Ted Spiker

“The Social Justice Tree,” a semester-long project by students in the  University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication (UFCJC) Innovation News Center Practicum course, has been awarded a 2024 Bronze Telly Award in the Social Video Series News and Information category. Under the direction of Innovation News Center (INC)…

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…

Ted Spiker, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor and department chair, is the author of “Eight Creativity Tips for a Stronger, Happier Brain” published on WebMD on Nov. 2. The story focuses on the science and health benefits of creativity and explores the brain-related mechanisms for…

By Ashley Hearn, Journalism Junior When I found out about the NBA in Paris study abroad program, I knew I had to take advantage of this opportunity, but I had my reservation. After spending last May studying abroad in Barcelona, I didn’t know if it was financially or academically feasible…

By Chloe Lamb, Public Relations Senior Traveling to Paris, France, to cover the NBA game was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I’ll cherish forever. I felt many emotions when finding out I was accepted to travel abroad with my peers. First, I was insanely excited to have the opportunity. Then, I was…

By Molly Cooper, Journalism Senior When CJC announced in Fall 2022 that a group of students would be going to Paris for an NBA game, I was very interested in attending. Basketball is one of my favorite sports and covering it in a different country would be a dream. However,…

By Ryan Hirsh, Journalism Sophomore When I saw a flyer hanging on the bulletin board at Weimer Hall advertising a study abroad program centered around an NBA game, I knew I had to apply. As an avid NBA fan, having the opportunity to travel to Paris and cover the second-ever…

By Jamie Goldman, Journalism Junior As I walk toward the restaurant in the hostel, I hear one of my favorite songs playing, “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor. It’s karaoke night, but something is different about the song. It’s in another language. That’s when it really hit me that I…

By Chloe Stein, Media Production, Management, and Technology Sophomore In January, I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of 24 students to represent the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in covering the second-ever NBA game hosted in Paris. This was a regular-season game on Jan.…

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Tyler Rutstein, B.S. Journalism 2011 1. Tell us about your current job. I am the VP/GM of Overtime and Overtime Elite. I oversee our brand, consumer marketing, design and apparel + e-commerce business.…

Ted Spiker, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Department chair, is the co-author of a chapter in the book “The Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism” to be published on Dec. 2. The book provides an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and international study of American literary journalism engaging the…

You can read the transcript and watch the video of University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Department Chair Ted Spiker here: https://news.ufl.edu/2019/08/ted-spiker-addresses-summer-2019-grads/.