Award

Ginger Blackstone, Ph.D. Mass Communication 2016, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Broadcast Educators Association (BEA) for “The Worst of Times: The Prevalence and Power of Fear in Television News.” Established by Kenneth Harwood, Professor at the University of Houston and a…

The Miami Herald won the 30th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for its groundbreaking investigative series, “Innocents Lost.” Two Herald reporters, Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch, investigated Florida’s child welfare system by following the lives – and deaths – of children within the system. As…

Professor of Public Relations Linda Hon and doctoral students Jungyun Won and Ah Ram Lee have won PRSA’s 2015 Top Faculty Research paper for their research on factors that influence individuals’ decisions to participate and remain engaged in online social issue campaigns. Abstract “The Role of Situational Awareness and Participation…

The Los Angeles Times has been named the winner of the 29th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for its investigative series. The award-winning series titled: “Lifting a Cloak of Secrecy,” details the fight for access to information about ownership of the Los Angeles Coliseum. UF’s College of…

Ann Christiano, the Frank and Betsy Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communication and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was named the 2014-15 University of Florida Teacher of the Year, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. The award was presented Monday evening…

Juan-Carlos Molleda, Chair and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was recognized as one of four 2014-15 UF Doctoral Dissertation Adviser/Mentoring Award winners, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. The award was presented Monday evening at UF’s annual Faculty Awards reception hosted by…

Terry Anderson, an adjunct professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, received a belated award last week during a trip to Arizona. In 1990 while still a captive in Beirut, the University of Arizona awarded Anderson the John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award. Last week…

To recognize the growing importance of digital and data journalism, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is establishing “The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism” that will be presented at the Online News Association’s annual awards ceremony, Dean Diane McFarlin announced today. The award, which…

The Ledger (Lakeland) has been named the winner of the 28th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for its investigative series. The award-winning series highlights the difficulties reporters and citizens face when they try to exercise their fundamental constitutional right to access government information. Ralph Lowenstein, Dean Emeriti…

Congratulations to Mike Neumeier, APR, PR 1992!  The Public Relations Society of America’s Technology Section has named him the 2013 Technology PR Professional of the Year. Neumeier is a principal with Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing firm in Atlanta.  He has more than 20 years…

The Associated Press has been named the winner of the 27th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for its ground-breaking investigative series, “Access Denied,” which tested the right-to-information laws in the more than 100 counties that have them. “This series highlighted the importance of access to government information…

News & Observer reporter Dan Kane with Dean John Wright. (Click photo to enlarge) Paper uses investigative reporting to expose public employees protected by North Carolina’s secret personnel records The News & Observer has been named the winner of the 26th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for…