Mike Foley

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Christina Gayman, B.S. Journalism 1. Tell us about your current job. Syverson Strege is a fee-only financial planning and investment management firm in West Des Moines, Iowa. I oversee their communications and marketing…

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Posted: October 31, 2023

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Jordan Jacobs, B.S. Public Relations 2005 1. Tell us about your current job. I am a senior vice president and partner at the Moore agency, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, with team members across…

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Posted: May 17, 2023

The original story appeared in the spring 2023 edition of Florida Gator, the University of Florida’s alumni magazine. This edited version is reprinted with permission. By Jenny Rogers, B.S. Public Relations 2023 To generations of reporting students in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Journalism Master Lecturer…

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Posted: May 10, 2023

Journalism Professor Mike Foley started teaching reporting at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in 2001, after a 30-year career with the...

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Posted: March 21, 2022

Moni Basu, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction, Mike Foley, CJC Journalism master lecturer and Hugh Cunningham Professor in Journalism Excellence, and Advertising Lecturer Dan Windels were featured in “10 Most-Loved Professors at the University of Florida” published in College…

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Posted: October 7, 2020

Mike Foley, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Hugh Cunningham Professor in Journalism Excellence, was quoted in “Bloomberg Journalists Face ‘Ethical Minefield’ in Owners’ Presidential Campaign” published in The Globe Post on Dec. 5. The article focuses on the decision by the Bloomberg News editorial staff to…

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Posted: December 9, 2019

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Master Lecturer Mike Foley was referenced in the article Gawker’s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment published in The New Yorker Annals of Law column in the Dec. 19 and 26 issue. The article indicates that Hogan’s lawyers…

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Posted: December 13, 2016

Mastering the art of reporting is an integral part of the journalism curriculum at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. The class has a reputation for being tough. Really tough, especially under the tutelage of Master Lecturer Mike Foley. In How to Survive Reporting at the University…

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Posted: November 17, 2016

Journalism Master Lecturer Mike Foley‘s appearance as an expert witness in the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker trial is featured in this March 9, 2016 story from the Associated Press, “Journalism professor testifies in Hulk Hogan lawsuit.”

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Posted: March 10, 2016

Master Lecturer Mike Foley will interview actor, writer and director James Franco as a part of the ACCENT Speakers Bureau at the University of Florida on Feb. 25. “I’m flattered to be asked once again by ACCENT to do this,” said Foley. “I look forward to meeting James Franco. I’ve…

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Posted: February 16, 2015

Lucy Morgan will speak at the Bob Graham Center in Pugh Hall on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. Morgan has been a reporter at the Tampa Bay Times since 1968, where she served as Capital Bureau chief in Tallahassee and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for investigative reporting.…

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Posted: November 17, 2014

The Society of Professional Journalists has honored Mike Foley, master lecturer of journalism in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, with its 2013 Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. Foley is the first UF journalism teacher to receive the honor, which recognizes outstanding teaching ability, contributions to journalism,…

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Posted: July 24, 2013