Month: April 2019

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Allen Alexander was a sophomore at the all-male University of Florida when Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. The then-history and political science major remembers that Sunday, and the next day, when he was talking with several students about how long they thought the war would last — six […]

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students, Journalism junior Camille Respess and Journalism senior Alexandria Ng, have received prestigious Dow Jones News Fund Internships (DJNF). DJNF provides paid summer internships in digital media, business reporting, news editing and data journalism for undergraduate and graduate students. Interns attend one-week summer residencies at five […]

By Monica Meng, CJC Master’s student Aundre Larrow, B.S. Journalism and Economics 2013, loved taking photographs in high school, snapping pictures of family and friends, then running to the nearby Walgreens to have them developed. But when he was considering college, he applied to the University of Florida to focus on his writing skills, honing […]

Scott Sanders, B.S. Advertising 1979 and 2006 Hall of Fame, and Flody Suarez, B.S. Journalism 1983, received a total of 14 Tony Award nominations in the 2019 competition. Sanders received 11 nominations for his new musical “Tootsie,” including Best Musical. Suarez received three nominations for “The Cher Show” including Best Performance by an Actress in […]

John Kaplan, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor, is the first non-Nobel Prize winner to join the distinguished Nobel Laureates Forum Lectureship series held in China’s Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces. During the series, Kaplan conducted three sole-lectureship presentations entitled “The Power of the Lens.” University presidents introduced Kaplan at each venue, […]

Yulia Strekalova, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications research assistant professor and director of Grants Development, has received a 2019-2020 UF Creative Campus Catalyst Grant. For the Creative Campus project, “Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Online Education and Reflection on Sensitive Topics,” Strekalova will collaborate with the UF College of the Arts […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists were honored in the 2019 Suncoast Student Production Awards competition sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Suncoast Chapter. In the College Newscast category, Sofia Millar, Dolores Hinckley, Laurel Biddy, Alexis Howard, Claudia Perez-Brito, Gisselle Garcia, and Dayanira Feliciano received first […]

Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications director of the Center for Public Interest Communications, won this year’s Faculty Entrepreneurship Award from the UF Warrington College of Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC). The Entrepreneurship Award is given annually to one of the EIC’s Entrepreneurship […]

Five University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumni are part of the South Florida Sun Sentinel team whose series of stories and editorials on the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootings in Parkland, Florida, won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Brittany Wallman, B.S. Journalism 1991, and Susannah Bryan, […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Associate Professor Tim Sorel’s film, “My Kid is Not Crazy: A Search for Hope in the Face of Misdiagnosis,” is now available on Amazon Prime Video. Prime is the exclusive Over-the-Top (OTT) distributor for the film through 2020. In addition, New York City-based Big Media has reached […]

WUFT-FM and WUFT-TV, operated by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, are the winners of eight Region 13 RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. WUFT-FM received six and WUFT-TV received two regional awards and the winning entries will go on to the national competition. Radio awards include: Breaking News Coverage: WUFT-FM, “Gilchrist […]

Art Levy, B.S. Journalism 1984, is the author of “Made in Florida: Artists, Celebrities, Activists, Educators and Other Icons in the Sunshine State” published by University of Florida Press on April 23. The book is a compilation of 90 “Florida Icon” interviews Levy produced for Florida Trend magazine between 2007 and 2018.  Interviewees include Carl […]