Month: January 2026

Cynthia Barnett, Director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives, is the author of “See a ghost ‘fairyland’ forest reemerge in Florida” published in National Geographic on Jan. 13. Barnett writes about the lost springs rising in the old Ocklawaha riverbed during a drawdown of Florida’s Rodman Reservoir. Approximately every five years, Florida’s Department of Environmental […]

Nathan Carpenter, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Atlas Lab director, is featured in “Future of PR: Measurement and Analytics in 2050” an episode of the “5 Minutes into the Future of Public Relations” podcast posted on Jan. 12, 2026. In the podcast, Carpenter discusses his book chapter “Measurement and Analytics in […]

Mia Carbone will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications as an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism in August 2026. Carbone will receive her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in the spring and will bring an impressive and interdisciplinary research agenda to the College. […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumna Ashleigh Lucas, B.S. Journalism 2025, and Journalism senior Nicole Borman placed third and ninth, respectively, in the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Narrative Storytelling competition. There were 97 entries from 57 schools submitted in the first multimedia competition of the academic year. Lucas’ entry, “The […]

A new study has found that revisiting past positive social interactions in virtual reality (VR) can strengthen bonds. The findings were featured in “Virtual placemaking: self-built environments and revisiting shared memories in virtual reality increase group cohesion” by Eugy Han, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology assistant professor […]

Evan Kropp, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) executive director of Distance Education, is the author of “How more relevant communication creates more college applicants” published on universitybusiness.com on Jan. 9. In the Op-Ed, Kropp discusses the disconnect between how institutions communicate and how students and parents actually make decisions. “During my […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior Juan Carlos Chaoui placed third in the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Television I Features Competition. The first of two television contests received 109 entries from 66 universities. Chaoui’s winning entry featured two stories. The first, “A Special Singer” features a developmentally disabled teenager singer […]

A new study has found that social bots significantly shaped the Ohio 2022 midterm election agenda by amplifying campaign messages, boosting negative sentiment and influencing which issues gained attention. The findings were featured in “Social Bots as Agenda-Builders: Evaluating the Impact of Algorithmic Amplification on Organizational Messaging” by Miami University Assistant Professor Phillip Arceneaux, Ph.D. […]

A new study explores how climate change is discussed in two climate-vulnerable societies in the Caribbean. The findings were featured in “Climate Communication as Statecraft: A Content Analysis of Climate Change Communication from Caribbean Governments and Press” by University of Arizona faculty Josh T. Anderson, Ben Lee and Harshit Khatwani, Public Relations Consultant Pamela Proverbs, […]

The second Collier Spotlight award, a quarterly certificate recognizing groundbreaking reporting on state government institutions, is awarded to the New Hampshire Bulletin and reporter William Skipworth for its investigation into systemic abuse and neglect in the state’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. In its three-part series, the Bulletin reported that from January 2023 through […]