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University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications alumna Jacqueline Olive, M.A.M.C. 2007, has been named to the inaugural Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 2023 Documentary Film Fellows class. Olive is an independent filmmaker with nearly 20 years of experience in journalism and film.…

This talk will seek to explain why making a distinction between the globe and the planet as humanist categories calls for a new philosophical anthropology. Starting from the arguments presented in Dr. Dipesh Chakrabarty’s recent books The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (2021) and One Planet, Many Worlds: The Climate Parallax (2023),…

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student looking to receive training in communication, conflict, leadership, career, and life skills? If so, apply for the third annual intergroup dialogue facilitator training now! Changemakers’ Dialogue was founded in the Spring of 2021 as a program for students to engage in conversations centered…

The 19th annual Gainesville Latino Film Festival is now underway! This is a FREE 8-day festival highlighting Latin American culture through film, music, and dance hosted by the Gainesville Latina Women’s League. Now running from September 14th – September 24th, 2023. Del 14 al 24 de Septiembre del 2023 Continuidad…

Elizabeth Calienes, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Lecturer and Professional Master’s Program director, will speak on “Designing Authentic Experiences: The Power of Shopper Marketing & Retail Design” at the Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference in Miami Beach from Sept. 18-20. Her presentation will be…

A new study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) and crowdsourcing labels can minimize biased perspectives in fact-checking processes. The findings by Won-Ki Moon, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and Northeastern University Journalism Assistant Professor Muojong Chung were featured in “AI as an Apolitical…

By Derrah Getter, Journalism senior Sleeping on the floor of a radio booth in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication’s Innovation News Center (INC) is something I never thought I’d be proud of, but after 36 hours, I was just as giddy as ever. During Hurricane Idalia,…

“Americanish,” the award-winning romantic comedy directed by 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 premiere in select theaters in California and Arizona on Oct. 6, 2023, before its video-on-demand release through…

By Hannah Darroch, Master of Arts in Mass Communications student, Reighan Sheppard, Journalism Sports and Media senior, Manuel Uribe, Advertising senior University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) alumnus Richard Johnson’s radiant smile lights up any room he walks into. His exuberant personality cascades through his work as…

Jon Roosenraad, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor emeritus, passed away at age 78 on Sept. 13 in Gainesville. Roosenrad joined the UFCJC faculty in 1968 at the age of 23. He was the last faculty member hired by Rae Weimer, the first dean of…

David Cuillier, director of the  Brechner Freedom of Information Project, is quoted in “What Are They Hiding? State Agency Quotes High Fees to Bog Down Requests” published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Sept. 8. The article focuses on public records requests made by the Las Vegas Review-Journal to find…

WRITER’S ROOM APPLICATIONS ChomPics Productions is a student run-film production club that writes a five-episode web series in the Fall and films in the Spring. Our Writers’ Room is where we develop the story for our series through a creative and collaborative process. The goal of Writers’ Room is to…