Month: April 2018

The 2018 Summer Study Abroad program will be headed to Florence, Italy in May.  We will highlight student work on this page.

John Kaplan, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, checked out Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from the library of a Delaware high school where he was a student 43 years ago. “I was just shocked and aghast that when I started paging through this dog-year-old […]

We begin with baseball. With an impressionable 12-year-old boy at Tampa’s Al Lopez Field to watch a Cincinnati Reds spring training game circa 1972. The hits and catches and strikes and outs are unimportant to him. His eyes are on the bleachers. There, nailed into the flat metal rows, was a three-foot plywood desk occupied […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and the News Integrity Initiative are forming a new partnership to examine what research from multiple academic disciplines tells us about community engagement and trust in news. The yearlong, $250,000 project will also develop experimental curriculum and training for local newsrooms to help implement best […]

WUFT-FM and WUFT.org, operated by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, were awarded five Region 13 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards including best Web site and overall excellence. The 2018 competition recognized the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and digital news organizations around the world. Regional winners include: Excellence in […]

The American Association of Advertising Agencies announced that 19 University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications participants have been placed in positions at top agencies as part of their Multicultural Advertising Internship Program (MAIP). MAIP’s mission is to provide the highest quality, diverse talent and to provide the advertising industry with unparalleled, developed diverse talent. […]

Pro Master’s students Laura Barrero, Darling Hill and Ambar Mejia examine the effects of pesticides on the health of farm workers.  This project investigates agricultural labor policies, the toxicity of pesticides, the perceived necessity of pesticides, community-based solutions, and the temporary guest worker program. https://farmworkerhealth.wixsite.com/fwhi

Pro Master’s students Liandra Larsen, Xiangyu Cao, Shujing Hu and Yi Zhang investigate the challenges faced by homeless residents in severe weather.  From cold to heat to hurricanes, those without permanent shelter face daily threats to their health and safety that are not easily overcome or solved by the existence of emergency shelters. This project […]

Pro Master’s student Ephraim Rudolph has designed a website that focuses on teaching children about climate change.  This strategic communication campaign focuses on educating children about energy conservation to help save coastal communities from sea level rise. http://mrfluud.com/

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist in Residence Cynthia Barnett is the author of “How A Hurricane Whipped Up Student Energy/Poverty Project,” published in the Society of Environmental Journalists EJ Academy on April 18. The article focuses on “Energy Burden,” a five-day series investigating the intersection of energy and poverty, completed […]

Three University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication alumni were recently recognized for their work at two prestigious Florida film festivals – the Palm Beach International Film Festival and the Gasparilla International Film Festival. Matthew Baquero, B.S. Telecommunication 2017, and Elias Zouak, B.S. Telecommunication 2017, received the Vanilla Ice Music Video Award for […]

In this project, Pro Master’s students Zhouyan He, Zhihao Zhang and Xin Lu report on the challenges faced by homeless residents who cannot find gainful employment. They examine some of the misconceptions surrounding homelessness and unemployment and offer potential solutions to make it easier for the homeless to find and keep jobs. They tell their […]