Month: December 2021

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of recent CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Andy Freedman, B.S. Public Relations 2001 Andy Freedman is an eight-time Emmy Award-winning director with 20+ years of experience at CBS sports. He started his career as a student intern at UF and worked his way through […]

By Nora O’Neill, Journalism 2023 After only one year at UF, Curtis Michaud has already made a name for himself. Michaud, a transfer from Broward College, in December 2021 became the first-ever recipient of the Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund Scholarship. Aschoff, who received his B.S. in Journalism from CJC in 2008, was a college football […]

PRWeek has selected the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Department as one of five finalists for PRWeek’s 2022 Outstanding Education Program category. Now celebrating its 23rd year, the PRWeek Awards celebrate the best of the best corporate, agency, nonprofit and education teams, and the work they produce. The shortlist […]

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and CJC doctoral student Bhakti Sharma will present their research at the virtual 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth. Their paper, “Usability Testing of Smartwatches on Older […]

Michael Sternberg graduated from the University of Florida in 1968  with a degree in Advertising. He spent a brief period as a naval officer and then joined the Daytona Beach News Journal as a sports copy editor. In the mid-1970s, he became a retail-advertising representative for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and then advertising sales manager for […]

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) has named the inaugural recipients of the  Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund Scholarship, named in honor of Edward Aschoff, B.S. Journalism 2008, an ESPN college football reporter who passed away December 24, 2019, his 34th birthday, after a brief illness. The recipients selected for scholarships are Journalism […]

Tonya Cornileus, B.S. Telecommunication 1985, has been named one of CableFax magazine’s Most Powerful Women of 2021. Cornileus, who is currently vice president of Human Resources at ESPN in Hartford, Connecticut, was also honored with the special award of Mentor of the Year. The magazine’s annual list highlights the industry’s leading women executives and their […]

Frank LoMonte, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information director, is the author of “The First Amendment, Social Media and College Admissions” published on insidehighered.com on Dec. 13. In the column, LoMonte summarizes and highlights Brechner Center research about the First Amendment perils of reviewing college applicants’ social media profiles. According […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Assistant Professor Jay Hmielowski is the co-author of “Are You Threatening Me? Identity Threat, Resistance to Persuasion, and Boomerang Effects in Environmental Communication” published in Environmental Communication on Nov. 25. Hmielowski and Yanni Ma from Oregon State University examined resistance to persuasive messages in today’s […]

I remember my sophomore year of college. I was a public relations major at the time, and my big sister in my sorority had invited me to go with her on a “field trip” that her PR class was taking to Atlanta.  They were visiting several different PR firms in the city- I just thought […]

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of recent CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Aaron Zeiler, B.S. Public Relations 2017 Tell us about your current job? I am currently the Communications Manager for Civil Rights Corps — a national non-profit using innovative litigation, policy and storytelling to challenge the unjust criminal-legal […]

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of recent CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Alexa Padron, B.S. Advertising 2020 1. Tell us about your current job. I’m an associate copywriter at TBWA\Chiat\Day New York. As a copywriter, I write scripts for commercials, captions for social posts, and dream up all kinds […]