Month: June 2025

WUFT Media Services, in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Division of Media Properties, has received two 31st annual Communicator Awards recognizing excellence, effectiveness and innovation across all areas of communication. In the General-Live Events category, an Excellence 2025 award recognized WUFT Media Services staff Matt Abramson, Taylor Vorburger, Lorenzo Phrasavath, […]

Three University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising faculty have been ranked in the top 0.5% of all advertising scholars worldwide according to ScholarGPS. Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence Yang Feng, Associate Professor and Chair Huan Chen, and Professor Kasey Windels were ranked sixth, 25th and 59th, respectively. ScholarGPS is the world’s […]

Michael Carvaines will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in August 2025 as a lecturer in the Media Production, Management and Technology department. Carvaines is a writer, director and editor of movies, documentaries and commercials. Over the past two decades, his films and screenplays have won numerous awards at international film […]

Staff and student journalists from WUFT, the public media station operated by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, are the recipients of four Region 13 2025 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Edward R. Murrow Awards in the Radio Small Market Continuing Coverage, Digital, Excellence in Writing and Hard News categories. In […]

Kimberly Dukes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Division of Graduate Studies Academic Support Service director, is the recipient of the 2025 UF Graduate School Excellence in Graduate Program Support Award. The recognizes outstanding contributions by a staff member who provides exceptional support for graduate education. This award highlights individuals who demonstrate […]

Mark Rottensteiner, accounts director at The Agency, the advertising and marketing agency at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), has been invited to serve as a judge for The Global Undergraduate Awards. The contest is the world’s largest academic awards program recognizing exceptional undergraduate research and writing across disciplines and countries. […]