Month: September 2015

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Visiting Professional Cynthia Barnett’s latest book — Rain: A Natural and Cultural History – has been included on the 2015 National Book Awards longlist for Nonfiction. The National Book Awards are American literary prizes administered by the non-profit National Book Foundation. The awards celebrate the best of […]

Journalism Professor John Kaplan was recently interviewed for an article, “Pictures that Changed History,” published in the Sept. 7 edition of the Beijing Mirror Evening News. The article was spurred by the impact of the harrowing photograph of drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi on Turkey’s Bodrum beach. Kaplan commented that the seemingly peaceful photo of the […]

The Ledger quotes Bob Norberg, director of strategy and research at The Agency, in this September 14, 2015 story, “Cold OJ enjoying a hot streak,” regarding a recent sales report released by the Florida Department of Citrus.

U.S. News & World Report quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the September 10, 2015 story, “Arrested ‘Impeach Obama’ Advocate Sues for 1st Amendment Payday,” regarding the lawsuit of a New York man arrested for posting “Impeach Obama” banners who is suing the police on 1st amendment violation grounds after criminal […]

The Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, along with the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the Cato Institute and several other organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Sept. 4, 2015 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California. The brief focuses on a case involving limitations imposed by a judge on the […]

Huffington Post Live hosted a discussion on Hollywood star James Woods suit against an anonymous Twitter user after the user called Woods a “cocaine addict.” Brechner First Amendment Project Director Clay Calvert, along with business and entertainment litigation attorney Hajir Ardebili and Ken White, attorney for the anonymous Twitter user, focused on Twitter “trash talk,” […]

What is the American Dream? What does it look like? These questions posed by The Atlantic magazine inspired readers, including Journalism Professor John Freeman, to submit a photo of what a successful life looks like. The Atlantic, in conjunction with EchoSight (co-founded by Danny Ghitis, JOU 2006), culled through hundreds of entries submitted via Twitter […]

The Conversation on September 4, 2015 published, “Why did Google’s logo rollout go smoother than Yahoo’s?” an article by Public Relations lecturer Kay Tappan. Business Insider picked up the story on September 6, 2015.

Dr. Janice Krieger, director of the CJC STEM Translational Communication Research program, is the recipient of the 2015 UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professorship. The professorship, one of two awarded by the Foundation, recognizes extraordinary accomplishments by individuals and the prestige they bring to the University. The designation includes a $25,000 cash award for Krieger to […]

Early in Bruce Kallner’s career as a budding sportscaster in Des Moines, Iowa, he interviewed Hall-of-Fame golfer Gary Player.  The golfing great treated Kallner with such respect that it made a lasting impression about character and dignity and how to treat those in a professional environment. He also interviewed baseball Hall-of-Famer Bob Feller, one of his […]

Congratulations to Dr. Jasmine McNealy who joined the Telecommunication Department this fall as an Assistant Professor. McNealy, comes to UF from the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science. She is a three-time Gator grad, receiving both her Masters (2006) and Doctorate (2008) from the College, as well as her law degree from […]