Month: May 2021

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, and a team of UFCJC students on May 3 launched Atrium, the first narrative nonfiction magazine published by UF students. The goal of the magazine is to tell true stories that are unique to Florida. They […]

Matt Duffy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications online master’s student, is profiled in “Zillennial Advocate Sparks Facebook Boom Promoting His 1990s Microgeneration” published in Florida Today on May 4. Created by Duffy, “Born Zillenial” is designed to attract those who are too young to feel millennial and are too old for Generation […]

Allissa Richardson, assistant professor of Journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg School, received the 2021 Research Prize in Public Interest Communication awarded by the University of Florida Center for Public Interest Communications. The prize, celebrating peer-reviewed research that informs the field of public interest communications, was presented virtually during the frank 2021 online […]

Iman Zawahry, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Lecturer, is featured in “Hijabi Filmmaker in USA” published in Hayati magazine. The story features Zawahry’s debut film “Americanish,” which explores the diversity of American communities while exploring what these communities have in common especially when it comes to love and relationships. The film […]

Kim Walsh-Childers, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication Journalism professor, is the co-author of “Costs, Evidence, Context and Values: Journalists’ and Policy Experts’ Recommendations for U.S. Health Policy Coverage” published in Health Communication on May 3. Walsh-Childers and Journalism Adjunct Instructor Jennifer Braddock, Ph.D. 2013, examined how the quality of news coverage can […]

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Ryan Vasquez, B.S. Telecommunication 2006, has a vision of what the College’s Innovation News Center (INC) can be as it moves from just an experiential opportunity to an innovation incubator.  That is just one reason the multimedia news manager and adjunct professor was named CJC’s Staff Member of the […]

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication professor and Media Consumer Research director, and Janet Coats, managing director of the UF Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, are quoted in “Can You Spot a Deep Fake? Latest Technology Makes it Harder to Catch” posted on nbc-2.com on May 2. The […]

Sara Ganim, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Brechner Center Hearst Journalism Fellow, has been selected as one of four distinguished journalists to be named a Spencer Education Journalism Fellow for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship at the Columbia Journalism School was launched 14 years ago to enhance […]

Kathleen Kelly, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor emeritus, passed away on April 28, 2021, at the age of 77 in St. Augustine, Florida after a long struggle with COPD. She is survived by her husband of 60 years George F. Kelly, daughter Jodie Anne Funderburk (Greg), grand daughters […]