Month: May 2017

A University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student news production received a College Emmy in the 38th Annual College Television Awards Competition Newscast category. The Sept. 2, 2016 edition of “WUFT News First at Five,” co-produced by 2017 Telecommunication graduates Ryan Roberts and Daniela Hurtado, chronicled the aftermath of Hurricane Hermine’s impact on […]

Tom Kelleher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Department chair, and Richard Shumate, UFCJC doctoral student and former CNN news editor, have published articles in MediaShift focusing on fake news on May 30 and May 18, respectively. Kelleher is the author of the May 30 article “What Universities Can Do About Digital […]

Clay Calvert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project director, is quoted in “How Trump’s Attacks on the Media Turned Into Literal Attacks on the Media” published in The Wrap on May 26. Calvert comments on the effect President Trump’s bashing of the media has had on both […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Tiffany J. Brown, B.S. Advertising 2003, was named a Florida Bar Association Business Law Section Fellow for the 2017-2019 term. The fellowship program provides a subsidy to six highly qualified applicants expressing an interest in becoming active in the work and leadership of the Business Law Section. During […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has tied for fourth overall in the 2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Competition.  The high placement was a result of CJC student journalists receiving 15 individual awards. The Hearst program holds year-long competitions for journalism undergraduates in writing, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia. Journalism schools accumulating […]

Angela Buonocore always loved writing but, like many freshly minted graduates, was not quite sure what she wanted to do with her life.  As it turns out, she quickly found her calling. Angela, who retired from corporate life in December 2014, is a former member of the Public Relations Advisory Council and is currently chairing […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Junior Josie Kuhlman received the prestigious 2017 NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner for women’s tennis on the eve of the NCAA Championships “Round of 16.” This honor goes to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site of each of […]

Colleen McEdwards, Ph.D., teaches Visual Storytelling (MMC6396) for CJC’s online master’s programs. The course challenges students to examine the intersection of video and the science of storytelling for social impact. McEdwards considers herself a recovering international journalist with more than 30 years of experience. While at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and then as a […]

“Austin Vining: Ministry of Truth a Looming Danger” was published in The Gainesville Sun on April 27. Vining, a graduate research fellow with the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is a former reporter for The Vicksburg Post. Vining comments on fake news and suggests […]

Dominick Tao, B.S. Journalism 2008, was selected as a 2017 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellow. The competitive fellowship, presented by the Washington Center for Internship and Academic Seminars, provides two years of financial support, a domestic internship at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. and an overseas internship at a U.S. […]

Matt Sauer, B.S. Journalism 1989, MAMC 1992, is the new executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Sauer joined the newspaper in 1993 as a county government and politics reporter in Charlotte County before covering business in Manatee County. In 2014, he became deputy managing editor for enterprise and business and has served as interim executive […]

Pumphrey Law Firm awards scholarships to college-bound seniors and freshman college students based on demonstrated academic achievement, financial need, and an expressed interested in legal issues and legal studies. Eligibility In order to be eligible for the Semi-Annual Pumphrey Law Scholarship, applicants must: Be a Florida resident Accepted or currently enrolled in an accredited college […]