Month: July 2022

Fellows learn about critical community engagement and organizing, collaborate with fellow cohort members and BCLS staff, and develop individual and intersectional cohort projects. Working together, we create tangible impacts through ongoing projects. Please check out some of our Community Fellows’ previous work on our website! This is not a competitive fellowship; it is a collaborative […]

Students will produce coverage about the atmosphere surrounding this historical event, the local fans and the American football culture in Germany. This will allow them to directly interact with Germans and American expats living in Germany. The program is short, but such stories require pre-production and post-production, which we will do from Gainesville throughout the […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate chair and assistant professor, has been named a 2022 Kopenhaver Center Fellow by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University. This year’s cohort of distinguished Kopenhaver Center Fellows will participate […]

Pat Ford, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Professional-in-Residence, is the recipient of the prestigious President’s ¡BRAVO! Award from the national Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA). The HPRA National ¡BRAVO! Awards honor the industry’s top multicultural communicators. They provide a forum that reflects the innovative, creative, and cultural competence in […]

By Cristina Santiago Espinet, Journalism Senior   In June 2022, I was honored to participate in the Lee Elder Internship at the U.S. Open. I discovered the internship through the Sports at CJC newsletter. I was hesitant to apply, because while I am a journalism major with a concentration in sports and media, I hadn’t […]

Linda Hon, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor, will retire in July 2022 after a distinguished 28 years at the College. During her tenure, she was a public relations faculty member, served seven years as Executive Associate Dean, and nine years as Program Director for Public Relations and Social […]

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, is the author of “Hurricane Maria Devastated Her Home. Now, This Teen is Helping Put Survival Kits in Florida Libraries” published on youthtoday.org on July 1. Basu writes about Nadya Rexach-Rivera, who endured the devastation from […]

Join the MUSE program – Open to all majors! The MUSE (Museum University Student Educator) program is for college students who will create and present museum activities and programs. MUSEs come from all majors and bring creative and dynamic energy to the museum. If you are passionate about art and museums or curious about what […]

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for AI Diversity Fellowships! Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and in partnership with Florida A&M University, UF undergraduate students in ANY major who are interested in AI and working towards their Certificate in AI Fundamentals and Applications are eligible to apply. […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced promotions for five faculty members. Eric Esterline, Media Production, Management, and Technology lecturer in sports media and communication and director of the Sports Journalism and Communication Program, has been promoted to senior lecturer. Esterline originally joined the College in August 2015. Herbert Lowe, […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Santiago Kember, who just completed his first year as a visiting lecturer, will be a full-time lecturer in the Department of Advertising this fall. Kember, who has more than 30 years of agency experience working in the U.S. and globally for leading […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Pat Ford, who has been a visiting professional-in-residence since 2017, will be a full-time lecturer in the Department of Public Relations this fall. Ford, the former Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer for global public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, has been an important […]