Month: March 2015

HuffPost: Education on March 31, 2015 published “Can Students Wear American Flag Clothing to School?” a column by Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the case of Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District.

My next TED talk will be about this one. Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano writes about giving her talk at TEDxUF 2015 in the article, “My next TED talk will be about this one,” published March 26, 2015 in the UF CJC Collection on Medium.

HuffPost: Crime on March 25, 2015 published “Man Jailed for Swearing During 911 Call: The Sad Saga of Boyd Green and a Senseless Arrest” a column by Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding the First Amendment case Green v. Chitwood.

PRNewser features interviews with Advertising and Public Relations Advisory Council members in the March 24, 2015 article, “PR, Advertising Execs Say ‘Integrate or Die’,” by Katie Campbell.

John Kaplan has been awarded a $5,000 Undergraduate Course Development Grant to design a new course entitled “International Humanitarian Communication.” The course will be a component of UF’s new International Scholars Program, an interdisciplinary campus-wide program offering all degree-seeking undergraduate students an avenue to internationalize their undergraduate experience. The University of Florida International Center has […]

Sharyl Attkisson keynote video Panel discussion video Preview: Keynote speech kicks off Freedom of Information conference Investigative journalist and author Sharyl Attkisson will speak on “The Rightful Owners of Public Information” on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. in Weimer Hall’s Gannett Auditorium on the University of Florida campus. Attkisson’s speech will kick off “Breaking […]

After spending three days in Gainesville, it was time for the franksters to head home. frank 2015 ended Friday afternoon following two more sessions of speakers and a closing ceremony, where attendees watched a recap video that compiled images from the week’s events. As a gathering for a community of public interest communicators dedicated to […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has named Ted Spiker chair of the Department of Journalism, effective immediately, Dean Diane McFarlin announced Friday. He has been interim chair since last fall. Spiker brings both professional experience and academic discipline to this role. He joined the College’s faculty in 2001 after working at several magazines, including Men’s […]

Gale King grew up attending the Homecoming parades and dreaming of being a Gator University of Florida alumna Gale King has pledged $1 million to the university to establish an endowed fund for excellence that will not only inspire future students but may also provide support for faculty, programs and other related initiatives at the […]

Terry Anderson, an adjunct professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, received a belated award last week during a trip to Arizona. In 1990 while still a captive in Beirut, the University of Arizona awarded Anderson the John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award. Last week in a surprise ceremony, he […]

The College has lost a dear friend and colleague who touched the lives of many of our CJC alumni. Hugh Cunningham passed away on Friday, Feb. 27, in Gainesville. He was 93. In 1955, Hugh was recruited by Rae Weimer to join the budding School of Journalism at UF, where Weimer’s goal was to build […]

Why Disruption is Key to Political Engagement of Youth Executive Associate Dean and Public Relations Professor Spiro Kiousis and Professor Michael McDevitt of the University of Colorado Boulder write about engaging young voters in the article, “Why Disruption is Key to Political Engagement of Youth,” published March 2, 2015 in the UF CJC Collection on […]