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View All InsightsCulturally Appropriate Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Messages: Targeting Racially and Ethnically Diverse Mothers
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States. It’s also the leading cause of death for women globally. But educational information that doesn’t take into account cultural differences among women may not be as effective as communication embracing those differences.
Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification
Organizational culture is a social glue that holds organizational members together and prescribes how things are understood, judged, and valued in an organization. What can leaders do to promote the positive emotional culture of the workplace? How can internal communications cultivate a positive emotional culture and facilitate employees’ sense of belonging in their organizations?
Amplifying “Otherness”
Emerging information technology is amplifying otherness through neglect, exclusion, and disinformation, all of which have significant consequences. Neglect, while perhaps the most recognized problem with emerging technology, is persistent.
Misinformation on Instagram: The Impact of Trusted Endorsements on Message Credibility
Instagram continues to be one of the fastest growing social networks and currently has more than one billion users. While Instagram has not been a focus of investigations into misinformation, it has not been immune to bad actors. And the nature of the Instagram platform, for example the inability to link to credible sources, makes establishing authenticity problematic.
Clay Calvert Comments on Rescinding College Admissions Over Racist Social Media Posts
August 3, 2020
Frank LoMonte Comments on Florida’s Failure to Provide Data on Healthcare Worker COVID Infections
August 3, 2020
Roxane Coche Co-Authors Article on the First Black South African Olympic Marathon Winner
July 29, 2020
CJC Faculty Included in Opinion Column on UF COVID-19 Healthy Behaviors Study
July 29, 2020
Happy 52nd Birthday to the Alpha Chapter, @ufprssa, chartered as part of the original eight PRSSA chapters on August 1, 1968! Today more than 350 chapters @PRSSANational and we’re still #1! #GoGators @uf @UFJSchool @UFPRDepartment @carolynmlok @brihigginbotham @AlphaPRoduction
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help. Apply for our Emerging Reporters Program by Aug. 20.
Journalists of Color: Apply for ProPublica’s Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help. Apply for our Emerging Reporters Program by Aug. 20...
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.@BrechnerCenter's @FrankLoMonte and @sganim are interviewed about the rights of college athletes to speak to news media and restrictions on giving interviews without permission, topics covered in their "Why Don't We Know" preview podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whydontweknow-podcast/id1521510364
NEW PODCAST: @DanielLibit talks with @FrankLoMonte and @sganim about their latest work for the @BrechnerCenter examining the #1A restrictions on college athletes & how public universities successfully hide their records.
https://theintercollegiate.com/episode/episode-20-frank-lomonte-and-sara-ganim/
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercollegiate/id1483075553
#GatorsWearMasks https://twitter.com/ufalumni/status/1289355918866395140
Announce your love for @UF and show you’re committed to stopping the spread of COVID-19 with a UF face mask!
Make a gift to any of the three COVID-19 emergency funds and as a token of our appreciation you will receive two UF masks. #GatorsWearMasks
https://affinitygiving.ufl.edu/campaigns/gators-wear-masks
Great news! @UFJSchool '19 graduate and @FreshTakeFla alum @MerylKornfield joins @washingtonpost as a general assignment news reporter: 'impressed her editors'
Meryl Kornfield joins the General Assignment News Desk
Meryl, who came to The Post through the American University Investigative Workshop, impressed her editors during a stint with Investigative, where she...
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Congratulations @alexis_curls_ for this exclusive award. The @UFPRDepartment continues to guide the very best PR students in the country.
Congrats to @alexis_curls_ of @UFPRDepartment @UFJSchool for winning @PRWeekUS award for Outstanding Student! #GoGators #PRWeekAwardsUS
I had a fabulous time this evening speaking with some @UFJSchool students in the @TheAgencyAtUF about the #ADA, and how they can make their program more inclusive! 🧡💙🙌🏻🐊
This week's Team Tuesday: Jen Ford, our marketing and communications director! 🤓 When Jen isn't working, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, exploring museums and going to concerts 🎶 #TeamTuesday #OnlineMasters #DistanceLearning #GoGators
Congratulations to alumna Alexa Padron, B.S. Advertising 2020, and Advertising senior Nicole Lopez for receiving the 2020 D&AD New Blood Award for their entry “Speak Your Truth” in The LEGO Group Category. Read more about the campaign here:
CJC Entry Wins Prestigious D&AD New Blood Award
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Alexa Padron, B.S. Advertising 2020, and Advertising senior Nicole Lopez are t...
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.@BrechnerCenter director @FrankLoMonte is featured in this interview about limiting access to government experts.
"If journalists can’t talk to the actual subject-matter experts, then we’re all going to be left with unverified and selectively cherry-picked claims that might cause people to make uneducated decisions about their safety,"
said @FrankLoMonte. https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/2020/07/27/the-governments-pr-barrier-when-access-to-experts-is-limited-or-banned/
Day 1: #3PercentConf It’s finally here!!! Join the conversation to discuss the “Radically Inclusive Future of Work” Watch my 3% studio session “The Revolution is N.E.E.D.” sponsored by @havas
Calling all upcoming CJC graduates! Be like Alberta and submit your information for our summer virtual commencement ceremony. 🎓 The deadline is tomorrow! https://bit.ly/2WWc1Ll
Congrats to recent @UFJSchool PR graduate @TamarraThal who was announced as one of the Faces of the Future by @HerCampus and @Neutrogena! 4 out of 20 of these inspirational women were @UF students! 🐊🌟
Check them out here:
These 20 Recent-Grads Are Changing The Future
We have been so inspired by our community for being leaders and agents of change, that we chose to honor twenty recent grads who have gone above and b...
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Congratulations @ufprssa on receiving 2020 PRSSA Star Chapter Award! @PRSSANational @mickeynall
UF PRSSA Chapter Receives National 2020 Star Chapter Award
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Chapter has received a national...
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Phosphate giant Mosaic says it will hold opponents "to account for their actions" for challenging its large #water withdrawals in SW #Florida. @FrankLoMonte @UFJSchool expects more such threats by large corporations to stop citizen action. @craigtimes: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2020/07/23/is-a-big-phosphate-company-using-legal-tactics-to-scare-fl-environmentalists
The entire CJC family thanks you for your incredible 35 years @WUFTNews and wishes you all the best. You have made an indelible mark on all who have had the good fortune to work with you and know you. @ForrestWUFTNews
Happy retirement to @ForrestWUFTNews ! He has shaped thousands of careers, including mine, during his 35 years at @WUFTNews and the @UFJSchool. He had been a great journalist, steward, and newsroom dad to many. We will miss you so much, sir!
Student journalists: deadline is 2 days away. cc @savestudentnews @jourinternships @UFJSchool https://twitter.com/DJNF/status/1283838579228147712
We have reopened the Emerging Journalists application for college students to apply for free registration to attend the virtual NABJ/NAHJ, AAJA and IRE conventions. Deadline Fri. 7/24. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecfCwyDNDSJOyi6lBrKrTiMpbGdzEGxnTzJ_b5Qm2IQBh_5g/viewform
CJC is actively participating in this initiative, studying AI and its impact on the communication industry and communication consumers.
University of Florida. Home to higher education's most powerful #AI supercomputer.
Congratulations CJC PR alumna Kisakye Mugwanya for being named @PRSAchicago Young Professional of the Year! We could not be prouder! @Fleishman @UFPRDepartment
Congratulations to a shining star in PR and Skylines Young Professional of the Year Award, Kisakye Mugwanya of @Fleishman
#2020SkylineAwards #PRSAChi
Growing evidence shows the impact of a positive emotional culture on employees’ job satisfaction, employee-organization relationships, company financial performance, and more. Read more at
Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification
Organizational culture is a social glue that holds organizational members together and prescribes how things are understood, judged, and valued in an ...
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