Month: August 2019

Diane McFarlin, dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), is quoted in “With Layoffs and Fewer Readers, What’s the Future of Our Hometown Newspaper?” published in Sarasota (Fla.) Magazine on Aug. 5. McFarlin, former longtime publisher of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, comments on how the newspaper and the staff are adapting […]

Ted Spiker, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Department chair, will be the speaker for the UF summer 2019 doctoral and the bachelor’s, master’s and specialist’s commencement ceremonies on Aug. 9 and 10 in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.   Spiker joined UF in 2001 and has served […]

Carla Fisher, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor, is the co-author of “Teach-Back Experience and Hospitalization Risk Among Patients with Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: a Matched Cohort Study” published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on Aug. 5. Fisher, with co-authors Young-Rock Hong, Michelle Cardel, Ryan Suk, Ivana Vaughn, […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “Could Red Flag Laws Prevent the Next Massacre?” published in Mother Jones on Aug. 6. The article focuses on a gun control measure known as red flag laws – formally known […]

Debbie Treise, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising professor, was recently appointed as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Advertising. The publication has been considered the premier journal in the field of advertising since 1972. In this position, Treise will assist with overseeing submissions made by a diverse group of scholars for […]

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the co-author of “Patient Access to Clinical Notes in Oncology: A Mixed Method Analysis of Oncologists’ Attitudes to Linguistic Characteristics Towards Notes” published in Patient Education and Counseling in May 2019. Alpert, and co-authors Bonny Morris, Maria Thomson, Khalid Matin, Roy Sabo […]

Imani Jackson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information legal fellow, is the author of “Fish Island Victory Reflects Interest Convergence” published in the St. Augustine Record on Aug. 3. Jackson focuses on recently approved Florida Forever preservation funding for Fish Island, an undeveloped waterfront property on Anastasia […]

Austin Vining, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project Graduate Research Fellow and doctoral student, received first place in the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy inaugural James R. Cleary Prize. The competition honors papers published in 2018 that most creatively and convincingly propose solutions to […]

Veteran Washington Post journalist Miranda Spivack is joining the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications‘ Brechner Center for Freedom of Information on a year-long fellowship to work with journalism students on investigative reporting projects spotlighting issues of government secrecy. Spivack began work Aug. 1 in a newly created fellowship position that also will […]

“Peak Florida,” created by students in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications fall 2018 Environmental Journalism course, was honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists’ (SEJ) with an SEJ Award for Reporting on the Environment. The multimedia project received third place in the inaugural Ray Reece “Excellence in Environmental Journalism” Student Award […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student Daniel Pimentel’s virtual reality climate science simulation was featured in “TESI Grant Recipient Brings Middle Schoolers to Antarctica Using Virtual Reality” published on the Florida Museum of Natural History website on July 9. The 10-minute interactive experience, “Virtual Climate Scientist: A Polar Ice Cap […]