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“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. David Bearman, B.S. Telecommunication 2001 1. Tell us about your current job? As Deputy Editor of Sports Betting for ESPN, I oversee the direction of our sports betting editorial content. On a daily…

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Katherine England, B.S. Advertising 2014, M.A.M.C. (Global Strategic Communication) 2019 1. Tell us about your current job. I’m an Associate Director of Affiliate Marketing at Reprise, part of IPG Mediabrands. In this role,…

By Nora O’Neill, B.S. Journalism 2023 Nicholas Suriel never planned on attending the University of Florida, and he never planned on studying public relations. But he has fully embraced his academic career with a long list of in-class and extracurricular activities, with the ultimate goal of making a difference in…

“Five Questions With…” is a series of profiles of recent CJC graduates and the career paths they chose. Jenny Weigle, B.S. Public Relations 2003 1. Tell us about your current job. I started my own consulting practice (Jenny.Community, LLC) which helps businesses create digital communities for their customers. You heard…

With more than 70% of U.S. brands and half of worldwide brands using content marketing strategies to reach consumers, the potential impact of video content for marketers is significant. And YouTube has become a major platform for video content marketing. As YouTube content marketing is becoming more mainstream, there is…

Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is quoted in “Orlando Social Media Stars: Florida Sheriffs Find Viral Fame, But Methods Not Without Critics” published in the Orlando Sentinel on April 19. The article focuses on…

By examining how Vice President Kamala Harris (who was the vice-presidential nominee at the time of the study) used Twitter as a social media platform to achieve political prominence, researchers at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications created a lens through which future researchers and the public may better…

After a slow start, podcast listening has exploded with more than 50% of Americans older than 12 having listened to podcasts and more than 30% having listened in the past month, according to research by Edison Research and Triton Digital. To understand this exploding medium, University of Florida College of…

CJC Telecommunication Lecturer Iman Zawahry was interviewed on March 3, 2021 about being a Muslim filmmaker in the U.S., the challenges of affecting social change with comedy, and mentoring aspiring artists. An edited transcript of the full interview is available here: https://wwwtest.jou.ufl.edu/insights/video-iman-zawahry-discusses-filmmaking-mentoring-young-muslim-artists-and-comedy-for-social-change/.

This story originally appeared in the Feb. 18 edition of the UF at Work newsletter. For more on CJC’s AI activity, visit: www.jou.ufl.edu/ai. The College of Journalism and Communications is a leader in preparing the next generation of communication professionals and scholars. The strength of its programs, faculty, students and…

Are media choices based on political ideology? Do such choices for news media align to the user’s political leanings, or does news consumption overlap in a bipartisan fashion? Most importantly, is there a significant difference between liberals and conservatives in their tendency to be selective with regards to news media…

One week ago, I posted a message on Twitter asking my friends whether they could invite me to join the Clubhouse app. The new app, which launched last year, is an invitation-only, audio-based service where users can pop into a variety of “chat rooms” to listen in on and participate in conversations.…