Month: April 2022

All the career advice you could need in one place!  The CJC Office of Careers and Corporate Partnerships (OCCP) launched “Industry Edge,” a new video series where leading professionals in the communications industry provide guidance on starting the career search. The best part is, “Industry Edge” was created entirely by students from CJC’s very own: […]

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, is the author of “One of the World’s Biggest Sea Snails at Risk of Extinction” published in National Geographic on April 6. The story focuses on Horse Conchs, the marine snails that build Florida’s colossal state seashell. According to the story, the iconic […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology lecturer and coordinator of the online master’s program with a specialization in social media, is quoted in “How Social Media Handles Censorship and Graphic Content” posted on winknews.com on March 31. The story focuses on a social media video showing […]

Dear Colleagues:  Next week we will welcome to campus two finalists for the Public Relations Lecturer position.  The candidates will be here Monday – Tuesday, April 11 – 12 (Debra Wetherhead) and Wednesday – Thursday, April 13 – 14 (Tracy Wright).  Listed below are the date/time/place for their teaching and faculty presentations.  Presentations are being […]

Join the Hispanic Communicators Association on April 9th from 2-5 p.m. for the Hispanic Gator Film Festival! Learn more here.

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Fresh Take Florida student reporters were finalists in the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) 2021 Awards Student Small Market category. “The Real Estate Agents in School Board Land Deal are Accused of ‘Working Both Sides,’ Increasing Cost to Alachua County Taxpayers” by Journalism senior Houston […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) assistant professor, has been named Associate Chair of the department, effective immediately. Coche’s primary responsibility will be to coordinate and lead the department’s assessment efforts for both the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the […]

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and CJC doctoral student Chelsea Hampton are the co-authors of “Clinicians’ Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Communicating Electronically with Patients: A Grounded Practical Theory Approach” published in the Journal of Health Communication on April 5. Alpert, Hampton, Merry Jennifer Markham and Carma Bylund […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications student journalists were honored in the 59th annual National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho (NBS-AERho) 2021-2022 National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Awards competition. First place winners include: Audio Feature Package: Jack Prator, “Florida Ranks Second in Government-Sold Homes in Flood Zones” Audio News Package: Sydney Dotson, “UF Installs […]

The Knight Division will be hosting CJC Stress Relief Week from April 18th through April 22nd! Recharge and prepare for finals with the events and tutoring opportunities below:

The Harn Student Ambassadors are looking for student input and perspectives! The Harn will be opening a new exhibition, Speechless: Text & Image, on June 7th. The exhibition deals with the relationship between text and image, as well as the cultural, historical, and visual importance of the work on view. The Harn Student Ambassadors have been […]

Join the Harn on April 14th at 6 p.m. for Museum Nights: Year of the Tigress. This event will include a conversation with Taiwan documentary filmmaker Jasmine Ching-hui Lee and the screening of her film Money and Honey. Experience art from Asia during an after-hours museum event as we celebrate the contributions of women artists to […]