Month: July 2021

Carma Bylund, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations professor and professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, is the co-author of “How to Talk to Patients About the COVID Vaccine” published on medpagetoday.com on July 30. Bylund, Lindsay Thompson and Stephanie Staras found that […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is the author of “Lawsuits Over Bans on Teaching Critical Race Theory Are Coming – Here’s What Won’t Work and What Might” published in The Conversation on July 20. LoMonte questions if possible disciplinary action against teachers who […]

Haley Markovich, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, is the author of “Severe Allergies and Price Increases: How News Frames of the 2016 EpiPen Crisis Continue the Conversation of U.S. Pharmaceutical Pricing” published in the Journal of Public Interest Communication, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2021). Markovich conducted an exploratory framing study […]

Santiago Kember will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications this fall as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Advertising. Kember has more than 30 years of agency experience working in the U.S. and globally for leading consumer packaged goods, technology, and business-to-business brands, focusing on understanding cultures and what drives […]

With more than 70% of U.S. brands and half of worldwide brands using content marketing strategies to reach consumers, the potential impact of video content for marketers is significant. And YouTube has become a major platform for video content marketing. As YouTube content marketing is becoming more mainstream, there is a need to examine how […]

Amy Jo Coffey, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor, is the recipient of the third place faculty paper award in the 2021 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) for “Video Measurement and Analytics: Best Practices and Industry Challenges” in the Media Management, […]

BPRSS is seeking a Social Media Director.   Click below to apply University of Florida Black Public Relations Student Society (BPRSS) 2021-22 Term Executive Board Application (google.com)

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, has received a 2021 Charlie Award from the Florida Magazine Association  for “In Search of Spirits in Cassadaga: A Writer Unlocks the Truths of this Mystical Community, Its Energy Healers and the Supernatural.” The story, published […]

Diane McFarlin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Emeritus Dean and Scholar, has been named to the 2021 Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame, in recognition of her outstanding service in the field of newspaper journalism in Florida. McFarlin, B.S. Journalism 1976 and 1999 Hall of Fame inductee, retired from UFCJC in December […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Hayley Markovich is the author of a chapter in Normalizing Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in Entertainment Media, published by Routledge in April 20, 2021. The chapter, “’…And I suffer from short-term memory loss’: Understanding presentations of mental health in Pixar’s Finding Nemo and Finding Dory […]

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor and associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, is co-creator of “I, Obscura” a dark pattern zine that launched to the public on July 15, 2021. The zine, created through a collaboration between UCLA’s Center […]

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor and associate director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, was an editor and author of an editorial for “Theories and Applications of Emerging Technologies in Civic Engagement,” a special issue of  frontiers in Blockchain published on […]