Month: August 2025

You’ve probably heard it before in a meeting: “Let’s touch base offline to align our bandwidth on this workflow.” Corporate jargon like this is easy to laugh at — but its negative impact in the office can be serious. According to a new study, using too much jargon in the workplace can hurt employees’ ability […]

Christine Bucan, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Professional in Residence, has been named one of six 2025 PRNEWS People of the Year in the Mentor category. The awards honor visionary leaders who have pushed boundaries, driven change and redefined the Public Relations industry with creativity, innovation and strategic brilliance. […]

Chat with Tim Miller, Chief Meteorologist and FPREN Director in the Division of Media Properties about tracking hurricanes for the State of Florida and beyond. Listen at: wuft.org/podcast/communigator-podcast/2025-08-27/tracking-storms-with-tim-miller

Herschel “Hank” Conner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Telecommunication professor emeritus and well-known Gainesville WUFT radio and television personality and actor, passed away on Aug. 14, he was 86. Conner began his 37-year tenure at UF in 1966. He produced, directed and hosted many WUFT programs, while also teaching classes in […]

Michael Connelly, B.S. Journalism 1980 and Hall of Fame 2003, will be the “Lifetime Contribution to the Genre” Guest of Honor at Bouchercon 2025, the World Mystery Convention, in New Orleans from Sept. 4-6. The annual gathering, named after Anthony Boucher, the distinguished mystery fiction critic, editor and author, unites the mystery and crime fiction […]

Lee Ann Anderson, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior, is the recipient of the South Florida National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Dwight Lauderdale Scholarship. The scholarship was developed to encourage and support college students as they study to become journalists. Anderson was recognized for her outstanding academic and […]

Nine University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising students received the gold award in the 2025 Hispanic Marketing Council Strategic Excellence Awards inaugural student category for the social impact campaign “Naloxone Awareness and Adoption.” Naloxone is a life-saving medication used to reverse an opioid overdose. The new award category was created to […]

A new study has found human-moderated virtual focus groups yield more emotionally rich and contextually detailed responses compared to AI-assisted methods alone. The findings were featured in “Enhancing Qualitative Inquiry: AI-Assisted Focus Group Data Collection” by Huan Chen, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Department chair and professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City […]

Antoine Haywood, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, is a featured contributor to “It’s Time for Civic Media,” a magazine from The Objective x News Futures Collective published in August 2025. The 52-page print magazine brings together diverse voices exploring new models of community journalism that are helping restore and […]

A new study has found that generative artificial intelligence (AI) empowers consumers by transforming them from passive recipients of brand narratives into active collaborators and creators. The findings are detailed in “Consumer Empowerment Through Generative Artificial Intelligence: Enhancing Brand Narrative with Collaboration, Creation and Communication” by Yang Feng, University of Florida College of Journalism and […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate instructional professor, was quoted in “States Seek Age Verification to Protect Kids Online, but Face Legal and Practical Hurdles” posted on thenationaldesk.com on Aug. 15. The story focuses on the Supreme Court’s current enforcement of a law forcing social […]

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