Roxane Coche

Roma people living in France, driving around in white vans, were kidnapping women and children. Or that’s what social media posts on Facebook and SnapChat wanted French citizens to believe. That dissemination of misinformation in April 2019 led to mobs attacking Roma with knives and sticks and burning their cars.…

A virtual exchange project between the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and the University of Brighton was “Highly Commended” for Innovation of the Year in the 2020 National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Awards for Excellence competition. Led by Eric Esterline,  Sports Journalism and Communication director, and Roxane Coche,…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, is the recipient of the 2020 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) New Faculty Research Grant. The BEA’s grant seeks to promote scholarship through achievement by untenured broadcast and electronic media faculty. Coche…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, is the co-author of “Victory on Their Own Terms: American Front-Page Framing of the USWNT World Cup Championship” published in the Journal of Journalism Practice on Sept. 29. Coche and…

The global pandemic has disrupted all facets of society, with one of the most notable being professional and collegiate sports. While some live sports broadcast productions had slowly been moving toward a more remote model to cut costs for years before the pandemic, University of Florida College of Journalism and…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, and doctoral student Benjamin Lynn are the co-authors of “Behind the Scenes: COVID-19 Consequences on Broadcast Sports Production” to be published in the upcoming edition of International Journal of Sport…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, is the co-author of “’The Man South Africa Forgot:’ Media Construction and Redemption of Postapartheid Hero Josia Thugwane” published in the Journal of Sports Media, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, is the author of “Using Oral History to Create a Student-Driven Interdisciplinary Service Learning Project that Culminates in a Feature Documentary” published in Broadcast Media Association’s Journal of Media Education,…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, was interviewed about the recent FIFA Women’s World Cup on Sports Focus on 97.9 FM The Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. During the podcast, University of North Carolina Journalism…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, was interviewed on Ghanaian television about the opening of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and why the tournament deserves bigger venues. Coche was interviewed by journalist Angela Asante for an…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Sports Journalism and Communication associate director and Telecommunication assistant professor, is the author of “How the Women’s World Cup Organizers Let Down the Sport, and the Women Who Play It” published in Paste Magazine on June 7. The article focuses…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor, has been appointed associate director of Sports Journalism and Communication effective August 2019. The Sports Journalism and Communication program, under the direction of Eric Esterline, offers students classes to acquire the skills necessary to succeed in the evolving sports media industry. Coche…