Awards

University of Florida College of Journalism and  Communications retired Journalism Professor Julie Dodd has received an Online Education Excellence Award for her Multimedia Writing (JOU3109) in the Instructional Strategy category from the UF Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence. Dodd credits a team of colleagues and collaborators for the…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism senior Drea Cornejo is the first place finalist in the Multimedia News category in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards. She will now advance to the national competition. Cornejo also placed sixth in the Picture Story category. Her Photo Story project, “From…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising Assistant Professor Eunice Kim received the Mary Alice Shaver Promising Professor Award from the American Academy of Advertising at the annual AAA conference in Boston. The award honors a junior faculty member who has demonstrated excellence and innovation in advertising teaching…

Forrest Smith, B.S Broadcasting 1981, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications deputy morning news director of the Innovation News Center, will receive the inaugural Legacy Award chosen by the board of the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters (FAPB). Three news professionals were selected for the inaugural honor out of…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students are among the finalists in the 2017 Florida Associated Press Broadcasters (FAPB) Awards Competition. In the College competition, Florida college and university students entered a record 55 news, weather and sports television and radio stories. In the College Television competition, WUFT-TV…

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students were recognized in the 2016 Hearst Journalism Awards Competition Multimedia News category. Journalism senior Drea Cornejo received 13th place for “Lightnin’ Salvage Lives On” chronicling a fire in a business behind a popular Gainesville pizza place. Telecommunication freshman Grace King received…

Congratulations to UFCJC photojournalism alumni and Gainesville Sun staff photographers Erica Brough (BSJ 2005) and Doug Finger (BSJ 2002), who received first place honors in the photo division of the 2015 Florida Society of News Editors Contest. Brough won first place for Spot News Photography, and Finger took top honors…

Minnesota Public Radio’s coverage of the cover-up of sexual abuse by the clergy in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s reporting on delays in hospital screening of newborns won the inaugural “University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism” at the Online News Association’s…

Bernell Tripp, an Associate Professor of Journalism in the UF College of Journalism and Communications, has been selected to receive the 2014 American Journalism Historians Association National Award for Excellence in Teaching. The annual award honors a college or university teacher who excels at teaching in the areas of journalism…

A team of University of Florida public relations students took first prize in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2014 Bateman Case Study Competition. Conducted annually, the Bateman competition judges teams of college students on their ability to develop and present a comprehensive public relations campaign. Recent public relations…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Associate Professor Amy Jo Coffey is the recipient of the University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship award for 2014-16. Coffey received her doctorate from the University of Georgia, where she focused on media management, economics, and audience issues. Her research interests…

Congratulations to the WUFT-FM &TV staff and students for winning seven 2014 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The Radio Television Digital News Association announced the awards Tuesday. The awards recognize work of the highest quality produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world.  The regional winners are…