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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…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Olivia M. Bullock will join the College in the fall as an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising. Bullock, currently assistant professor of communication and director of the Undergraduate Communication Program at George Washington University, is…

Jane Bambauer, Brechner Eminent Scholar and the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is the cohost of “Free Speech Unmuted” with Hoover Institution fellow Eugene Volokh, one of the foremost U.S. experts on the First Amendment and…

A new study has found that Google Fact Check could not provide sufficient fact-checking information for most false claims. The findings by Juliana Fernandes, University of Florida (UF) College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering doctoral student Qiangeng Yang, UF Florida Institute for Cybersecurity…

A new study has found that the lack of women’s sports coverage outside the Summer Olympics gives audiences the idea that women’s athletics may not matter. The findings by Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) interim department chair and associate…

Mariano German Coley, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising lecturer in creative, has been selected to be an international jury member for The AdForum PHNX Festival 2024. The AdForum PHNX Awards were created in 2020 to celebrate a diverse range of skills and outstanding ideas from creative…

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism juniors have placed in the top 20 in the 2023-24 Hearst Journalism Awards Audio News and Features competition. Siena Duncan tied for 12th place and Ailee Shanes received 15th place. The contest included 70 entries submitted from 41 universities.…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising students and staff were the recipients of 2024 American Advertising Federation (AAF) North Central Florida student and professional ADDY awards. The annual contest, coordinated by AAF North Central Florida chapter, honors creative work completed in 2023. The awards were presented at…

Hub Brown, dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is the author of the opinion column “Black History? Our History” published in the Independent Florida Alligator on Feb. 12. Brown recalls how his family was part of “The Great Migration” when six million African Americans moved…

Iman Zawahry, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology lecturer and one of the first hijabi American-Muslim filmmakers, will be a presenter at the 2024 SXSW festival during the Muslim House™ Session “Avoiding Censorship: How to Increase Muslim Representation in News & Media”…