place in the 2021 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Promising Professors Awards competition sponsored by the Mass Communication and Society Division. The award honors new faculty and graduate students who demonstrate excellence and innovation in teaching. He will receive […]

Carla Fisher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor, faculty affiliate in the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and a member of the UF Health Center’s Cancer Population Sciences research program, will speak at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) virtual workshop, SRP Risk […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications scholars Carla Fisher and Carma Bylund and CJC doctoral students Chelsea Hampton, Taylor Vasquez and Amanda Kastrinos are the co-authors of “Blood Cancer Caregiving During COVID-19: Understanding Caregivers’ Needs” published in Translational Behavioral Medicine on May 25. Their study explored how the pandemic has affected adult child […]

UF has recently launched the newest event planning student organization, GatorDays! GatorDays will provide innovative, engaging, affordable, and inclusive events for students at UF. As a part of the Campus Events and Traditions area of the Department of Student Activities and Involvement, GatorDays will bring programs to UF students on campus, in the Gainesville community, […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) finished second overall in the Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Competition, the College’s highest finish since 2008. The Intercollegiate honor for UFCJC was based on cumulative points earned in various competitions including first in Broadcast, fourth in the Writing, fourth in Multimedia, and ninth in Photojournalism. […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Lawsuit says Florida’s Social Media Anti-Censorship Law Violates Free-Speech Rights” published in The Washington Times on June 11. The article focused on a lawsuit […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is the author of “The Legal Landscape: The First Amendment, Section 230 and Online Liability,” a chapter in the book Democracy in the Disinformation Age published in May 2021. In the chapter, LoMonte looks at the ways social […]

The DC Gator Club is opening its application process to award four Internship Scholarships of $1,000 each for University of Florida students with internships based in the greater Washington, DC area (DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia) for Summer 2021. This scholarship is made possible by DC Gator Club general funds. Undergraduate and graduate students interning […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Jie Jin is the recipient of the top paper award on Intersecting Identities in the 2021 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Public Relations Division. Her paper, “Can CEO Activism be Good for the Organization? The Way CEO Activism on Sexual Orientation […]

When: Saturday June 19, 2021 Time: 10AM-11:30PM Created with the support of local storytelling event company, Guts & Glory, this unique event will feature a cast of four Black voices who will share their stories in a live stream format via the Heartwood Soundstage. Their stories highlight the unique experiences of Black biomedical researchers and research professionals at UF, […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Dr. Haoran “Chris” Chu will join the College as assistant professor in the Department of Public Relations starting in fall 2021. Chu most recently was an assistant professor in the Department of Public Relations at Texas Tech University, as well as an affiliated […]

LeadUF is an early arrival program for incoming first- and second-year students, as well as transfer students, who are ready for more and eager to explore how they will engage in leadership at UF. Peer Leaders will facilitate small group discussions, build relationships with attendees, and attend LeadUF sessions which will run August 18-21. We […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists were honored in the National 2020 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards competition. The awards recognize the best collegiate work published or broadcast during 2020. National SPJ Mark of Excellence winners and finalists include: Editorial Writing: Winner: Zachariah Chou, The Independent Florida […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and doctoral students are the recipients of research paper awards in the 2021 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Public Relations Division and the Mass Communication & Society Division Moeller Student Paper Competition.         The top paper in the AEJMC […]

Jeff Huffman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Division of Media Properties Chief Meteorologist and Florida Public Radio Emergency Network Director, is the author of the opinion column “We Actually Don’t Know How ‘Bad’ Hurricane Season Could Be Yet” published in The Hill on June 4. Huffman focuses on the 2021 hurricane season […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and doctoral students are the recipients of top paper awards from the 2021 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Advertising Division Research Paper competitions. Advertising Assistant Professor Benjamin Johnson, Associate Professor Cynthia Morton, and retired Professor Emeritus Jon Morris and doctoral students Bhakti […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists received 12  awards in the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists (FABJ) college  contest and one award in the professional contest for content produced in 2020. The organization promotes excellence and education in broadcast journalism throughout Florida. In the College Television Competition, the winners are: Overall […]

Huan Chen, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor, is the co-author of “How Consumers react to Woke Advertising: Methodological Triangulation Based on Social Media Data and Self-Report Data” published in the Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing on May 31. Chen, Yang Feng and Ho-Young “Anthony” Ahn examined the mechanism […]