Month: April 2024

Kim Walsh-Childers, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism professor,  is the co-editor of eBook “Palgrave Handbook of Science and Health Journalism” published on SpringerLink on April 16. In the book, Walsh-Childers and Australian National University Associate Professor Merryn McKinnon reviewed the extant literature on the most important issues in health and science […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) Associate Professor Roxane Coche has been named department chair after serving as interim chair since May 2023. During her tenure as interim chair, Coche led the process to receive approval for a new MPMT minor, started a new production immersion […]

Journalists, average Americans, and others seeking government records in the public interest are more likely to be denied information than for-profit requesters, according to a new study titled “Tale of two requesters: How public records law experiences differ by requester types,” co-authored by David Cuillier, director of the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project […]

Harrison Hove, Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair in the Department of Journalism, and Interim Director of Innovation News Center, is featured on the CommuniGator Podcast.

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Chris Will received 10th place in the 2023-24 Hearst Journalism Awards Television News Competition. There were 76 entries from 43 schools submitted in the second television competition of the academic year. Will entered two news stories, “A Small Town on the Gulf Coast Braces […]

A new study has validated a scale for measuring the prominent stereotype that female journalists have sex with their sources. The findings by Frank Waddell, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, and doctoral students Jessica Sparks and Chelsea Moss are featured in “Using Sex to Get the Story: Testing Reliability […]

By Angela Bradbery, Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications In the emerging academic discipline of public interest communications, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) is a national leader. To that end, we aim each year to offer students more opportunities to explore the field than we did the previous […]

The University of Florida Colleg of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) 2024 Graduate Recognition Ceremony student speaker is Luis Lageyre, a Media Production, Management, and Technology senior. Lageyre has been an active leader throughout his four years at UF, both on campus and off.  At the university level he served as a student adviser to the […]

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A team of students from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) has won the prestigious 2024 Jack Koten Page Principles Student Case Study Competition grand prize for their exploration of the historic repositioning of the iconic Barbie brand. The team was comprised of Public Relations seniors Rebecca Wolff (team captain) and […]

Discover Gephi: Social Network Analysis Workshop Looking for a unique way to visualize and analyze influencers in a social network? Register now for our Discover Gephi: Social Network Analysis Workshop on Friday, April 12, from 2-3:30PM, in the Atlas Lab (Weimer G033). We’ll show you how to format social media data for network analysis, graph […]

  Secure your spot now for the Full Sail Spring Career Expo 2024! Don’t miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in our creative and innovative environment and discover why we’ve been recognized as one of the “Best Places To Work” by the Orlando Business Journal. Registration Link Date and time: Thursday, April 18 · 2 […]