Antoine Haywood receives 2026 ACM Dirk Koning – George Stoney Award for Humanistic Communication
Antoine Haywood, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism assistant professor, is the recipient of the 2026 Alliance for Community Media (ACM) Dirk Koning – George Stoney Award for Humanistic Communication.
The annual award is presented to an organization or individual who has made an outstanding contribution to championing the growth and experience of humanistic community communications.
Haywood specializes in community journalism and media history. Before entering academia, he spent 15 years leading community engagement initiatives at public-access cable television centers in Atlanta and Philadelphia. His scholarly work, published in leading journals such as Journalism Practice and Javnost – The Public, emphasizes the importance of using place-based communication infrastructure to enhance civic engagement experiences and preserve authentic community narratives.
He serves on the boards of directors of Media Burn, an independent media preservation organization, and Gainesville’s Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, which is dedicated to preserving African American culture and history in North Central Florida. He is also active in the professional networks of News Futures, the Alliance for Community Media and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Haywood received the ACM Buske Leadership Award in 2014 in recognition of his commitment to mission and goals of ACM. The 2026 award plaque will be presented at the upcoming ACM national conference in Madison, Wisconsin. ACM is also celebrating its 50th anniversary and its first conference was held at the University of Wisconsin in 1978.
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