Month: May 2020

Carma Bylund, Public Relations associate professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and associate professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, and Melissa Armstrong, UF College of Medicine associate professor of Neurology, have been awarded a $375,000 grant to study how people with […]

Four University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students journalists and WUFT News staff were honored in the National 2019 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards competition. The awards recognize the best in student journalism during 2019. National SPJ Mark of Excellence winners and finalists include: Radio News Reporting: Winner, Nicole […]

Carma Bylund, Public Relations associate professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and associate professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, has been named associate editor for Patient Education & Counseling, an interdisciplinary, international journal for patient education and health promotion researchers, managers […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, was quoted in “Alabama Utility Commission to Consider Ban on Recording Meeting” posted on Birmingham, Alabama public radio station WBHM-FM’s website. The article features restrictions that the Alabama Public Service Commission has established for coverage of meetings. According […]

Jack J. Barry has joined the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Public Interest Communications (CPIC) as a  post-doctoral research associate. Barry earned his doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of Connecticut (UConn). His research areas include a focus on the impact of communication technologies on development, poverty and […]

Michaela Devyn Mullis, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, was selected from a national pool of applicants for the 2020 National Communication Association (NCA) Doctoral Honors Seminar. Mullis was selected for the Communication Studies Division based on her dissertation work in parental alienation, a form of nonvoluntary family estrangement. She […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, was quoted in “Don’t Expect to See Joe Biden’s Papers” published in Huffington Post on May 11. LoMonte comments on the inaccessibility of Biden’s papers from his time in the Senate. The National Archives doesn’t keep Senate personnel […]

To:    All UF Employees Fr:    Joe Glover, Provost, and Charlie Lane, Chief Operating Officer  On March 16, 2020, President Fuchs prohibited non-essential university travel.  Travel that was deemed essential needed approval by a Senior Vice President or Vice President. Employees were strongly encouraged to minimize personal travel.  This memo modifies that policy as follows.  As UF reopens and […]

WUFT-FM and WUFT-TV, operated from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, are the winners of six Region 13 2020 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. WUFT-FM received four and WUFT-TV received two Small Market Category regional awards. Radio awards for WUFT-FM include: Best Overall: WUFT-FM Best Continuing […]

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is one of 10 recipients of a 2020 UF’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The awards honor junior faculty and recognize excellence in research. Each award is a one-time allocation of $5,000 in support of research that can be used to fund […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists were recently recognized by the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists, formerly known as  Florida Associated Press Broadcasters. The organization promotes excellence and education in broadcast journalism throughout Florida. The 2019 professional competition included 550 entries from 37 television and radio stations in every media market […]

When Report for America announced the selection of 225 journalists for its 2020-21 reporting corps recently, it shared welcomed news for those calling on newsrooms to better reflect the diversity of the communities they serve: 42 percent of this year’s corps are persons of color. This stands in contrast to the reality that people of color represent […]

Daniel Pimentel, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, is one of five doctoral students inducted into the 2020 class of the UF Graduate School Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet Society, named for Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first African American Ph.D. recipient in the U.S., recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is the author of “Troll Storms and Tort Liability for Speech Urging Action by Others: A First Amendment Analysis and an Initial Step Toward a Federal Rule” published in the Washington University Law Review, […]

Brent Solomon, B.S. Telecommunication 2003, is the recipient of Best Reporter Award in the 2019 Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters Awards TV 1 Large Market category. Solomon is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning journalist at WWBT, the NBC television affiliate in Richmond, Virginia. Thirty-five stations in Virginia and West Virginia submitted 535 entries, which featured news and […]

Cynthia Morton, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising associate professor, is the co-author of “Controversial Conversations: The Emotions Evoked by Anti-Terrorism Advertising” published in the Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising May 2020. Morton and Jorge Villegas review an exploratory study that compares the emotional responses to anti-terrorism messages when […]

Four University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations students received second place in the 2020 Arthur W. Page Society Case Study Competition. The entry, by Public Relations seniors Leah Antovel, Marina Burke and Tamarra Thal and junior Jania Lowe, was created in CJC Public Relations Professional-in-Residence Pat Ford’s spring 2020 Corporate Reputation […]

Kendra Auguste, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Health Communications doctoral student, has received a Delores A. Auzenne Dissertation Award for the 2020 UF Summer C term. The Delores Auzenne Dissertation Award was established to assist underrepresented doctoral students with little or no funding to complete their dissertations. The program provides funding […]