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By Kyle Summersfield, Professional Master’s Student Kyle Summersfield was one of 15 students who participated in the Globalizing American Sports study-abroad program from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, held Nov. 1-6, 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany. To read other stories from the program, visit here. Globalizing American…

By Bennett Solomon, Journalism Senior Bennett Solomon was one of 15 students who participated in the Globalizing American Sports study-abroad program from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, held Nov. 1-6, 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany. To read other stories from the program, visit here. On Nov. 1, a group of…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and former Journalism Department chair, retired at the end of 2023 after a 12-year tenure at the College. Wanta will pursue a Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and write a book on…

Janet Coats, managing director of the University of Florida’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, is featured in the video “ChatGPT and Media: A Conversation with Janet Coats,” part of a Building an Artificial Intelligence (AI) University discussion hosted by the UF AI2Center. In the video, Coats says she…

By Jamie Goldman, Journalism Senior Jamie Goldman was one of 15 students who participated in the Globalizing American Sports study-abroad program from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, held Nov. 1-6, 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany. To read other stories from the program, visit here. “15 Strong.” That’s…

PRWeek has selected the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations Department as one of five finalists in the 2024 PRWeek Awards Outstanding Education Program category. The winner will be announced on March 14 in New York City. The department won PRWeek’s Outstanding Education Program award…

David Cuillier, director of the  Brechner Freedom of Information Project, is quoted in “How Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Florida Get Taxpayer Funds With Almost No Oversight” published on revealnews.org on Dec. 13. The story focuses on the Florida Pregnancy Care Network, a nonprofit in charge of distributing state funds to…

A new study suggests that the use of digital platforms poses both risks and democratic possibilities for counterpublics in an era marked by the threat of movements around the world that repudiate liberal democracy. The findings by Nathan Carpenter, director of the Atlas Social Media Listening Lab at the University of…

Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, is the author of an essay published in the December 2023 AEJMC Advertising Division newsletter focusing on her selection as the 2023 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Advertising Distinguished Teaching Award. Fernandes writes…

The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information (FOI) Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will educate Americans about the right to public records by coordinating national Sunshine Week, starting in March 2024. The News Leaders Association (NLA), which has led Sunshine Week since 2005, is…

Dear CJC Colleagues: The search committee for the tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor position in Public Relations will meet on Thursday, December 14th, at 10 AM on Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/97494922044?pwd=aEozRy9HR29CT2NlL3FLblRXa09kQT09. Agenda: Discussion of reference checks on the finalists Discussion of strengths and weaknesses of the finalists

“WUFT News First at Five,” a student-produced weekday newscast from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Innovation News Center, has been nominated for a Television Academy Foundation College Television Award in the Newscast category. The 43rd annual competition honors excellence in student-produced programs from colleges nationwide.…