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Advance Your Career with a Graduate Degree from the UF College of Journalism and Communications

The UF College of Journalism and Communications, one the premier programs in the country, offers a variety of opportunities to advance your career and education,...

Posted: Wednesday January 17, 2024

About CJC

Your Story Starts Here

Nestled in the middle of the Sunshine State at a Top 5 public university, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is one...

Posted: Wednesday January 11, 2023

Events
Great Storytellers

Great Storytellers: Carl Hiaasen

On Oct. 4, 2022, award-winning journalist and columnist Carl Hiaasen shared insights with University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students about the craft...

Posted: Thursday October 13, 2022

Events
Great Storytellers

Great Storytellers: The Art of Building Brands with Brett Berish

Sovereign Brands CEO and UF alumnus Brett Berish was interviewed by CJC Dean Hub Brown on Sept. 13, 2022 as part of the College’s Great Storytellers...

Posted: Wednesday September 21, 2022

Faculty

The Life and Times of Mike Foley

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...

Posted: Monday March 21, 2022

Alumni

Katie Hyson, Innovation News Center/WUFT Report for America Journalist

Katie Hyson, M.A.M.C. 2020, joined the College’s Innovation News Center in June 2021 as a Report for America journalist for WUFT. Report for America is...

Posted: Friday December 17, 2021

About CJC

PATHS through CJC

If you’re interested in pursuing a career in media — from journalist, to video producer, to public relations specialist, to account executive — the UF...

Posted: Friday October 29, 2021

Faculty

Using AI to Improve Communications with Social Robots

The primary function of “social robots” is to facilitate communication with humans, and is being applied in a variety of industries, including education and physical...

Posted: Wednesday October 27, 2021

Alumni

Andrade Fund for Student Success

As part of the University of Florida capital campaign, CJC alumni Juan and Sandy Andrade donated funds to create the Andrade Fund for Student Success....

Posted: Wednesday October 27, 2021

About CJC

Get to Know Dean Hub Brown

On Sept. 14, 2021, UF College of Journalism and Communications Dean Hub Brown was interviewed by Sara Ganim, Hearst Journalism Fellow at the Brechner Center...

Posted: Thursday September 16, 2021

Events

Summer 2021 Virtual Graduation Celebration Ceremony

The Virtual Graduation Celebration Ceremony was held on August 7, 2021. The ceremony included an address from Gale King, B.S. Journalism 1983 and Hall of...

Posted: Saturday August 7, 2021

Events

Spring 2021 Virtual Graduation Celebration Ceremony

The Virtual Graduation Celebration Ceremony was held on May 3, 2021. Congratulations to the CJC Class of 2021. We are honored that you chose to...

Posted: Tuesday May 4, 2021

Science Journalist in Residence

Carl Zimmer: The Coronavirus Unveiled: What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Life

New York Times Science Columnist Carl Zimmer joined us on March 19, 2021 for a discussion as part of UF’s Science Journalist in Residence program....

Posted: Wednesday March 24, 2021

Fall 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony

This is a recording of the CJC Fall 2020 Commencement ceremony, held virtually on Dec. 12, 2019.

Posted: Saturday December 19, 2020

Events

CJC Class of 2024 Convocation

Welcome Class of 2024.  This is a recording of the Convocation ceremony held August 28, 2020.

Posted: Friday August 28, 2020

Events

CJC Spring 2020 Graduate Celebration

Congratulations to all of our graduates on their achievements, particularly during these difficult times. We are proud of all of you and wish you much...

Posted: Friday May 1, 2020

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Events

CJC 2020 Awards Banquet

On April 17, 2020, the College held it’s annual Awards Ceremony virtually.  The ceremony honors the top students for the 2019-20 academic year.

Posted: Sunday April 19, 2020

Great Storytellers

Great Storytellers: Chloe Weaver

In this new series, CJC Telecommunication Lecturer Iman Zawahry interviewed cinematographer Chloe Weaver, whose portfolio includes narrative film, documentaries and commercial work.

Posted: Sunday April 19, 2020

Alumni
Events

CJC Advisory Councils #AllKindsofWeather Series

The CJC Advisory Councils #AllKinds of Weather Virtual Series were created to help students deal with stress and job searching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Posted: Sunday April 19, 2020

Alumni
Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Great Storytellers: Jacqueline Olive

Jacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, is an independent filmmaker and immersive media producer with more than a decade of experience in journalism and film. Her debut...

Posted: Friday March 13, 2020

About CJC

Welcome to CJC

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is one of the top communication programs in the country, offering four majors, undergraduate and graduate...

Posted: Monday March 2, 2020

Guest Speakers
Science Journalist in Residence

Jenny Staletovich: Communicating Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Florida’s Future

UF’s Science Journalist in Residence program is pleased to present NO DOUBT: Journalist Jenny Staletovich on communicating climate change, uncertainty, and the future of Florida....

Posted: Friday February 28, 2020

Great Storytellers

Great Storytellers: Scott Sanders

Scott Sanders,  B.S. Advertising 1979 and 2006 Hall of Fame, is an Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning, film, television and theater producer.  He spoke to the...

Posted: Friday February 7, 2020

Guest Speakers

Climate Change in Florida: State Climatologist David Zierden

Florida state climatologist David Zierden’s talk provides a basic but comprehensive introduction to the latest science on climate change and variability in Florida, with insights...

Posted: Thursday January 30, 2020

Guest Speakers
Science Journalist in Residence

Francie Diep: Reporting on Science in the Trump Era and Beyond

Francie Diep, staff writer at ​The Chronicle of Higher Education, spoke to and took questions from students and faculty in Gannett Auditorium on Nov. 14,...

Posted: Friday November 15, 2019

About CJC

Telecommunication Department

The Department of Telecommunication offers three tracks: digital film and video production, management strategy, and media and society. Department Chair David Ostroff explains the skills...

Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2019

About CJC

Public Relations Department

Public Relations Department Chair Marcia DiStaso shares the variety of opportunities available to public relations students, both at the College and in their careers.

Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2019

About CJC

Advertising Department

If you have an interest in becoming and advertising professional, Advertising Department Chair Tom Kelleher explains the variety of customizable options available to CJC students.

Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2019

About CJC

Journalism Department

Is a journalism major right for you? Journalism Department Chair Ted Spiker shares why a journalism major, whether or not you want to pursue a...

Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2019

Events

Becoming a Woman of Influence 2019

The annual workshop featuring some of the College’s top alumnae, designed to inspire students to enter the workforce with confidence and impact. Recorded April 12,...

Posted: Monday May 13, 2019

About CJC

The Faces of CJC

Our students represent a mix of cultures, races, religions, interests and identities. They are “different.” And we want your “different.” Join us at one of...

Posted: Monday May 13, 2019

Stand Up and Holler

Gator Nation Giving Day is an all-day fundraising event to show the world what a difference thousands of Gators and 24 hours can make when...

Posted: Tuesday February 26, 2019

About CJC

This is CJC

Ever wonder what  life is like here at the UF College of Journalism and Communications? We hope this video gives you an idea. Come join...

Posted: Wednesday January 2, 2019

Events

CJC Fall 2018 Graduate Recognition Ceremony

UF College of Journalism and Communications Fall 2018 Graduate Recognition Ceremony. Video features comments by Dean Diane McFarlin, Public Relations graduate Eugenia Blaubach Jimenez and...

Posted: Thursday December 13, 2018

Alumni
Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Great Storytellers: Jeff Klinkenberg

Jeff Klinkenberg, B.S. Journalism 1971, is a devotee of Florida, a rare breed of native son who has embraced Florida’s beauty, faults, and immense changes....

Posted: Friday November 9, 2018

Florida First Amendment Foundation Open-Government Pledge

Candidates for legislature and judgeships across Florida are signing on to the Florida First Amendment Foundation’s open-government pledge. Have your elected officials pledged to defend...

Posted: Wednesday October 31, 2018

Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Great Storytellers: Warren Zanes

Warren Zanes, Ph.D., is a musician, teacher and writer whose subjects range from Jimmy Rodgers to Dusty Springfield to the history of Warner Bros. Records. He...

Posted: Thursday September 27, 2018

Faculty

PR Professionals – Skills for Success

Visiting public relations professionals share their thoughts on what it takes to be successful in the industry.

Posted: Friday June 15, 2018

Faculty

PR Professionals – Advice for Students

Visiting public relations professionals share advice for students entering the industry.

Posted: Friday June 15, 2018

Faculty

PR Professionals – Correcting Distrust in Media

Visiting  public relations professionals talk about what it takes to combat what appears to be a growing distrust in the media.

Posted: Friday June 15, 2018

Faculty

PR Professionals – Industry Outlook

Insight from visiting public relations professionals about the future of the industry.

Posted: Friday June 15, 2018

Faculty

Prof. Ann Christiano – Ph.D. Commencement Address

For the full transcript, click here.

Posted: Wednesday May 9, 2018

Guest Speakers
Science Journalist in Residence

Denise Chow, Science Journalist in Residence

The College of Journalism and Communications welcomes science journalist-in-residence Denise Chow to speak at the Bob Graham Center on Mar. 14 at 6 p.m. in...

Posted: Wednesday March 14, 2018

Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Great Storytellers: Claire Smith

Claire Smith is a pioneering, female sports journalist who has been covering baseball for more than three decades, including seven years as a national baseball writer...

Posted: Wednesday February 28, 2018

Guest Speakers

Getting Russia Right in the Era of Fake News

David Filipov,  former Moscow Bureau Chief of The Washington Post and writer for The Boston Globe, speaks at the Bob Graham Center on Feb. 20, 2018...

Posted: Wednesday February 21, 2018

About CJC

Better Stories

2018 marks 50 years since the official establishment of UF’s College of Journalism and Communications. That’s 50 years of great stories — here’s to the next...

Posted: Thursday January 18, 2018

Special Projects

Cuba: Outside In

Over a period of 10 days in May 2017, 24 people from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications traveled to Cuba to...

Posted: Monday October 23, 2017

Guest Speakers
Science Journalist in Residence

David Biello: “You Are Not an Asteroid”

David Biello (@dbiello), the science curator for TED and author of The Unnatural World, talks about how people’s impacts on the planet are now pervasive,...

Posted: Monday October 2, 2017

Guest Speakers

The Rising Cost of Natural Hazards and Growing Disaster Risk

Former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate (@WCraigFugate) talks about the future of disaster response, increasing disaster risk, the rising costs associated with natural disasters and his...

Posted: Thursday September 28, 2017

About CJC
Alumni

Graduate Feature – Caitie Switalski

Caitie Switalski, a 2017 graduate, shares stories and advice about the opportunities found at UF’s College of Journalism and Communications.

Posted: Wednesday September 27, 2017

Faculty

Solutions to Fake News

Four faculty members give their take on what it takes to combat fake news.

Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2017

Faculty

Ted Spiker – UF Teacher of the Year

Journalism Chair and Professor Ted Spiker reflects on what it means to be a mentor to students and to have received the 2016-2017 Undergraduate Teacher...

Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2017

Faculty

Speech and the First Amendment

The CJC’s Clay Calvert and Frank LoMonte talk a bit about what the First Amendment covers in terms of free speech.

Posted: Tuesday August 29, 2017

About CJC

Graduate Studies

Students and faculty speak about what you can expect to find here in the CJC graduate program.

Posted: Thursday August 17, 2017

About CJC

Professional Master’s Track

The Professional Master’s track is an on-campus program focused in four core/cross disciplines: applied theory; communication, technology and society; multimedia storytelling; and data creation/analysis/data visualization.

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2017

About CJC

UF CJC – International Students

International students reflect on some of their experiences and the community they found in graduate school at the CJC.

Posted: Wednesday August 16, 2017

Special Projects

UF in Cuba: Student Experiences

Students speak on their experiences while on a 10-day multimedia storytelling program to Cuba. More on student projects at Cuba: Outside In and some personal student stories...

Posted: Thursday June 1, 2017

Special Projects

Growing Opportunity: Hopes of an Artist

Orlando Gutierrez talks about his hopes for the future of the Cuban art community. Cuba: Outside In

Posted: Friday May 26, 2017

Special Projects

Growing Opportunity: Olga’s Casa Particular

Olga Perez speaks on embracing the opportunity of entrepreneurship that’s coming along with changes in the Cuban economy. Cuba: Outside In

Posted: Friday May 26, 2017

Special Projects

Farm to Table in Havana

Luigi Fiori talks about his mission to bring new flavors from Italy and the Mediterranean to Cuba. Cuba: Outside In

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2017

Special Projects

Growing Opportunity: Greta’s Story

Greta, a student at the University of Havana, talks with us about her studies, what she’d like to do and the growing opportunity for the...

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2017

Special Projects

Jessie Dominguez Reyes: Bailarina Principal

As a principal dancer in Cuba’s renowned national ballet, this artist has many opportunities to perform in the United States. And while on tour she...

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2017

Special Projects

Cuban Art

In a country that embodies scarcity, we explore a thriving art scene and how Cubans reflect their lives through the works they create. The rich...

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2017

Special Projects

Waiting for Water

Cuba seems like a water-rich country, with abundant rainfall, rivers crisscrossing the island and groundwater that bubbles up in turquoise springs. But it has always...

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2017

Special Projects

Cuba: Outside In – Teaser Trailer

Over a period of 10 days in May 2017, 24 people from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications traveled to Cuba to...

Posted: Thursday May 25, 2017

Faculty

Clay Calvert – Catching Cops on Camera: A Gray Area

Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, speaks at TEDxUF 2017 on April 1,...

Posted: Thursday May 11, 2017

Guest Speakers

Mario Lapin – “Ludoactivism: Scalable Impact in the Era of Play”

Ludoactivism (‘ludic’: related to games and play, from Latin ludus) refers to playful ways to create positive social, civic, environmental and health changes in the real world. This talk critically analyzes the...

Posted: Tuesday March 21, 2017

Alumni
Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Michael Connelly and James Patterson

Best-selling authors Michael Connelly (B.S. Journalism 1980, Alumnus of Distinction 2003) and James Patterson spoke in the Reitz Union as part of GatorNights on February...

Posted: Friday February 24, 2017

Guest Speakers
Science Journalist in Residence

Alexandra Horowitz, Science Journalist in Residence

Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the New York Times best-selling book Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know and the follow-up,...

Posted: Wednesday January 18, 2017

About CJC

Welcome to CJC

Here’s to a New Year at the CJC.

Posted: Monday January 9, 2017

About CJC

Fall 2016 Grads Say Farewell

Graduates from our four departments reflect on their time here at the CJC.

Posted: Tuesday December 20, 2016

Faculty

Teacher Tuesday – Rita Men

Posted: Tuesday December 6, 2016

About CJC

360 Degrees of CJC

Take a tour through Weimer Hall at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. NOTE: The 360º experience is available on Chrome, Firefox,...

Posted: Monday November 21, 2016

Alumni
Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Great Storytellers: Debbie Cenziper

Debbie Cenziper, B.S. Journalism 1992, is an investigator reporter with The Washington Post and co-author of the recently published Love Wins, a “fascinating and very...

Posted: Friday September 9, 2016

Guest Speakers
Science Journalist in Residence

Julie Leibach, Science Journalist in Residence

Julie Leibach is the managing editor of online content for Science Friday, a website and weekly radio show hosted by Ira Flatow. Prior to her...

Posted: Wednesday April 6, 2016

Alumni
Great Storytellers
Guest Speakers

Great Storytellers: Michael Connelly

Best-selling and critically acclaimed author Michael Connelly returns to his educational roots at the University of Florida to talk about the art and craft of...

Posted: Monday September 21, 2015

Faculty

Ann Christiano – Accelerant on the Fire of Change

Ann Christiano, Public Relations professor and Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications, speaks at TEDxUF 2015 on March 21, 2015 at the Curtis M. Phillips...

Posted: Saturday March 21, 2015

Guest Speakers

Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman speaks at UF

Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman, one of the nation’s top environmental reporters, shares raucous stories about the environmental beat: From covering secret Texas...

Posted: Monday February 2, 2015

Events
Guest Speakers

Lane DeGregory Speaks at the 2010 Storytellers’ Summit

Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her heartbreaking “Girl in the Window” for the St. Petersburg Times, Lane DeGregory is an expert at finding...

Posted: Sunday May 16, 2010

Alumni
Events
Guest Speakers

Michael Connelly Speaks at the 2010 Storytellers’ Summit

The best-selling author of Nine Dragons, City of Bones, The Lincoln Lawyer and many other novels talks about his early days as a storyteller, what...

Posted: Saturday May 15, 2010

Events
Guest Speakers

Rick Bragg Speaks at the 2010 Storytellers’ Summit

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for “elegantly written stories of contemporary America,” and author of a brilliant trilogy about his family (All Over but the...

Posted: Saturday May 15, 2010

Alumni
Events
Guest Speakers

David Finkel Speaks at the 2010 Storytellers’ Summit

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting for the Washington Post, David Finkel was lavished with praise for his 2009 book, The Good Soldiers....

Posted: Saturday May 15, 2010