Antoine Haywood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Department of Journalism
Office: 3070 Weimer
Phone: 352-846-4996
Email: ahaywood2@ufl.edu
Antoine Haywood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Department of Journalism
Antoine Haywood studies community participation and representation in local media. He is keen on understanding how communities use local communication infrastructure such as community-made video, radio, press, and digital publications to articulate regional identity, build social capital, and fill local news and information gaps.
As a community-engaged scholar, Haywood is passionate about developing collaborative research projects that involve community organizations, civic associations, health and human service initiatives, and creative arts groups that use diverse, participatory storytelling methods to foster collective learning, civic engagement, and community care.
His scholarly work has been published in Journalism Practice, Javnost – The Public, the Journal of Information Policy and the Journal of Popular Music Studies. He has presented over 20 papers and lectures at academic and professional practitioner conferences and authored several book chapters.
Before earning his Ph.D., he spent fifteen years directing public engagement programs, youth media initiatives, and local documentary projects at community media centers in Atlanta and Philadelphia. He has served on numerous governance boards for organizations such as Radio Free Georgia (WRFG), the Alliance for Community Media (ACM), and the Philadelphia-based Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF).
Haywood is also a steward in the News Futures network—an emergent collective of people, ideas, and spaces focused on building a participatory and networked future for local news. For him, creating and using credible local news and information is crucial to building public trust and healthy civic participation.
Areas of Expertise
Civic Communication, Journalism, Media/Journalism History, Multicultural/Race Communication and Issues, Public Interest Communications, Trust