Month: February 2022

Aantaki Raisa, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, received the People’s Choice Award in the Three-Minute Thesis competition for her work on colorectal cancer screening among immigrant populations. The competition was held at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools on Feb. 17-19, 2022. In November 2021, Raisa won first place and […]

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Suncoast Chapter is offering scholarships to university students in the Suncoast region (including Florida) who are studying Communications or Broadcasting. To be eligible for the scholarship, you must: Be a high school graduating senior or a college student (undergraduate student ONLY) with a declared major in Communications/Broadcasting […]

 By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984 Lester Carson, at 83, enjoys life as a retiree these days, entertaining one of his four children at his home in Gainesville – the place he’s lived since joining the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ (UFCJC) faculty in 1979 as its first Black professor. Carson was […]

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Your Questions About Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill and Other Proposals, Answered” published in the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Orlando Sentinel on […]

Amy Jo Coffey, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor and program manager for the online graduate programs in Audience Analytics, is featured in an interview on graduatecertificates.com. Coffey shared information on the UFCJC Online Master’s Audience Analytics specialization and certificate. “Because we are in the […]

Monday, February 28 2022 Virtual | 2 PM – 3 PM Register Now Gray Television is hosting a virtual information session for students to learn more about open positions within the company and network directly with news directors. The company is actively looking to hire people for entry-level positions as producers, MMJs and meteorologists across […]

Alexander Heffner, host of PBS’s “The Open Mind,” will present “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age” a virtual conversation on restoring civility in our national discourse on Feb. 22 at 26 p.m. The free webinar is open to the public. Heffner will discuss the incivility common today in public discourse, politics and governance. He will […]

Benjamin Johnson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the co-author of “Social Comparison and Envy on Social Media: A Critical Review” published in Current Opinion in Psychology, Volume 45, June 2022. Johnson and Adrian Meier reviewed evidence on public and scholarly concern that passive social media use decreases wellbeing […]

By Jessica Berube, M.A.M.C 2021 Dr. Laurence B. Alexander wants to put everyone in a position to win. A 1983 graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism of Communications (UFCJC) Master’s program and UFCJC faculty member and administrator for 22 years, Alexander now serves as Chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Pine […]

The New York Times will be participating in the Careers in Communication Fair in the following ways: Tabling at Careers in Communication Fair – March 16, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Reitz Union Grand Ballroom) Ms. Carla Correa, deputy director for NYT’s Early Career Programs, will meet students at the fair from 10 a.m. – […]

Due to delayed school openings and the Omicron surge, the deadline for the Inez Y. Kaiser GKC-PRSA Memorial 2022 Student Scholarships has been extended to March 25, 2022. Applications are being accepted via registration here. Each year, the Inez Y. Kaiser Scholarship honors one outstanding African American/Black public relations student. Additional points are given to PRSSA students but […]