Journalism

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.…

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…

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…

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. EMBASSY Algiers PAS Annual Program Statement Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement Key…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumnus Silas Morgan, B.S. Journalism 2024, was selected for the 2024 class of the POLITICO Journalism Institute (PJI), an intensive training program designed to advance newsroom diversity. The competitive program, from May 28 – June 7, is hosted by POLITICO, a…

A new study has validated a scale for measuring the prominent stereotype that female journalists have sex with their sources. The findings by Frank Waddell, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, and doctoral students Jessica Sparks and Chelsea Moss are featured in “Using Sex to…

First Opportunity NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY COTONOU PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SECTION Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Embassy Cotonou PDS Request for Statements of  Interest: Notice of Funding Opportunity Key words: Benin, investigative journalism Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353390…

International First Opportunity NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. Mission to France PDS Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Mission to France PDS: Annual Program Statement 2024 Key words: France, media literacy, climate change, shared democratic values and interests, misinformation…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor emeritus, is the recipient of the 2024 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. AEJMC’s highest research award recognizes a body of significant research over the course…

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, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Funding Opportunity Title: DRL FY23 Bringing Sri Lanka’s Expression…

Sponsor: International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Funding Opportunity Title: Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists Key words: journalism, women Link to RFP: https://www.iwmf.org/programs/fund-for-women-journalists/ Agency Deadline: Rolling deadline Funding available: maximum of $10,000 per award with $230,000 total funding available Period of performance: not specified Program background: Promoting the work…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Mindy McAdams will be retiring at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, marking nearly 26 years at the College. McAdams has been the Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process since July 1999, the only…