Graduate Studies
Graduate Assistantships
For more information, contact Dr. Debbie Treise, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, 2012 Weimer Hall.
Endowed Assistantships
- Albritton Assistantship
- Teaching or research assistantship. Hours vary
Eligibility: for graduate students pursuing a career in television and electronic media
Value: varies - Emily Howard Bateman Assistantship
- Teaching or research assistantship. Hours vary
Eligibility: open to all graduate students studying journalism who are native-born Floridians and whose record shows superior academic achievement (minimum 3.5 GPA)
Value: varies - Joseph L. and Marion B. Brechner Assistantship
- Research assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students specializing in media law for the purpose of providing information to the electronic media
Value: varies - Joseph L. Brechner Eminent Scholar Assistantship
- Research and teaching assistant for the eminent scholar
Eligibility: preference to doctoral and master’s students with legal research expertise and strong background in media law
Value: varies - Marion B. Brechner Citizen Access Project Assistantship
- Research initiative to analyze public records and open meetings laws of the 50 states
Eligibility: preference to doctoral and master’s students with legal research expertise or specialized Web design skills
Value: varies - St. Petersburg Times/James P. Kerlin Assistantship
- For graduate students interested in media law to edit The Brechner Report
Eligibility: preference to doctoral students who have journalism experience
Value: varies - Joseph L. Brechner Assistantship
- For students interested in journalism and media law
Eligibility: preference to doctoral students who have strong background in legal research and journalism experience
Value: varies - Herbert S. Dolgoff Graduate Radio Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students conducting research in the area of radio news programming or management
Value: varies - James Lawrence Fly Assistantship
- Eligibility: for students specializing in telecommunication
Value: varies - John Mason Gardner Assistantship
- Eligibility: priority given to U.S. citizens; financial need required
Value: varies - Bill Hamilton Memorial Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students engaged in political survey research
Value: varies - Nathaniel W. Pickard Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students planning to pursue a career in political communication
Value: varies - Claudia Ross Memorial Assistantship for Investigative Reporting
- Eligibility: for students who show interest in and demonstrate promise for investigative reporting
Value: varies - Florence W. Ruebush Endowment
- Eligibility: for graduate students in the College
Value: varies - Lloyd Merritt Smigel Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students who exemplify caring leadership with unlimited business potential
Value: varies - Wickstrom Family Fund for Excellence in Investigative Reporting Assistantship
- Eligibility: for graduate students studying investigative reporting
Value: varies - WRVJ NBC6 Assistantship Fund in Memory of Rob Pierce Assistantship
- Eligibility: for students who plan to pursue careers in television/electronic news videography
Value: varies
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