Month: January 2020

The frank 2020 gathering has an exciting volunteer opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students. Please include the following in the Knight Division Digest, if space permits. We’re looking for students with diverse interests, majors and passions to join the frank ambassador team. Ambassadors at frank have the opportunity to join the leading minds that drive […]

The University of Florida has named 12 UF faculty members as Trust Consortium Scholars and funded two post-doctoral associate positions as part of the University’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology initiative. The scholars include faculty from four UF colleges studying the issues of trust from multiple perspectives. Projects include examinations of the effects […]

A paper by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information was referenced in “Gag Clauses for California State Workers, Public Employees Might Violate First Amendment Rights” published in The Sacramento Bee on Jan. 6. The article focuses on how California agencies are violating workers’ rights by instructing […]

Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and Center for Public Interest Communications director, and Annie Neimand, Center research director,  are co-authors of “How to Build Better Calls to Action” published in Stanford Social Innovation Review on Jan. 6. Christiano and Neimand, along with co-authors […]

Joseph Salvador, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior, has been named to the Sports Journalism Institute (SJI) Class of 2020. Salvador is one of only 16 college students who will attend the SJI boot camp at the Arizona State University Cronkite School of Journalism from May 30 to June 7. […]

Mira Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications assistant dean for student experiences and Innovation News Center director, and Jasmine McNealy, CJC Telecommunication associate professor, are featured in Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2020. The annual edition features predictions for 2020 from “some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media.” According to […]

Travis Atria, M.A.M.C. 2007, is the author of Better Days will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris and a Nazi Prison Camp published on Jan. 7. The book, based on groundbreaking research that included unprecedented access to Brigg’s oral memoir, is a document of jazz history, a fast-paced epic […]

Mari Faiello, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior, is the recipient of the Association of Women in Sports Media (AWSM) Jim Brennan Scholarship. As an AWSM scholar, Faiello will spend her summer interning at the Orlando Sentinel. She has worked at The Independent Florida Alligator for more than two years, most […]

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor in emerging media, is the co-author of “Explicating Cues: A Typology for Understanding Emerging Media Technologies” published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on Dec. 17. Xu and co-author Tony Liao studied cues as a concept for understanding technological interaction and created […]

By Madison Hindo, Public Relations 2020 When Zack Savitsky was applying to colleges, he was torn between his love for English and science. While he was trying to make a decision, he discovered the science communication community and realized the unique field would allow him to combine his passions. From then on, he was hooked. […]