Month: November 2024

Position/Title: Knight Division Student Assistant Details: The Knight Division of the College of Journalism and Communications is seeking student assistants for the PATH office front desk. Students with a variety of talents and knowledge, from all four disciplines in the college are desired. If you are interested in becoming a welcoming face of student success […]

Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production Management and Technology (MPMT) associate professor in emerging technologies, has been named the new director of the Media Effects and Technology Lab (METL) and UFCJC Research Lab. As director, Kun will supervise the space and shape a new vision for media effects […]

Dear Colleagues, The Associate Dean Search Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 19, from 4-5 PM via Zoom. Zoom Meeting Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92060811126?pwd=TttN5vZFtf2hdfPvxRGazPoYvaxgQe.1  Agenda: Review candidate evaluation survey feedback Discuss candidates’ strengths and weaknesses

The search committee for the tenure-track position in Emerging Media/Technology in the Department of Media Production, Management,  and Technology will meet Nov. 19-22 to interview semifinalists.

A new study has found that exposure to science messages from female scientists significantly increases trust in science and perceived competence. The findings by Olivia Bullock, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising assistant professor and Austin Hubner, who will be joining UFCJC in fall  2025 as a Public Relations assistant professor, […]

John Freeman, retired University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, has received first place in the 20th Annual UF International Center Global Culture Photo Contest in Category 3 – Faculty, Staff and Alumni. The winning photo, “Happy Musician,” was taken in Rome, Italy. This year, six judges reviewed over 115 photo […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) alumna Loren Miranda, B.S. Journalism 2024, is the recipient of the Student Press Law Center’s 2024 Student Freedom of Information Award for the Fresh Take Florida story “Panic in the Plaza: New Videos Show Chaos of Stampede at UF Peace Vigil, Reveal Police Secretly Investigating Suicide-Bomb […]

The Journalism Scholar Search Committee will meet at 11:45 Wednesday, Nov. 13, via Zoom. We will discuss the associate professor applicants’ Spark interviews and which applicants should be recommended to be invited to campus for interviews.    

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Associate Professor Robyn Goodman is quoted in “What Are ‘Skinny Chic’ Red Flags? Experts Share Advice” published in Newsweek on Nov. 10. The article focuses on Ariana Grande’s recent weight loss, which has stirred conversations on social media and among fans as she prepares for the […]

Seven University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Fresh Take Florida student journalists and recent graduates received Pinnacle College Media Awards from the College Media Association. The Pinnacle College Media Awards honor the best college media organizations and individual work. The annual contest is open to student work produced for any college media […]

Sydney Sims has joined the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications as its first full-time outreach coordinator. She will lead national Sunshine Week activities, an initiative founded in 2005 to promote the right to know, and other efforts to educate journalists and the public […]

Carolina Gutierrez, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising junior from Bolivia, is the recipient of one of the UF International Center’s 2024 Outstanding International Undergraduate Student Awards. This marks the second year in a row that a UFCJC student has earned this distinguished recognition. The awards recognize international undergraduate students […]