Month: January 2019

Nicolette Jennings, B.S. Telecommunication 2018, and Miss Clearwater Beach USA was crowned Miss Florida USA 2019 on Jan. 19. She will now represent Florida at the Miss USA Pageant later this year. While at CJC, Jennings was a multimedia reporter for ESPN Gainesville and WUFT Sports. She was a sports anchor on WUFT-TV’s “First at […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is quoted in “Florida Lawmakers Move to Restrict Teen Voter Information” published on wlrn.org on Jan. 18. The story focuses on two proposed bills in the Florida Legislature designed to restrict the publication of personal information of underage […]

Amy Jo Coffey, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication associate professor and director of the online master’s program in Audience Analytics, is the author of “Challenging Assumptions about Ownership and Diversity: An Examination of U.S. Local On-Air Television Newsroom Personnel” published in the International Journal of Media Management on Jan. 4. The […]

Debbie Treise, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) senior associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research, will step down from her position in August 2019 after more than three decades at CJC. She will continue to teach until August 2020. During her 30-year tenure, Treise has served as a mentor to many […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is the author of “Private Employers: You Can’t Forbid Your Workers from Talking to Journalists” published on Poynter.org on Jan. 14. In the article, LoMonte states that many employees believe they forfeit their free-speech rights when they take […]

The University of Florida (UF) announced today that its online programs have been ranked fifth best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The College of Journalism and Communications currently offers two online undergraduate programs in Telecommunication Media and Society and Public Relations.  Advertising and journalism courses will be added in 2020. The […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication senior Grace King won first place in the 2018-2019 Hearst Journalism Awards Television Features Competition. Journalism senior Meredith Sheldon placed fourth in the contest. King’s entry featured a compilation of stories she produced for the WUFT-TV “Life After Maria” news special on the anniversary of Hurricane […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is the author of the opinion column “UMD Owes Public Transparent Presidential Search” published in The Baltimore Sun on Jan. 10. According to LoMonte, higher education has never been more mismanaged and more secretive especially when selecting college […]

Summer Shelton, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, will receive a $2,000 award from the American Academy of Advertising’s Dissertation Award Competition. Shelton’s dissertation, “Improving Representations of Disabilities in Advertising: Recommendations for Change,” focuses on how people with disabilities are represented in advertising. She explores the issue of “inspiration porn.” This concept […]

Annelie Schmittel, Ph.D. 2015, is the new vice president of player development for the Philadelphia 76ers National Basketball Association organization. Schmittel, whose research at UF focused on crisis communication in sports, is now the highest-ranking female basketball operations executive for the team. She will oversee programs that help players both on and off the court […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “Julian Assange Fails the Smell Test” published in The Washington Post on Jan. 7. Columnist Erik Wemple writes about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and a document his organization distributed to news […]

John Janokaitis, B.S. Telecommunication 1979, chief of media relations for Aerodyne Industries in Cape Canaveral, received the Kolcum News and Communications Award from the National Space Club in Oct. 2018. The award, named in honor of Harry Kolcum, former managing editor or Aviation Week & Space Technology, honors news media representatives and other communication professionals […]