Month: November 2023

By Reighan Sheppard, Journalism senior They say Capricorns have a reputation for being ambitious and that their determination runs deep. They represent leadership and initiation. They never back down from a challenge. Once they set their goal, nothing stands in their way, and anything is possible. Born a Capricorn in the peak of January, Daniella […]

The Assistant/Associate In search committee will meet Thursday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. Zoom link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/95342396731 Agenda: Receive the charge from Executive Associate Dean Spiro Kiousis. Receive charge from HR director Keisha Reynolds Discuss and prepare the job description.

The search committee for the 3 positions connected to the STEM Translational Research Center will meet Thursday, Nov. 16 at 10:30am here .   Agenda:   Call for applications Places for recruitment Next steps

Join Chomp FPRA on November 28th in Weimer, room 3032 at 6:30 pm for a general body meeting. The Chomp Chapter of FPRA is the Florida Public Relations Association student chapter at the University of Florida. Our purpose is to promote the highest standards of public relations ethics.

Report for America Virtual Information Session Date: Wednesday, November 29 Time: 3:30 PM Register here Apply to Become a Report for America Journalist – 50 New Reporter Positions Available As a Report for America (RFA) Corps Member, you’ll be a part of a movement to strengthen communities, and our democracy, through local journalism that is […]

BCW Virtual Information Session Date: Thursday, November 30 Time: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Zoom Registration Link: Click here to register Join us to hear directly from BCW about the Summer 2024 HAROLD Internship Program and application process. The BCW HAROLD Internship Program is a 10-week paid summer internship from early June until early August connected to […]

Elevate and Ogilvy are hosting an early careers info session and Q&A When and Where? Nov. 27th @ 6pm in AHA! CoLab  

DEADLINE to apply: 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 19th, 2023 Are you an undergraduate at the University of Florida looking to inspire the next generation to care for our planet?When it comes to helping care for our planet, it’s all hands on deck. Leaders from all disciplines are needed to tackle the immense challenge of […]

The Television Academy Foundation invites you to a Summer Internship Virtual Info Session! Are you a student or educator/advisor with students looking for a career in the television industry? The Television Academy Foundation offers an eight-week, paid summer internship program with hands-on experience, professional development, networking and more. Join us November 29 for a webinar […]

A new study has found that consumers’ exposure to algorithmic social media can affect their purchase intentions of products endorsed by influencers. The findings by Yang Feng, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor in artificial intelligence, and Southern Methodist University Assistant Professor Quan Xie are featured in “Influencer Marketing […]

The search committee for the tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor position in Public Relations will meet on Wednesday, November 15, at 1:30 pm in the AHA! Window Conference Room. Agenda: Discussion of the Zoom interviews and selection of finalists for on-campus interviews. Review and establish the timeline for the on-campus interviews.

For the Spring 2024 semester, the Hawkins Center is looking for a detail-oriented student with strong customer service and communication skills, preference for availability between 9am-1pm most weekdays.  

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Thanks to former Gator radio announcer and University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumnus Otis Boggs, who told a young Nick Belmonte, B.S. Broadcasting 1980, he could become a broadcaster after his baseball playing days ended, Belmonte accepted a full-ride scholarship to UF, a move that changed […]

A leading journalism scholar from Cameroon, Africa, will spend the next nine months at the University of Florida developing laws to foster democracy in his home country. Kingsley Ngange, a former broadcast journalist and current deputy vice-chancellor of research at the University of Buea, began studying this month at the University of Florida College of […]

Nathan Carpenter, director of the Atlas Social Media Listening Lab at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is the co-author of Social Media Research Methods recently published by Cognella Academic Publishing. In the publication, co-authors Carpenter, Joseph Mazer, dean of the University of Tennessee College of Communication & Information, and Brandon Boatwright, […]

Qingyu Yang, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising junior, is the recipient of one of the UF International Center’s 2023 Outstanding International Undergraduate Student Awards. The awards recognize undergraduate international students who have distinguished themselves by excelling in their studies while advancing a global citizenship mindset and contributing to the […]

Former CJC master’s student Marty Liquori, the legendary miler who also carved out a lengthy television career as a track commentator, has been awarded the 2023 H. D. Thoreau Track & Field Broadcasting Award by the Track & Field Writers of America. Liquori’s broadcasting career began with ABC Television in 1972, reporting on the Munich […]

The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information (FOI) Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications partnered with the Student Press Law Center to launch the 2023 Student Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards. The two inaugural recipients in the college and high school divisions received cash awards of $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. […]

People seeking government information to make their communities better face frustrations and obstacles because of high copy fees, according to a new study “To Fee or Not to Fee: Requester Attitude Toward Freedom of Information Charges, co-authored by David Cuillier, director of the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida. […]

Ready for some Gator Football on the Atlas Lab’s big screens!? Join us for a Florida-LSU football watch party and enjoy real-time analytics from the lab as we unpack audience perspectives about the game.

All advertising and Ad-Curious students welcome! Our Ad Council members want to meet with you! Swing by their table at the Atrium to get tips on navigating the industry, learn networking skills, form great connections, and ask them anything!  

All Advertising and Ad-Curious Students Welcome! Meet 10+ Advertising industry professionals on a mission to help jumpstart your career.

“Florida Law Making Gun Carry Permits Optional Leads to Dramatic Drop in Safety Classes,” a story by Fresh Take Florida student journalist Jack Lemnus published in the Miami Herald on Nov. 1, 2023, was referenced in the Miami Herald Editorial Board opinion column “Good Luck Out There, Florida. Gun Safety Classes Drop After Permitless Carry […]

Ted Spiker, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor and department chair, is the author of “Eight Creativity Tips for a Stronger, Happier Brain” published on WebMD on Nov. 2. The story focuses on the science and health benefits of creativity and explores the brain-related mechanisms for various kinds of creativity (the […]