Month: April 2022

This award recognizes and encourages graduate study and scholarship in public relations through an annual award for an outstanding Master’s thesis. The winner of this award receives a $2,000 grant. The winner’s faculty advisor receives a $1,000 cash grant. DEADLINE: MAY 15, 2022 Criteria Entries are judged on their contribution to the advancement of research-based knowledge […]

The purpose of the Ragan Research Award is to offer students an opportunity to conduct secondary research on an important topic in the PR industry. The winner will receive a $1,500 stipend to produce a small research brief (~ five pages) on a suggested topic. The winner’s research paper will be published on the IPR […]

Ava Loomar, B.S. Journalism 2021, and University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Natalia Galicza placed second and fourth, respectively, in the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Personality/Profile Writing Competition. Loomar’s entry, “Is Florida COVID Data Activist Rebekah Jones Grifter or Hero, Villain or Role Model, Liar or Whistleblower? Maybe All of […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications honors its best and brightest students, faculty and alumni each year. The annual College Awards Banquet was held on April 14 at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville. The College inducted four alumni into its Hall of Fame: Naeemah Clark, M.A.M.C. 2000, Ph.D. […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) was ranked in the top 50 in Communication and Media Studies by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022. The rankings are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty and student ratio, research citations per paper, h-index (measuring the productivity and published works from […]

The Science Communigators club is looking for new executive board members for the 2022-2023 school year. The club focuses on learning more about science news and science writing, in addition to sharing science stories through multimedia platforms. To learn a little bit more about what the Science Communigators do, check out their social media (@scicommgators) […]

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) 2022 Suncoast Chapter Student Production Awards competition. Two films from the CJC Narrative Collaborative Filmmaking course led by Media Production, Management, and Technology Lecturer Iman Zawahry received nominations. “The […]

The NABOB Media Sales Institute (MSI) is designed for recent college graduates, career changers and military personnel who are passionately interested in pursuing a media sales career. The program will run from June 6th to June 16th this summer in Atlanta, Georgia. MSI has scheduled an exclusive informational Zoom for UF graduating seniors and alumni […]

Washington Post Reporters Hannah Dreier and Andrew Ba Tran are the winners of the 2022 Brechner Freedom of Information Award for their coverage of hidden inequities in the way FEMA administers aid to victims of national disasters. Dreier and Tran spent 13 months investigating how FEMA distributes aid, filing records requests in four states, analyzing […]

The search committee for the advertising lecturer position will meet on Tuesday, 4/12 at 12:00 pm to review the current applicant pool. The committee  will meet via Zoom. https://ufl.zoom.us/j/8211738258 Thanks,

Natalie Asorey, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Lecturer and Associate Director for Student Engagement at The Agency, was named the UF Undergraduate Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the Year for 2021-22.  Asorey was nominated for that award after being named the UFCJC Faculty Advising/Mentor of the Year. Since joining CJC in 2018, […]

Harrison Hove, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism lecturer, is the recipient of a 2022 Rising Star Award from the UF Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). Hove was honored for receiving a Passport to Great Teaching for New Faculty Certificate, completing the Great Online Course Series, the Teaching for Inclusivity and […]

All the career advice you could need in one place!  The CJC Office of Careers and Corporate Partnerships (OCCP) launched “Industry Edge,” a new video series where leading professionals in the communications industry provide guidance on starting the career search. The best part is, “Industry Edge” was created entirely by students from CJC’s very own: […]

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, is the author of “One of the World’s Biggest Sea Snails at Risk of Extinction” published in National Geographic on April 6. The story focuses on Horse Conchs, the marine snails that build Florida’s colossal state seashell. According to the story, the iconic […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology lecturer and coordinator of the online master’s program with a specialization in social media, is quoted in “How Social Media Handles Censorship and Graphic Content” posted on winknews.com on March 31. The story focuses on a social media video showing […]

Dear Colleagues:  Next week we will welcome to campus two finalists for the Public Relations Lecturer position.  The candidates will be here Monday – Tuesday, April 11 – 12 (Debra Wetherhead) and Wednesday – Thursday, April 13 – 14 (Tracy Wright).  Listed below are the date/time/place for their teaching and faculty presentations.  Presentations are being […]

Join the Hispanic Communicators Association on April 9th from 2-5 p.m. for the Hispanic Gator Film Festival! Learn more here.

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Fresh Take Florida student reporters were finalists in the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) 2021 Awards Student Small Market category. “The Real Estate Agents in School Board Land Deal are Accused of ‘Working Both Sides,’ Increasing Cost to Alachua County Taxpayers” by Journalism senior Houston […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) assistant professor, has been named Associate Chair of the department, effective immediately. Coche’s primary responsibility will be to coordinate and lead the department’s assessment efforts for both the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the […]

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and CJC doctoral student Chelsea Hampton are the co-authors of “Clinicians’ Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Communicating Electronically with Patients: A Grounded Practical Theory Approach” published in the Journal of Health Communication on April 5. Alpert, Hampton, Merry Jennifer Markham and Carma Bylund […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists were honored in the 59th annual National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho (NBS-AERho) 2021-2022 National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Awards competition. First place winners include: Audio Feature Package: Jack Prator, “Florida Ranks Second in Government-Sold Homes in Flood Zones” Audio News Package: Sydney Dotson, “UF Installs […]

The Knight Division will be hosting CJC Stress Relief Week from April 18th through April 22nd! Recharge and prepare for finals with the events and tutoring opportunities below:

The Harn Student Ambassadors are looking for student input and perspectives! The Harn will be opening a new exhibition, Speechless: Text & Image, on June 7th. The exhibition deals with the relationship between text and image, as well as the cultural, historical, and visual importance of the work on view. The Harn Student Ambassadors have been […]

Join the Harn on April 14th at 6 p.m. for Museum Nights: Year of the Tigress. This event will include a conversation with Taiwan documentary filmmaker Jasmine Ching-hui Lee and the screening of her film Money and Honey. Experience art from Asia during an after-hours museum event as we celebrate the contributions of women artists to […]