Month: February 2021

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Florida Lawmakers Challenge Silicon Valley Over ‘Censorship’” published in The Philadelphia Enquirer on Feb. 2. The article focuses on Florida lawmakers who are trying to reign in social media platforms and […]

Benjamin Johnson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is a co-author of “Overcoming Challenges and Leveraging Opportunities” published in Media Psychology on Jan. 25. Johnson, Sun Joo Ahn, Marina Krcmar and Leonard Reinecke, the new editors of the publication from 2021 to 2024, reflect on the publication’s change in leadership, […]

Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Public Interest Communications director, Telecommunication senior Sammie Green and Stephanie Strickland, B.S. Telecommunication 2020, were quoted in “UF Student Marketing Plan Encourages Masks in Bars to Stave Off COVID” published in The Gainesville Sun on Jan. 29. The story focuses on a marketing […]

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Through CSI you are able to: Connect with other students while learning career and leadership skills Learn about your career potential from your values, identities, interests, personalities, skills, and strengths Gain professional development that prepares you to take action in your on-and off-campus experiences Explore the concepts of meaning and purpose as it relates to […]

America has a rich history of peaceful protests and demonstrations on public property to exercise their First Amendment right of freedom of speech, regardless of how vitriolic or partisan that rhetoric may be. But University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Professor Frank LoMonte, director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, […]

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the co-author of “The Causal Relationship Between Portal Usage and Self-Efficacious Health Information–Seeking Behaviors: Secondary Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey Data” published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on Jan. 27. Alpert, Jaeyoung Park, Muxuan Liang, Richard […]

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, has been selected to participate in the virtual 2021 Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute (IQRMI) from June 6-11. This intensive, week-long institute, originating from the University of Maryland College Park, will provide instruction in methodological skills, writing, and navigation of institutional norms. […]

In Fall 2020, we organized on over 20 campuses across Florida to turn out the youth vote. Through our nonpartisan New Voters Project, we trained hundreds of interns and volunteers, helped register over 2,000 students to vote, and made over 50,000 get out the vote contacts leading up to election day.   This semester, we’re […]