Month: October 2020

Participating retailers so far include: Amazon, Belk, Burlington, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Meijer, PetSmart, Qurate Retail Group, Ross, Target, The Home Depot and Walmart.  Employers will be recruiting for both internship and entry-level roles, and students will be able to speak with them over chat and video. Be camera ready and be prepared with […]

Wearable devices such as smartwatches could play an increasingly important role in healthcare. Used by patients to track their own clinically-relevant measurable outcomes—such as physical activity, pain, and heart rate—this information has also been shown to foster improved doctor-patient communication and coordination, and improve patient accountability and engagement. But providers have given wearable devices mixed […]

Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Public Interest Communications director, is quoted in “U.S. COVID-19 Survivors to Honor Dead Sunday, Rally Online for Effective Pandemic Response” published on reuters.com on Oct. 3. The article focuses on the first online National COVID-19 Remembrance event designed to offer support to Americans […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Assistant Professors Jay Hmielowski and Myiah Hutchens are the co-authors of a blog “Why Trying to Break People Out of the Echo Chambers Might Be Counterproductive” posted on the London School of Economics US Centre’s blog on American Politics and Policy. Research from Hmielowski, Hutchens […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication lecturer and coordinator of the online Master’s program with a specialization in social media, was quoted in “Proud Boys Trending After Being Mentioned During Debate” posted on WPTV.com on Sept. 30. The story focuses on the increased social media coverage a far-right extremist hate […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, is the co-author of “Victory on Their Own Terms: American Front-Page Framing of the USWNT World Cup Championship” published in the Journal of Journalism Practice on Sept. 29. Coche and Travis Bell from the University […]

In the U.S., people have become polarized around a number of issues based on a variety of potential dividing lines including where they live, their age, their political beliefs, and their race/ethnicity. One pressing issue where different ideological groups believe in different things is climate change. From a political perspective, liberals tend to believe climate […]

It is a 10-13 week, fully paid fellowship which upon successful completion of the fellowship, leads to a full-time job at one of our stations. The fellows we select in November are placed after graduation and then later are placed in a job at one of our stations. Criteria for Selection: The candidate must have […]