Journalism

A new study has validated a scale for measuring the prominent stereotype that female journalists have sex with their sources. The findings by Frank Waddell, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, and doctoral students Jessica Sparks and Chelsea Moss are featured in “Using Sex to…

First Opportunity NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY COTONOU PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SECTION Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Embassy Cotonou PDS Request for Statements of  Interest: Notice of Funding Opportunity Key words: Benin, investigative journalism Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353390…

International First Opportunity NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. Mission to France PDS Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Mission to France PDS: Annual Program Statement 2024 Key words: France, media literacy, climate change, shared democratic values and interests, misinformation…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor emeritus, is the recipient of the 2024 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. AEJMC’s highest research award recognizes a body of significant research over the course…

NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. No internal submissions have been received, so it is now open to the first application submitted. Sponsor: Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Funding Opportunity Title: DRL FY23 Bringing Sri Lanka’s Expression…

Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY Tokyo Funding Opportunity Title: FY2024 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Mission Japan Media Study Tour for Japanese Journalists on Trilateral Security Cooperation Key words: Japan, Korea, media, journalism Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352910 Agency Deadline: 05/15/2024 Funding available: maximum of $85,000 per award Period of performance: 24…

Sponsor: International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Funding Opportunity Title: Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists Key words: journalism, women Link to RFP: https://www.iwmf.org/programs/fund-for-women-journalists/ Agency Deadline: Rolling deadline Funding available: maximum of $10,000 per award with $230,000 total funding available Period of performance: not specified Program background: Promoting the work…

NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY Bangui, Central African Republic, PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SECTION Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Embassy Bangui PDS Annual Program Statement Key words: Central African Republic, media literacy, journalism, disinformation Link to RFP: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352644 Internal…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Mindy McAdams will be retiring at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, marking nearly 26 years at the College. McAdams has been the Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process since July 1999, the only…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman will be retiring in May after nearly 33 years at the College. Freeman has headed the photojournalism program at the UFCJC since joining the faculty in 1991. He is a two-time winner…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Journalism Assistant Professor Maria Celeste Wagner will be joining Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in fall 2024. Wagner, who is also an affiliate…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, will be a discussant at the 2024 McKnight Annual Fellows and Mid-Year Research and Writing Conference being held Feb. 8-11 in Tampa, Florida. Her presentation is titled “Challenging Norms: Reimagining Reintegration, Protecting Victims and Addressing Misogynoir.” Established…