Month: February 2026

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) has announced the inductees into the 2026 Sports@CJC Ring of Honor, which recognizes UF alumni, faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to sports journalism, media and communications and positively represent the values and impact of the College and its sports program. This year’s inductees include […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations students are once again participating in the annual Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Bateman National Case Study Competition. The 2026 Bateman team includes Silvana Noriega, Ava Markel, Elena Limonta, Maya Vaidya, Grace Anderson and Abigail Schenker who will creating a campaign for […]

Maria Fernanda Camacho, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Assistant in the Innovation News Center and Summer Media Institute director, recently attended the Spanish Language Reporting Seminar from the Center for Community News (CCN) at Florida International University (FIU). Camacho, a member of the 2026 CCN Faculty Champions cohort, connected with professionals […]

Jessica Garcete, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior, and Journalism junior Noah White received third and 11th place, respectively, in the 2025-26 Hearst Journalism Awards Sports Writing competition. The winners were selected from a record 150 entries from 83 schools submitted in the second writing competition of the year. Garcete’s […]

On Super Bowl Sunday, the Atlas Lab hosted the 8th annual Brand Bowl, an exciting event in collaboration with the College of Journalism and Communication’s Department of Advertising and the Ad Society student organization.   The ads that “won” this year’s Brand Bowl featured emotional themes, creative messaging, and cinematic storytelling. Surprisingly, all five top-ranked ads were in the first half of the Super Bowl. Only one […]

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are here, and as athletes and spectators around the world gather in Italy for the big event, a group of students from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications are stationed in Milan to join coverage teams for the games, giving them unparalleled real-world experience in sports journalism […]

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising Lecturer Santiago Kember will serve as a judge for the 2026 Hispanic Marketing Council (HMC) Strategic Excellence Awards and UFCJC Advertising Lecturer in Creative Mariano German Coley, has been selected once again to be an international jury member for The AdForum PHNX Festival 2026. Kember, […]

Andrew Briz, B.S. Telecommunication 2018, has been named the inaugural POLITICO newsroom architect. In this new role, Briz will lead the editorial-facing technology strategy across product development and technical infrastructure. Briz is tasked with building an evaluation framework in partnership with newsroom leaders, creating a blueprint for rapid prototyping and developing newsroom products that leverage […]

The Center for Community News (CCN) at the University of Vermont (UVM) has named three University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) faculty members to the CCN 2026 Faculty Champions cohort. Innovation News Center Sports Director Jeremy St. Louis and Summer Media Institute Director Maria Fernanda Camacho along with Journalism Assistant Professor Antoine […]

Andrew Selepak, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology associate instructional professor, was featured in “Social Media Under the Microscope: If Section 230 was eliminated it would be absolutely devastating for the internet” during a CNBC Power Lunch segment on Jan. 27. Section 230 is part of the 1996 […]

Grandstand Magazine, a new print and digital publication by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students, aims to go beyond the box score to uncover deeper narratives within the sports world and to report and tell them in compelling ways. The magazine was created in the fall of 2025 by Journalism Sports Lecturer […]

Using a tool called Google NotebookLM, we turned last month’s Collier Newsletter into a podcast.  We didn’t know exactly what to expect. We thought we’d get a reading of the newsletter from top to bottom. We definitely didn’t expect a 16-minute discussion between two “hosts” providing meaningful background on the Collier Prize program and history, and […]