Journal of Public Interest Communications

The latest issue of the open-access Journal of Public Interest Communications, which blends academic research with practical insights, underscores the importance of amplifying underrepresented voices in the public interest communications field. This issue argues that communicators must move beyond just providing a platform and focus on listening, understanding and responding…

Diverse perspectives and trauma-informed copywriting are among the topics explored in the latest issue of the Journal of Public Interest Communications. This is the first issue of the revamped, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, which is dedicated to advancing public interest communications scholarship and bringing together the voices of both academics and…

Haley Markovich, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, is the author of “Severe Allergies and Price Increases: How News Frames of the 2016 EpiPen Crisis Continue the Conversation of U.S. Pharmaceutical Pricing” published in the Journal of Public Interest Communication, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2021). Markovich…

Kelly Chernin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Center for Public Interest Communications research associate and Journal of Public Interest Communications manager, is the author of “Hong Kong’s Legal System May be Only Hope for Democracy Movement” published in The Globe Post on Nov. 21. Chernin writes…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) has published the fall 2018 edition of the Journal of Public Interest Communications (JPIC), an academic journal dedicated to the theory and science of strategic communication for social change. Volume 2, No. 2, “Public Relations Advocacy: Perspectives from Practice and…

Social change communicators running social media campaigns should ensure people feel they are able to help resolve the issue and tout the benefits of participating in the campaign to increase engagement, a new study finds. Although social media has changed the landscape of how people can gather around a cause,…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) has published the second edition of the Journal of Public Interest Communications (JPIC), an academic journal dedicated to the theory and science of strategic communication for social change. Volume 2, No. 1, includes a wide range of original research on…

Lauren Griffin, manager of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journal of Public Interest Communications, is the co-author of “Take That Chocolate Milk Survey with a Grain of Salt.” The article, in collaboration with Troy Campbell, assistant professor of Marketing at the University of Oregon, was published…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has published the first academic journal dedicated to the theory and science of strategic communication for social change. The first issue of the quarterly Journal of Public Interest Communications (JPIC) features seven invited essays from emerging and established scholars, including scholarship…

Lauren Griffin, research manager for the Journal of Public Interest Communications housed in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, co-authored “Who Are You Calling Anti-Science?” with Troy H. Campbell, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Oregon. The article was published in Scientific American on April…

Dr. Brigitta Brunner-Johnson has been selected as the inaugural editor of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journal of Public Interest Communications (JPIC). JPIC is a new scholarly journal publishing the latest research in public interest communications. It will be housed in the College under the direction…