Month: October 2026

UFCJC students trade Gainesville for the runways of New York Fashion Week (NYFW). Over six days, the students networked with professionals and alumni and worked behind the scenes at exhibits, shows and presentations.

Research Opportunities from October 8, 2026.

A new study has found that norm violation evokes users’ psychophysiological responses in real places but also uncovers the nuanced impact of face tracking and gender differences. The findings were featured in “Face-off: facial expression disclosure affects the processing of proxemic norms in virtual reality” by Kun Xu, University of Florida College of Journalism and […]

The summer Collier Spotlight award, a quarterly certificate recognizing groundbreaking reporting on state government institutions, is awarded to Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) for its investigation into wellness and alternative medicine clinics in Georgia that promote expensive and sometimes dangerous treatments. “Welcome to Georgia, Where Questionable Therapies Flourish With Little Oversight,” documented the booming growth of hundreds […]

Noticias WUFT Spanish-language News Manager Dania Alexandrino, in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center, has been named to the 2026 News Service of Florida Above & Beyond cohort. Alexandrino is one of 35 women from diverse fields including education, healthcare, journalism and law to receive the honor. Alexandrino, a […]

Bloomberg News and ProPublica are the winners of the 2026 University of Florida Award in Investigative Data Journalism, presented by the Online News Association (ONA), in the Large Newsroom and Small/Medium Newsroom categories, respectively. The awards were presented on Oct.1 at the ONA Online Journalism Awards dinner at the City Winery in New York City.  […]

WUFT Report for America Corps Member Rose Schnabel has been named a recipient of the 2026 Waldo Proffitt Award for Outstanding Environmental Journalism, one of Florida’s premier environmental reporting honors. Schnabel shared this year’s award with the Miami Herald’s “Built on Sand” investigative series. The award, administered by the University of South Florida’s Zimmerman School […]

Research Opportunities from October 2, 2026.