Norm Lewis

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism, 1984 This is the first in a series of profiles of CJC alumni who are working with artificial intelligence. University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumnus Ryan Serpico, B.S. Journalism 2018, built his first generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool during weekends at…

Norm Lewis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, was quoted in “Students, Experts Question Wall Street Journal’s UF Ranking” posted on wuft.org on Sept. 7. The story focuses on a news report from The Wall Street Journal which ranked UF as the top public university…

The WATERSHED project, created by a 13-member team of University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) undergraduate student journalists, received the 2023 Online Journalism Awards (ONA) Student Journalism Award in the Student Team Portfolio category. The project is the result of a six-month investigation of Florida’s water quality…

The use of data has become a vital investigative tool for journalists. But many journalism programs and courses worldwide are insufficient or unable to provide students with the essential skills needed to gather, analyze and present data. University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Associate Professor Norman P.…

Norm Lewis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, has been named to the College’s James M. Cox, Jr. Foundation/The Palm Beach Post Professorship in New Media. The professorship was endowed in 1998 by the James M. Cox Foundation and The Palm Beach Post to support…

Norm Lewis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, has received a 2018 Fulbright Scholar Award. The award will support Lewis’ 2018-19 academic year sabbatical to teach at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait and study data journalism in the Middle East, a…

Norm Lewis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor was quoted in “How the Press Interacts with Mass Shooting Survivors May be a Crucial Part of Recovery” published in the Huffington Post on Feb. 23. The article references a scientific research paper, written by Lewis, CJC…

Norm Lewis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications associate professor of Journalism who does research on media ethics, was quoted in “Moonlighting of Florida Legislative Aides May Pose Conflicts” published online in US News & World Report Best States section on Dec. 8. The article focuses on Florida…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Associate Professor Norm Lewis co-authored “Data Journalism and the Challenge of Shoe-Leather Epistemologies” published in the peer-reviewed journal Digital Journalism October 2017 edition. In the paper, co-authored with CJC Doctoral Student Stephenson Waters, Lewis chronicles a study on the effect of…

Eight University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications faculty are the inaugural recipients of UF’s term professorships recognizing academic achievements and supporting the University’s preeminence initiative. UFCJC was granted four term professorships per year to award meritorious faculty for success in academic achievement — teaching, scholarship (research/creative activity) and service. Spring…

Ashley Lombardo, B.S. Journalism 2016, recently received eleventh place in the Feature Writing Category in the 57th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. Lombardo wrote a powerful story about sex trafficking in Gainesville for Journalism Professor and Department Chair Ted Spiker’s Advanced Magazine Writing class last spring. The…

MediaShift published a story from University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Assistant Journalism Professor Norm Lewis on June 7, 2016. How Data Journalism Changed the University of Florida chronicles the efforts of Lewis and Mindy McAdams, Knight Chair for journalism technologies, to create courses in both data journalism and programming…