College News

By Ashleigh Lucas, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — More than 70 golfers — including a collection of PGA Tour pros, LIV Golf veterans and amateurs from the college-golf ranks — descended on The Bear’s Club in Jupiter on Monday, June 3 for the final round of qualifying, trying to secure one…

By Hannah Mack, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — The crowd surrounding the ninth green roared with applause after Daniel Berger sank a putt to end his long day of golf. It wasn’t an ordinary reaction. It acknowledged that after nearly two years away from the course, Berger was back.  After a…

  Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, is the author of “Consent (Still) Won’t Save Us,” a chapter in the book Feminist Cyberlaw to be published by University of California Press. In the chapter, McNealy focuses on content. She…

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology instructional assistant professor, is featured in “Meta vs. TikTok: Breaking  Down the User Trends of Social Media” posted on cnbc.com on May 31. Selepak and CNBC’s Julia Boorstin appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” to…

By Jada Ross, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — PGA Tour veterans Matt Kuchar and Daniel Berger were among the five golfers who earned berths in the U.S. Open on Monday in the final-round qualifier at The Bear’s Club. Seventy-one golfers started the day in steamy Jupiter, hoping to secure one of…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists received national recognition in the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2023 National Mark of Excellence (MOE) Awards competition. The awards honor the best collegiate work published or broadcast in 2023. The winners are: Radio In-Depth Reporting: Journalism junior Siena Duncan,…

David Cuillier, director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, is quoted in “Would Direct Payments to College Athletes be Public Records?” posted on deseret.com on May 31. The article focuses on direct payments that college athletes will be able to receive from Name Image Likeness endorsements (NIL). Under question is…

The search committee for a tenure-track position in science/tech/environmental communication (STEM Translational Communication Center plus a departmental home) will meet on Thursday, 6 June, at 15:00 on Zoom (https://ufl.zoom.us/j/91730217076?pwd=REtOclp5UkZUODY0V2VUcm1EeFo4Zz09).   Agenda   Receive the charge for search from Executive Associate Dean Kiousis   Prepare job description  

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that alumnus Silas Morgan, B.S. Journalism 2024, is the winner of this year’s Sharyl Attkisson Investigative and Original News Prize, which is intended to encourage fresh, innovative and open-minded approaches to independent reporting by students on important public policy issues at…

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.…

“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…

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…