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Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Gender Equality Grants Key words: Gender Equality, Women, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/gender-equality-grants Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of any scope and size…

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Threats to Democracy Key words: Democracy, Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/threats-democracy-us Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of any scope and size, and…

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Science Misinformation: Journalism in the Age of Truth Decay Key words: Misinformation, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/science-misinformation Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range. We will consider projects of…

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: Machine Learning Reporting Grants Key words: Machine Learning, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/machine-learning-reporting-grants Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: We do not have a budget range for these Machine Learning Grants. We will consider projects…

Sponsor: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Funding Opportunity Title: War in Ukraine Initiative Key words: Ukraine, Mass media, journalism, documentary film Link to RFP:  https://pulitzercenter.org/journalism/initiatives/war-ukraine Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Funding available: Awards cover reporting costs and are based on reasonable, detailed budgets. Most awards for international travel are…

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor and director of consumer media research, and UF Computer & Information Science Professor My T. Thai have received a National Science Foundation Grant for $930,000 to support research on “Information Integrity: A User-Centric…

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental journalist-in-residence and senior lecturer, is the co-author of “Missouri, Florida Journalism Professors Join Classes on Multistate Fertilizer Investigation” published on sej.org on Sept. 6. Barnett and Missouri School of Journalism Associate Professor Sara Shipley Hiles collaborated to build a…

Pat Ford, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professional-in-residence and lecturer, was featured in “Reputation Management & Crisis Communication with Pat Ford,” an episode of the podcast “The Business That Story Built” posted on Aug. 28. In the podcast, host Christie Bilbrey asks Ford to…

The Media Sales certificate emphasizes sales within the changing media landscape. It offers modern training in media buying, planning, and selling. Students learn and apply best practice for providing customers traditional and digital solutions, cross-media platform selling, best sales practices, and revenue management. They apply these practices in a sales…

UF Media Sales Day is Thursday, September 28, 2023 from 10am-4pm Have you decided you’re ready to gain new skills, consider an exciting career in media sales, and grow your network? If you said yes to all three, then I hope you’ll join us. Admission is free but space is…

A new study has found that conservative media use is associated with greater perceived distance to COVID-19, while less partisan news use is associated with a smaller perceived distance. The findings by Jay Hmielowski, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations associate professor, UFCJC doctoral student…

Interested in learning more about receiving a combination degree? Ashleigh Keef, our Combination and Graduate Student Advisor will be hosting an Information Session about the Combination Degree next Wednesday, September 13th, at 11:30 am via Zoom. Zoom Registration: http://info.jou.ufl.edu/comboCJC.