The College in the News

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 17, 2015 story, “Conde Nast exec story: Gawker is keeping its sleaze game in shape,” regarding Gawker’s standards of newsworthiness in its recent reporting of a story about Condé Nast executive…

Columbia Journalism Review quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 16, 2015 story, How university foundations try to avoid public scrutiny—and what reporters can do,” regarding the press’ ability to report on activities of university foundations.

PBS MediaShift on July 16, 2015 published “Audience Analytics Changing Journalism Education” featuring Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan and Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano. [View the story “Teaching Audience Analytics” on Storify]

The College’s content partnership with Yik Yak, Swamp Juice, is featured and Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is quoted in the July 15, 2015 story in Editor & Publisher, “The New Town Square.”

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the July 9, 2015 story, “Twitter stupidly freaks out about ESPN, Jason Pierre-Paul and HIPAA,” regarding the application of HIPAA to ESPN’s acquisition of NFL player Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical records.

Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is featured in this July 2, 2015 article in College Media Matters, “Matt Sheehan is ‘Leading a Movement’ at UF’s Innovation News Center That May Help Shape Journalism’s Future.”

The Guardian reviewed “Rain: A Natural and Cultural History” by Hearst Visiting Professional and Alumna of Distinction Cynthia Barnett, JM 1989, MA 2003, in this June 11, 2015 article, “Rain: A Natural and Cultural History; The Weather Experiment review – how weather forecasting began.”

Hearst Visiting Professional and Alumna of Distinction Cynthia Barnett, JM 1989, MA 2003, takes a look at the history of weather reporting in the article, “A Stormy History of Weather Reporting,” published June 5, 2015 on Mental Floss.

Washington Post news media blogger Erik Wemple quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert in the June 10, 2015 story, “Rolling Stone, U-Va. dean contest jurisdiction for defamation suit,” regarding the request by Rolling Stone to have the lawsuit filed by University of Virginia Associate Dean Nicole Eramo…

Executive Associate Dean and Public Relations Professor Spiro Kiousis is featured in the June 1, 2015 post on the USC Center for Public Diplomacy blog, “Culture Posts: What about the Public Diplomacy Context?,” regarding the discussion of context at the Public Diplomacy pre-conference held May 21, 2015 prior to the…

The College’s Captivate Collection on Medium and Advertising Professor and Chair Tom Kelleher are featured in this June 9, 2015 story in Street Fight, “10 Media Execs Weigh in About the Future of Engagement.”

Did Apple Just Kill Local News? Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan takes a look into one of the big announcements at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and how will Apple News effect our industry and how we teach journalism in the article, “Did Apple Just Kill Local News?,” published June…