Angela Bradbery

By Angela Bradbery, Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications In the emerging academic discipline of public interest communications, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) is a national leader. To that end, we aim each year to offer students more opportunities to explore the field…

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, was honored as Mentor of the Year in the 2024 PRNEWS Impact Communications Awards. Formerly known as the PRNEWS Social Impact Awards, the awards honor outstanding corporate social responsibility, environmental and social…

Angela Bradbery, Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications in the Department of Public Relations, is featured on the CommuniGator Podcast.

This is an excerpt from an article published in the fall 2023 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The article, co-authored by Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications, examines how public interest communications offers solutions in a…

By Angela Bradbery, Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications At the University of Houston, communications students were enlisted in 2021 to help the local Latino community recognize the signs of Alzheimer’s and learn how to address them. Community members wanted positively framed messages that would work across generations…

Diverse perspectives and trauma-informed copywriting are among the topics explored in the latest issue of the Journal of Public Interest Communications. This is the first issue of the revamped, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, which is dedicated to advancing public interest communications scholarship and bringing together the voices of both academics and…

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, and Ann Searight Christiano, UFCJC Center for Public Interest Communications director, will participate in an Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) virtual panel on public relations and public interest…

By Michelle Holder, B.S. Journalism 2022 Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) students, Rebeka Smolka, senior Public Relations and Political Science major, and Augustus Hoff, sophomore Journalism major and Geography minor, spent their summers interning in South Africa. From social media campaigns to wildlife photography, Smolka…

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, was recently interviewed for an episode of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Media and Culture podcast. “Public Interest Communications – A Conversation with Angela Bradbery” was posted on…

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, will be featured on “The Academic Minute” broadcast on Sept. 9 at 1:37 p.m. on public radio stations WUFT-FM 89.1 and WJUF-FM 90.1. “The Academic Minute,” a two-and-a-half-minute daily module featuring researchers from…

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, is quoted in “The Inflation Reduction Act Is a Climate Bill. Just Don’t Call It One” published on bloomberg.com on Aug. 15. The article focuses on a new law that could be the…

Angela Bradbery, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, is the author of “In Congress, the Name of the Bill May Have Nothing to Do with What’s In It – It’s All About Salesmanship” published in The Conversation on Aug. 2. Bradbery…