Month: May 2020

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 […]