Month: May 2022

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Bateman Competition team has placed second in the nation in the 2022 contest. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln received first place and the Brigham Young University-Provo team was third. The CJC team, led by Public Relations Adjunct Professor Leticia Solaun, […]

Maria Celeste Wagner will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications as Assistant Professor in the Journalism Department, starting in the fall. Wagner is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and a doctoral fellow at its Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication. She received […]

Join the Career Connections Center for Careers for Communicators: Making the Most of Summer Break. Through this workshop, you’ll learn how to level up your professional skills through summer, making you more marketable to employers and expanding your career opportunities. Date: Monday, May 23rd Time: 3-3:50 p.m. via Zoom Planning to attend?Please register on Zoom […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that meteorologist Jeff George will join the College as Chief Meteorologist and Director of the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) on May 31, 2022. George will have oversight over both FPREN and the South Carolina Emergency Information Network, which are partners with […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that radio veteran Tommy BoDean will join the College as brand manager and talent for radio stations WRUF-FM and GHQ, starting on May 24, 2022. WRUF-FM (1037, The Gator) is the 100,000-watt commercial country-formatted radio station operated in conjunction with WRUF-AM, the ESPN/sports […]

The search committee for the Snedaker Chair in Media Trust will meet Friday, May 13, at 2:30 p.m. via Zoom.   Agenda: Review of schedule for candidate visits May 16-17 and May 19-20.   https://ufl.zoom.us/j/3611737104  

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Eliot Kleinberg, B.S. Journalism 1978 1. Tell us about your career before you retired. I retired in December 2020 after more than 33 years at the Palm Beach Post. I was always a reporter. Never wanted to be […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Kutonya Sowell will be joining the College on June 24 as its new Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. As Director of Finance, Sowell will oversee the College’s business office functions, including budgeting, forecasting, fiscal planning and compliance, as well as […]

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication seniors were awarded 2022 Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists (FABJ) College Scholarships. Jolena Esperto and Landy Baliton each received a $1,000 award. The students were honored for their accomplishments and dedication to academic studios and activities related to broadcast journalism. Only two scholarships were awarded […]

Julie Brown, B.S. Public Relations 1997, has been reappointed to the Florida Gaming Control Commission by Governor Ron DeSantis. She has served as Chair since January 2022. The Gaming Control Commission regulates all forms of gambling authorized by the Florida Constitution. Brown is the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. […]

Eleven University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumni and Miami Herald staffers were awarded a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. Rick Hirsch, B.S. Journalism 1980 and Hall of Fame 2014, the Miami Herald Managing Editor at the time of the collapse, Al Diaz, B.S. Journalism 1983, Adrian Ruhi, B.S. Journalism 2008, […]

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 “Seminole County High School to Cover Yearbook Photos of ’Don’t Say Gay’ Student Protests” published in the Orlando Sentinel on May 10. The article […]

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and associate professor, Media Production, Management, and Technology, is the author of “Before the Algorithm, What’s in the Imagination?” published in Computing Machinery Interactions, Volume 29, Issue 3. In the article, McNealy focuses on algorithmic […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists were honored in the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists (FABJ) professional and college competitions for content produced in 2021. Winning categories included Best Newscast and Best Reporter in the College Radio competition, and Best Public Affairs and Best Sports Reporting in the College Television Competition. […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) has won the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Writing competition with the highest accumulated student points from the five writing competitions held during the academic year. This is the first time UFCJC has won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition since 1984. Students and alumni who propelled […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Elise Elder received first place in the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Investigative Reporting Competition. Houston Harwood, B.S. Journalism 2022, received third place in the contest, which included 67 entries from 41 schools. Elder has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship to […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that broadcast journalist and UFCJC alumna Heather van Blokland will join the College as WUFT Executive Producer and Host starting on May 9, 2022. WUFT includes WUFT-FM, the local NPR affiliate operated out of the College, local PBS affiliate WUFT-TV, WUFT Classic and […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) associate chair and assistant professor, was one of four researchers awarded a $2,400 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Research Grant. The grant money will be applied to her research project on evaluating the legacy of the 1924 Parris Summer Olympics. […]

Huan Chen, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor, and Benjamin Johnson, Advertising assistant professor, have been named to the Journal of Advertising Editorial Review Board. Chen and Johnson will serve on the board with CJC Advertising faculty members Michael Weigold and Kasey Windels. Advertising Professor Debbie Treise serves as an […]

Iman Zawahry, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology lecturer and award-winning filmmaker, was one of more than 200 prominent American Muslims to attend a White House reception celebrating Eid al-Fitr on May 2. Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim religious holiday marking the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting […]

Matthew Hodge, B.S. Advertising 1994, has been named the University of Maryland (UMD) Vice President for University Relations effective July 1. Hodge has served in several development roles since joining UF in 2010 and currently is the UF Associate Vice President of Development & Chief Development Officer. In his new role, Hodge will build on […]

Myiah Hutchens, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Associate Professor, has been named Interim Chair of the Public Relations Department. She has served as Associate Chair since September 2021. Hutchens replaces former Department Chair Marcia DiStaso who was named UFCJC Associate Dean for Research. Hutchens joined the College in 2018 […]

Natasha Sherwood, B.S. Public Relations 1996, M.A.M.C 1998, has been appointed to the State Apprenticeship Advisory Council (SAAC) by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Sherwood is currently the Executive Director of Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Florida West Coast Chapter in Tampa. IEC offers a wide range of resources including apprenticeship programming, workforce recruiting, manpower sharing and […]

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Samantha Chery, B.S. Journalism 2022, is proof that hard work and involvement, the ability to overcome burnout, and brushing off microaggressions pays off.  The journalism senior received four awards at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ spring 2022 Awards Banquet:  the Outstanding Journalism Scholar Award, the […]