Month: October 2024

Free CJC Shirts, Pasties, and Drinks for all in attendance!  

Gray Television is coming to the UF College of Journalism & Communications to interview students for multiple career opportunities. Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Weimer Hall Gray Television is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach […]

Collecting and Analyzing Fediverse Data Friday, October 25, Atlas Lab, 4-5:30 PM (Weimer G037)  Join us in the Atlas Lab for an introduction to collecting and analyzing Fediverse data – including Bluesky and Mastodon –  using the R programming language. RSVP with link below: https://forms.gle/RuT7jqm9vE4ikc1v5

Wednesday, October 23, 4-5:30 PM, Atlas Lab (Weimer G037)  Join us in the Atlas Lab for an introduction to collecting and analyzing Reddit data using the R programming language. RSVP with link below: https://forms.gle/UAxSqMixpxc3Uia5A

AI and Marketing Career Trek: PHOS – Gainesville Discover the Future of Digital Marketing with PHOS Creative Overview: The Career Connections Center’s Career Treks offer a unique opportunity to visit leading employers, either in person or virtually. Each Trek includes a company tour, an organizational overview, and insights from employees about their roles, career journeys, and […]

Robert Padovano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising adjunct lecturer, will be a guest speaker for the First-Generation Business Leaders (FGBL) meeting at the Reitz Union on the UF campus on Oct. 28. Padovano will speak on the importance of networking and present information on the UFCJC Advertising Department. FGBL focuses […]

Network & learn from industry professionals!

The Journalism Scholar Search committee will meet Wednesday, October 16, at 11:45 via Zoom. Anyone who’s interested is welcome to attend.  

Twelve University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) students are participating in the CNN Academy, a five-day journalism training bootcamp at CNN’s Techwood campus in Atlanta from Oct. 12-16. UFCJC is one of eight colleges taking part in the first CNN Academy to be held in the U.S. The course includes presentations by […]

Terrell Jenkins, CJC’s new outreach coordinator in the PATH Office, would never have believed his journey would wind up in higher education. “I was skipping classes back in kindergarten, so for me to be here is surreal,” Terrell said. His story shows how self-knowledge, education, and perseverance can open doors to life-changing opportunities—even when the […]

Janet Coats, managing director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, and Joy Mayer, executive director and founder of Trusted News, are the authors of the opinion piece “Where’s the Coverage of Communities That Didn’t ‘Dodge a Bullet’ with Hurricane Milton?” published on poynter.org on […]

“A Seat at the Table,” a documentary directed and produced by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) senior Sophia Abolfathi and alumnus Robert Bailey, B.S. Telecommunication 2023, has received the Grand Jury Award for Student Film at the 2024 Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles on Oct. […]

“Prepare for Careers in Communications Fair” helps students develop strategies to confidently interact with recruiters and present themselves effectively. This event includes sessions with recruiters from top media companies, offering valuable insights and a competitive edge in the Communications job market.  Where? Zoom  When? October 16, 2024, from 2 to 3 PM Register in advance for this […]

The CJC-HR team is excited to introduce to you a monthly Inside Edition designed to provide you with monthly and timely updates related to the CJC Human Resources Operations. Going forward, the newsletter will be published the first week of every month. We hope you find this information useful. Upcoming Dates and Deadlines Meet the […]

Steve Russell, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Sports Director for ESPN Gainesville and WUFT-TV has announced he will be retiring at the end of 2024 after nearly 27 years at the College. A UFCJC Broadcasting alumnus, Russell has been broadcasting his Sportscene radio show since 1998, Gainesville’s longest-running sports talk show. […]

Cheryl Oberlin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) director of distance learning and training, has received the 2024 Outstanding Impact by an Individual in Higher Education Award as part of Quality Matters’ (QM) Making a Difference for Students Awards program. QM, a leader in quality assurance for online and innovative digital teaching […]

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate professor and chair, will be featured on two panels at the LSU Manship School of Communication Sports Summit on Oct. 23-24. On Oct. 23, Coche will be part of a keynote panel for “Beyond the Rings: Inside the 2024 […]

Four University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty have been included in the 2024 Stanford University Top 2% Scientists List that shows which scientists have had the biggest impact in their fields. The list was developed by Stanford in collaboration with Elsevier, a global information analytics company. UFCJC faculty Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, Linjuan Rita […]

A new study co-authored by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations Assistant Professor Rebecca Frazer examines whether events that happen to a character independent of their behavior also contribute to the development of character liking. The research, “More or Less Likeable: The Role of Behavior-Independent Events in the Disposition Formation Process,” […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumna Ekaterina Romanova, Ph.D. 2023, is the recipient of the 2024 Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation Award, a prestigious honor from the National Communication Association (NCA) Political Communications Division. Romanova is now a visiting assistant professor in the University of Kansas Department of Communication Studies. The dissertation […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Assistant Professor Rachel Grant will be one of five panelists for “The Pittsburgh Courier: Chronicling Black Activism Across the Decades” at the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 4. During the panel, she will present her paper, “Saving Black Womanhood During […]

David Cuillier, director of the Brechner Freedom of Information (FOI) Project, is quoted in “Spokane Now Requires a Notary for Some Public Records Requests – ‘A Waste of Tax Dollars,’ Critics Say” published in InvestigateWest on Sept. 30. The article focuses on a new barrier resulting from a Washington law limiting use of public records for […]

Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, was a speaker at the StratCom Public Forum, the first international event of the Strategic Communications Summit in New York City on Sept. 21. The event, organized by the President of Turkey’s Directorate of […]

Faculty and staff from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) received funding from the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, to develop and deliver training workshops on climate journalism and fact-checking in Chile. The project, “Growing Journalism’s Capacity to Address Climate Change in Chile,” aims to enhance the skills of Chilean journalists […]