Cynthia Barnett

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications senior lecturer and director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives, received the City of Gainesville Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts for “extraordinary contributions in the field of literature.” Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward, B.S. Public Relations 1991, presented the…

Report for America (RFA) has named public media station WUFT, housed at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), as one of its 2024 newsroom partners. The RFA reporter will join WUFT in summer 2024 and help bolster the new Florida Environment & Ag Desk in the…

The WATERSHED project, created by a 13-member team of University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) undergraduate student journalists, received third place in the 2023 Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Awards for Reporting on the Environment in the Outstanding Student Reporting category. The project is the result of…

Cynthia Barnett, Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), has been named director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives for the college. Barnett, a senior lecturer in the Department of Journalism, joined UFCJC in 2015 as a Hearst Visiting Professional to develop…

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…

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence and senior lecturer, is the author of “Where is Malaysian Airlines Flight 370? A Simple Barnacle Could Help Lead Us to the Missing Plane” published in National Geographic on Aug. 23. The story focuses on how shell chemistry…

The WATERSHED project, created by a 13-member team of University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) undergraduate student journalists, received the 2023 Online Journalism Awards (ONA) Student Journalism Award in the Student Team Portfolio category. The project is the result of a six-month investigation of Florida’s water quality…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) has announced that five faculty have been promoted. Environmental Journalist in Residence Cynthia Barnett has been promoted to senior lecturer. Barnett has covered water and climate stories worldwide and she has led UFCJC student multimedia projects on current environmental concerns…

The WATERSHED project, created by a 13-member team of University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) undergraduate student journalists, is a finalist in the 2023 Online Journalism Awards (ONA) Student Journalism Awards competition in the Student Team Portfolio category. The project is the result of a six-month investigation…

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, was the opening speaker at the Blue Tech Forum 2023 on May 16 held in Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Barnett’s presentation “A Short History of Rain and Witchcraft” focused on the role of Edinburgh Castle in the…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) master’s student Sophia Donskoi and Journalism junior Alan Halaly were two of the six students selected for the 2023 Florida Climate Institute (FCI) Student Climate Fellows Program. The FCI Student Climate Fellows program is an opportunity open to undergraduate and recent…

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, is the author of “Europe’s Water Crisis is Much Worse Than We Thought” published in National Geographic magazine on Dec. 6. Barnett writes about the historic drought of 2022 and new findings that reveal an alarming decline of…