Month: July 2018

Award-winning investigative journalist Ted Bridis will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications as the Rob Hiaasen Lecturer in Investigative Reporting this fall. The new Journalism Department position honors Rob Hiaasen, B.S. Telecommunication 1981, who was killed on June 28 in the Capital Gazette shooting. Since 2007, Bridis has been editor of […]

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor and attorney, was selected as a 2018-19 Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Fellow. The Center is based at Harvard University. McNealy will examine the rise in community-based surveillance literacy and anti-surveillance advocacy groups, focusing on the cultural, political, behavioral, and […]

Ellen Nodine, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Public Interest Communications interim director of programs and training, has co-authored “Exploring Social Presence Within an Online Course Using Twitter” with UF College of Education Associate Professors Albert Ritzhaupt and Pavio Antonenko. The article was published in E-Learning and Digital Media in Sage […]

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced that public radio station WUFT-FM is one of five finalists for the prestigious 2018 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards in the non-commercial station-of-the-year category. The winner of the award, which honors radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting, will be announced on […]

Carla Fisher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, has been awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor. Fisher has been a faculty member for 10 years, including the past two academic years at CJC. Since joining the College, Fisher has published eight peer-reviewed articles, two abstracts, two book chapters and […]

John Freeman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, asks Adrian Dennis, B.S. Journalism 1993 and 2016 Alumni of Distinction, what it’s like to cover the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in “World Cup Soccer: Life on the Road with UF Photojournalism Alum Adrian Dennis” published on Medium on July […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the online Master’s program in social media, was quoted in “What is a Good GRE Score for Graduate School Admissions?” published in U.S. News & World Report on July 16. The article offers advice from experts for graduate school hopefuls wanting to know […]

“My Kid is Not Crazy: A Search for Hope in the Face of Misdiagnosis,” an award-winning documentary by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Associate Professor and filmmaker Tim Sorel, will be featured on the July 20 broadcast of ABC’s “20/20” at 10 p.m. The program focuses on three families across the […]

Diane McFarlin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications dean, is featured in “UF Dean Offers Insight into Leadership and Serving as a Role Model” published in the Business Report of North Central Florida on July 16. The article features her career since graduating from UF in 1976, including her leadership roles as executive […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral students Aqsa Bashir and Patrick Thelen have received $1,000 travel grants to attend the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in Washington, D.C. in August. The AEJMC Research Committee received 36 applications and only 16 students were awarded travel grants. The annual […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “If an Algorithm Draws Lines on a Map, is that the Same as Land Surveying?” published in Ars Technica on July 13. The article asks the question: “When does drawing a […]

WUFT-FM, located in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center, received first place for Best Writing Division C in the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2017 awards competition ceremony on June 23. CJC student journalist and Telecommunication senior Luke Sullivan’s “When the Lights Go Out, and Stay Out” received […]