Month: September 2023

Clay Calvert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications professor emeritus and current senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is quoted in “The Obnoxious Absurdity of Elon’s Threat to Sue the Anti-Defamation league for Defamation” published on mediaite.com on Sept. 6. The article focuses on Elon Musk’s recent comments about the Anti-Defamation League’s […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology instructional assistant professor, is the author of the guest column “We Need to Start Talking About the Endangered Male on College Campuses” published in the Tampa Bay Times on Sept. 7. Selepak comments on the growing gender gap on college […]

A new study has found that consumers can respond favorably to integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the news production process as long as humans remain in the lead. The findings by Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor and director of Consumer Media Research, and […]

Herbert Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior lecturer, is the author of “What a journalism Educator Learned During a Summer at the Los Angeles Times” published on poynter.org on Sept. 11. Lowe spent seven weeks as a visiting academic fellow in the Times Sports Department. While there, he earned […]

A new study has found that chatbot anthropomorphism can intersect with emotional appeals and influence persuasive outcomes in science communication. The findings by Jinping Wang, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology postdoctoral associate Lulu Peng are featured in “Striking an Emotional Chord: Effects […]

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: COVID-19, Vaccines, and Global Health Inequities Key words: COVID-19, Global Health System, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/covid-19-vaccines-and-global-health-inequities Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of any scope and size, and […]

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Gender Equality Grants Key words: Gender Equality, Women, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/gender-equality-grants Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of any scope and size and we are open to […]

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Threats to Democracy Key words: Democracy, Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/threats-democracy-us Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of any scope and size, and we are open to supporting […]

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Science Misinformation: Journalism in the Age of Truth Decay Key words: Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/science-misinformation Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of any scope and size, and […]

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Machine Learning Reporting Grants Key words: Machine Learning, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/machine-learning-reporting-grants Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range for these Machine Learning Grants. We will consider projects of any scope and size […]

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: War in Ukraine Initiative Key words: Ukraine, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/journalism/initiatives/war-ukraine Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: Awards cover reporting costs and are based on reasonable, detailed budgets. Most awards for international travel are between $5,000 and $10,000, but […]

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor and director of consumer media research, and UF Computer & Information Science Professor My T. Thai have received a National Science Foundation Grant for $930,000 to support research on “Information Integrity: A User-Centric Intervention.” Their project proposes a […]