Month: May 2024

International First Opportunity NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. No internal submissions have been received, so it is now open to the first application submitted. Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. Mission to Papua New Guinea Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement for U.S. Embassy Port Moresby Key words: […]

“Media Analytics: Understanding Media, Audiences, and Consumers in the 21st Century” by Amy Jo Coffey, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, and University of Georgia Professor Emeritus Ann Hollifield has been selected for the prestigious 2024 Robert Picard Book and Monographs Award presented by the Association […]

Student journalists from public media station WUFT, operated by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, are the recipients of three Region 13 2024 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Edward R. Murrow Awards in the Television and Radio Small Market Professional Division categories. In the Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category, […]

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, will be a panelist at the 2024 American Political History Conference at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from June 6-8. Grant’s panel, “Re-Collecting Collective Memory of the American Presidency: The Press, Institutional History, and Rebuilding Trust in Democracy,” will explore the role of various mediums, including […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology instructional assistant professor, visited the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia from May 20-24 as part of an Erasmus+ mobility agreement that facilitates student and faculty exchange between the University of Dubrovnik and UFCJC. Benjamin Johnson also recently participated in […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) Associate Professor and Department Chair Roxane Coche was a visiting professor at the Université de Toulon BABEL lab in France for two weeks in May. The BABEL Lab is a multidisciplinary facility for the development of languages, literature, civilizations and […]

Responding to the accelerating need for journalists and communicators with advanced multimedia skills, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) launched a new online Master of Arts in Mass Communication concentration in Digital Journalism and Multimedia Storytelling. The new concentration is designed to provide working journalists or students wishing to further their […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Department has been selected for the PRNEWS’ 2024 Education A-List. This is the fourth year in a row that UFCJC has been named to this prestigious list, which was launched in 2021. The list recognizes the top 20 educational institutions that are advancing […]

By Alexander Vafeas, Sports@CJC With the dust from the PGA Championship finally settled, it’s time to take a first look at golf’s third major of the year, the U.S. Open. Xander Schauffele earned his first career major victory at the PGA in Louisville. Could another first-time major winner emerge at Pinehurst? Here are the biggest […]

The search committee for the Innovation News Center’s faculty position in television news production will meet virtually on Thursday, May 30, at 9:30 a.m. to review candidates’ applications. Zoom link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92742529277?pwd=U29xS1FZS2tXb3BSd3lRa3J1THFZQT09    

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna, Serra Sowers, B.S. Journalism 2024, will be one of 29 competitors representing 17 universities from across the U.S. who will compete in the 64th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia National Championships from June 1-7, 2024. Sowers, who served as anchor and […]

Seven University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and four Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) School of Journalism & Graphic Communication student journalists were honored in the 2023-24 Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Digital News or Enterprise Team Competition. Their entry, “UFxFAMU1963,” received 11th place. The 11-member team consisted of UFCJC students Jennica […]

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism, 1984 What started as a way for Larry Lancit, B.S. Telecommunication 1970 and Hall of Fame 1992, and his wife, Cecily, to pay the bills in New York in the 1980s evolved into one of the most beloved children’s shows on PBS and is now a documentary that will begin […]

Jane Bambauer, Brechner Eminent Scholar and director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “The ‘Quantum Internet’ (and Why Washington Should Care)” published in POLITICO on May 20. The article focuses on the “quantum internet,” a still-theoretical way to connect quantum […]

The spread of “confidentiality” laws throughout the states threatens to lock up government employees for potentially unconstitutional reasons, according to a new study by the Brechner Freedom of Information Project. The Brechner FOI Project is located at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. The paper, “Secrecy on Steroids: How Overzealous State Confidentiality […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumni Meghan McGlone and Loren Miranda finished third and 13th, respectively, in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Investigative Reporting Competition. Investigative Reporting is one of five competitions in the Writing category. The College finished second overall in the category, with first place in the Explanatory Writing and […]

By Ashleigh Lucas, Sports@CJC PALM COAST — Nearly 80 golfers descended on The Conservatory at Hammock Beach on Tuesday, May 14 trying to secure one of five spots in the final round of qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Open. Here are some of photos from the competition.   Ashleigh Lucas is a photojournalism student at […]

By Alexander Vafeas, Sports@CJC PALM COAST — Out of golf’s four major championships, none brings unlikely groups of people together quite like the U.S. Open. That was exactly what one could observe while at The Conservatory at Hammock Beach for the first round of Open qualifiers.  Nearly 80 golfers competed in Palm Coast to attempt […]

By Chandler Hawkes, Sports@CJC PALM COAST — Aiden Byce stepped onto the tee box on a muggy Tuesday morning at The Conservatory at Hammock Beach. But this wasn’t an ordinary round for the 20-year-old Anderson, South Carolina, native. Byce was about to tee off in his first U.S. Open Qualifier … and he had a […]

By Hannah Mack, Sports@CJC PALM COAST — Although Ty Rucarean graduated from the University of Florida more than 10 years ago, the Gators club cover on his driver shows that Gainesville will always hold a special place in his heart. In mid-May, the Albert head cover was on proud display as Rucarean tried to qualify […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumnus Brett Posner-Ferdman, B.S. Journalism 2024 and UF College of Liberal Arts B.A Political Science 2024, recently presented research to scholars and experts in global freedom information at the Global Conference on Transparency Research in Brussels, Belgium. The paper, “Dark Deserts: Newspaper Decline and Its Relation […]

Six students and staff from The Agency at the University of Florida, the marketing agency at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication’s (UFCJC), attended the exclusive Disney Upfront, the annual event where media companies showcase new content and programming plans to major advertisers and media buyers. Disney has been an Agency client […]

“A Seat at the Table,” a documentary directed and produced by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) senior Sophia Abolfathi and alumnus Robert Bailey, B.S. Telecommunication 2023,  was named an official selection at the Roxbury International Film Festival being held June 20 – July 2, 2024, in […]

Benjamin Johnson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising associate professor and interim director of the STEM Translational Communication Center, visited the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia from May 5-11. The trip was part of an Erasmus+ mobility agreement that facilitates student and faculty exchange between the University of Dubrovnik and the […]