Month: May 2023

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Bateman Case Study Competition team has received first place in the 2023 national contest. The UFCJC team, led by Public Relations Lecturer Christine Bucan, was comprised of Public Relations seniors Courtney Baer, Will Bullen, Adriana Dos Santos, Tammy […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and Levin College of Law announced today that First Amendment scholar and teacher Jane Bambauer has been named UFCJC’s  Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and professor of law at Levin. Bambauer also will assume leadership of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at […]

Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, is the co-author of “The Power of AI-Enabled Chatbots as an Organizational Social Media Listening Tool,” a chapter in the new book Organizations Listening for Strategic Communication: Building Theory and Practice 2023. Men, Alvin […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Katie Delk is the recipient of Planet Forward’s 2023 Storyfest Award in the Best Science Narrative category for “Solutions on the Half-Shell: Healing Florida’s Waters with Clams.” The annual environmental storytelling competition features the best stories from university students on sustainability, the environment and […]

By Michelle Holder, B.S. Journalism 2022 Jennifer Lena, senior Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) major, was eager to get involved with the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and took advantage of every opportunity that came her way. With a passion for film and television, Lena, who joined UF as a […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) associate chair and assistant professor, has been named interim MPMT department chair beginning July 1, 2023. As MPMT associate chair, she completed the department’s 2021-2022 assessment report for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and began the […]

By Michelle Holder, B.S. Journalism 2022 University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) students Ophelie Jacobson, senior Journalism and Political Science double major, and Serra Sowers, rising senior Journalism and Sustainability Studies double major, in 2018 were roommates as high-school students at the College’s Summer Media Institute (SMI). Five years later, they were […]

Eight University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology students have received 2023 Campus Movie Fest (CMF) Jury Awards for two film entries. CMF is the world’s largest student film festival, helping over one million students around the world share their stories through film. “Overnight,” created by F.E.M. Films, […]

Celeste Wagner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, is one of two recipients of the prestigious 2023 International Communication Association (ICA) Global Communication and Social Change Division Best Dissertation Award for “Responding to Media Coverage of Gender-Based Violence in Argentina and the United States: A Mixed Methods Study of the […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations and Business administration senior Anna Bernstein and Telecommunication Media and Society and Spanish Studies senior Cherie Chick were selected by the UF Alumni Association and the UF Honors Program as an Outstanding Leader and Outstanding Scholar, respectively. The selection committee for Outstanding Student Leaders […]