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Grist and Washington Post win ONA’s 2024 UF Data Investigative Journalism Award

Friday September 20, 2024

The Washington Post and Grist are the winners of the 2024 University of Florida Award in Data Investigative Journalism, presented by the Online News Association (ONA), in the Large Newsroom and …
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CJC Student Journalists and Alumni Honored in 2024 Florida Society of News Editors Awards Competition

Thursday July 25, 2024

Eleven University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists and recent graduates and the editorial staff of The Independent Florida Alligator were honored in the 2024 …
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WUFT Receives Two 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Awards in Professional and Student Categories

Wednesday August 18, 2021

WUFT-TV and WUFT.org, operated from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, are the winners of a 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award in the Small Market Radio Digital …
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Five CJC Student Journalists Receive 2019 NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards

Tuesday August 13, 2019

Five University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists are the recipients of National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2019 Salute to Excellence Awards. The …
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Eight CJC Faculty Receive Prestigious UF Term Professorships

Tuesday May 2, 2017

Eight University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty are the inaugural recipients of UF’s term professorships recognizing academic achievements and supporting the …
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Tim Sorel Receives Top Prize in BEA Best of Festival Awards

Thursday April 27, 2017

Tim Sorel, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication associate professor, received the top prize in the BEA Best of Festival Awards for his documentary, “My …
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Carla Fisher Receives UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors

Thursday April 27, 2017

Carla Fisher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, received a UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The award provides $5,000 in …
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Frank Waddell Honored by UF Graduate Student Council for Outstanding Service

Thursday April 27, 2017

Frank Waddell, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, was one of two recipients of UF’s Outstanding Service by a Faculty Member on behalf of …
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CJC Doctoral Student Mila Khalitova Wins Prestigious Research Fellowship

Friday April 14, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Mila Khalitova has been awarded the Grunig PRIME Research Fellowship from the Institute for Public Relations (IPR).  …
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Clay Calvert Receives Prestigious UF Research Foundation Professorship

Thursday April 13, 2017

Clay Calvert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, was named a …
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Ted Spiker Named UF’s 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year

Friday April 7, 2017

The University of Florida has named Ted Spiker, UF College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Department chair and professor, the 2016-17 University of Florida Teacher of the Year. The award …
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CJC News Students Honored in NBS-AERho Competition

Friday April 7, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students received six grand prize awards in the annual National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho (NBS-AERho) Awards competition. …
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CJC Students and Faculty Present at Annual Colloquium

Thursday April 6, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty and graduate students presented papers and received awards at the 48th annual AEJMC Southeast Colloquium at the Texas Christian …
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CJC Honors Students, Faculty and Alumni at Annual Awards Banquet

Tuesday April 4, 2017

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications on March 31, 2017 honored outstanding alumni, faculty, staff and graduate and undergraduate students during its annual awards …
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Julie Dodd Receives Education Excellence Award for Online Multimedia Writing Course

Tuesday April 4, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and  Communications retired Journalism Professor Julie Dodd has received an Online Education Excellence Award for her Multimedia Writing (JOU3109) in the …
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CJC Student Drea Cornejo is a Hearst Journalism Competition Finalist

Thursday March 30, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior Drea Cornejo is the first place finalist in the Multimedia News category in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards. She …
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Assistant Professor Eunice Kim and Ph.D. Student Taylor Wen Honored at AAA Conference

Tuesday March 28, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Eunice Kim received the Mary Alice Shaver Promising Professor Award from the American Academy of …
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Forrest Smith Receives Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Legacy Award

Monday March 20, 2017

Forrest Smith, B.S Broadcasting 1981, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications deputy morning news director of the Innovation News Center, will receive the inaugural Legacy …
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CJC Students Honored in the 2017 FAPB College and Professional Awards Competition

Monday March 20, 2017

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students are among the finalists in the 2017 Florida Associated Press Broadcasters (FAPB) Awards Competition. In the College …
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Two CJC Students Place in Hearst Multimedia News Competition

Wednesday March 15, 2017

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students were recognized in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards Competition Multimedia News category. Journalism senior Drea Cornejo …

Sun photojournalists sweep FSNE awards

Thursday July 23, 2015

Congratulations to UFCJC photojournalism alumni and Gainesville Sun staff photographers Erica Brough (BSJ 2005) and Doug Finger (BSJ 2002), who received first place honors in the photo division of …

College Presents Inaugural Award in Investigative Data Journalism

Saturday September 27, 2014

Minnesota Public Radio’s coverage of the cover-up of sexual abuse by the clergy in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s reporting on delays in hospital …

Bernell Tripp is honored by American Journalism Historians Association

Tuesday September 9, 2014

Bernell Tripp, an Associate Professor of Journalism in the UF College of Journalism and Communications, has been selected to receive the 2014 American Journalism Historians Association National Award …

UF students win 2014 Bateman competition

Friday May 9, 2014

A team of University of Florida public relations students took first prize in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2014 Bateman Case Study Competition. Conducted annually, the Bateman …