Month: October 2023

Celeste Wagner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, will be part of a hybrid University of Central Florida (UCF) Spanish Graduate Association panel on Hispanic heritage on Oct. 12. Wagner is on one of three participating academic scholars. She will discuss her research on the language of race and class […]

A new study suggests that individuals whose candidate lost an election use pro-attitudinal media to repair their identity or engage in information utility behaviors by seeking out counter-attitudinal information to learn about the opposing party following their win. The findings by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student Eliana DuBosar, UFCJC […]

Dear CJC colleagues: The search committee for the faculty position in Journalism (tenure-track assistant/associate professor) will meet on Monday, October 9, at 9:00 am on Zoom (https://ufl.zoom.us/j/2303962050). Agenda: Finalize questions for Zoom interviews

Megan Borowski, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Division of Media Properties senior multimedia meteorologist, placed first in the National Weather Association (NWA) Graduate Student Showcase at the 48th annual NWA Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri held Sept. 9-13. Her presentation, “Evaluating High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Short-Term Forecasts of Sea Breeze Rainfall Under […]

A new study suggests that effectively leveraging organizational communications in democracies can support the transfer of object salience, moral attributes and networks to media coverage, public discourse and opponent messaging. The findings by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral students Brittany Shaughnessy and Nader Dagher, Public Relations Professor and Executive Associate […]

Dear CJC colleagues: The search committee for the faculty position in Journalism (tenure-track assistant/associate professor) will meet on Thursday, October 5, at 11:00 am on Zoom (https://ufl.zoom.us/j/2303962050). Agenda: Schedule date and time for Zoom interviews

ChomPics is having a General Body Meeting next week featuring a pre-production/production design workshop! Come by to learn all the aspects of building the cinematic world. GBM + Workshop is Wednesday, 10/11 at 7:15pm

The WATERSHED project, created by a 13-member team of University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) undergraduate student journalists, received third place in the 2023 Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Awards for Reporting on the Environment in the Outstanding Student Reporting category. The project is the result of a six-month investigation of Florida’s […]

David Cuillier, director of the  Brechner Freedom of Information Project, and Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, will participate on panels for the virtual National Freedom of Information Coalition summit from Oct. 3-5. Cuillier will participate in two sessions. The first, “School Shootings and Public Records,” will focus […]

David Cuillier, director of the  Brechner Freedom of Information Project, is quoted in “Judge Denies Police Union’s Motion to Take Down RJ Video” published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Oct. 2. The article focuses on a judge’s denial of a police union’s demand to require the Las Vegas Review-Journal to remove or modify a […]

Jieun Shin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology assistant professor, will serve as a board member for the 2024 Human Computer Interaction (HCI) International Conference from June 29 – July 4 in Washington, D.C. The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and […]

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism assistant professor, and doctoral student Ernest Makata participated in the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) 42nd Annual Convention in Columbus, Ohio, from Sept. 28-30. Grant was a member of a panel discussion on “Black Power to Work: This Historical Evolution of Black Racial […]