Month: February 2023

Connect with other first-gen college students while creating art that promotes the importance of your community. The event will take place at Peabody Hall, Room 408 on Friday, Feb 12 from 12:00pm-1:30pm with food provided!

The Public Relations Search Committee will meet this Thursday, 09/30/2021, at 3:30 p.m. via ZOOM.  The meeting agenda is to discuss the job description and timeline. Topic: PR Lecturer Search Committee Time: Feb 9, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99970098232?pwd=am5DSnBST3RTLzhJOEc1QXNrSG9wUT09 Meeting ID: 999 7009 8232 Passcode: 397478 Committee members: […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications announced today that Nathan Carpenter will be the inaugural director of the College’s new social media listening lab. Carpenter will join the College on July 3. As director, Carpenter will be responsible for leading the lab’s operations, insights/analysis, and engagement with key stakeholders. He will be […]

Myiah Hutchens, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Associate Professor, has been named chair of the Public Relations Department, after serving as interim chair since May 2022. During her tenure as interim chair, the department proposed two additional tracks: Public Interest Communications and Corporate Communication. They also hired two new […]

Join us on Wednesday, Feb 15 at 12pm-1pm for an information session on  how you can attain a MAMC Degree while still in undergrad! The event will take place in Weimer Hall Room 3032 as well as online. Registration Link for Zoom is here:  https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpf-mqpzIuHdwKFjWjIme6L93UmkDwbjoJ

Films by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) seniors and an alumnus were recognized in prestigious film festivals. Emilee Ford was selected as best cinematographer in the 2023 Los Angeles Cinematography Awards (LACA) for “The Aftermath.” The film, written, directed and produced by MPMT senior Callie […]

By Chloe Stein, Media Production, Management, and Technology Sophomore In January, I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of 24 students to represent the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in covering the second-ever NBA game hosted in Paris. This was a regular-season game on Jan. 19 between the Chicago Bulls […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Jinping Wang will be joining the College in fall 2023 as an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising. Wang currently is an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Journalism and Communication. Prior to that, she was […]

An article by Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology assistant professor in emerging media, and co-author Matthew Lombard has received the 2022 Amsterdam School of Communication Research Denis McQuail Award. The article, “Social Responses to Media Technologies in the 21st Century: The Media are Social Actors […]

A new study has found that manipulating social robots’ facial and kinetic cues can induce medium-to-large-sized effects on users’ social presence and trust. The findings by Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology assistant professor in emerging media, UFCJC doctoral student Mo Chen and Leping You, […]

Join the Gator Chapter of NABJ for our second GBM of the semester on Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. in the INC. Learn more about the E-board and all that UFABJ has to offer. See you soon!

Clay Calvert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications professor emeritus and former director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, is the author of “Supreme Court Must Step in to Defend the Editorial Rights of Social Media Platforms” published on thehill.com on Jan. 29. Calvert focuses on a challenge to two Florida […]

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, and Ann Searight Christiano, UFCJC Center for Public Interest Communications director, will participate in an Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) virtual panel on public relations and public interest communications on Feb. 3 at […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism affiliate faculty member Czerne Reid was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023 class of Lifetime Fellows. The Fellows program, which includes alumni such as Thomas Edison and W.E.B. DuBois, is among the most distinctive in academia and recognizes extraordinary impact […]

Brand Bowl is back! Come join The Agency and Ad Society for a fun Super Bowl research watch party on February 12, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.! We know the Super Bowl is more than just football– the ads are what draw many of us in. At Brand Bowl participants will watch the game but also […]

Join PICSA for their second GBM of the semester as they welcome Greenpeace USA’s Chief Communications Officer, Jenna DiPaolo. As CCO, DiPaolo is responsible for building strategic communications to promote a sustainable future and prevent lasting effects of the climate crisis. The event will feature a Q&A opportunity with DiPaolo and take place Tuesday, Feb […]