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Cynthia Barnett Receives Gainesville Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts

Wednesday February 14, 2024

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 award during his State of […]

UFCJC Innovation News Center Awarded Report for America Reporter for its New Florida Environment & Ag Desk

Thursday December 7, 2023

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 College’s Innovation News Center. Report […]

UFCJC Student Project WATERSHED Receives Third Place in 2023 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

Tuesday October 3, 2023

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 a six-month investigation of Florida’s […]

Cynthia Barnett Named Director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives at the University of Florida

Tuesday September 12, 2023

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 the College’s first environmental journalism […]

Cynthia Barnett Co-Authors Behind-the-Scenes Article on Fertilizer Investigation by Missouri and Florida Student Journalists

Thursday September 7, 2023

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 course for journalism students to […]

Cynthia Barnett Authors Article on How Barnacles Could Offer Clues to Finding a Missing Plane

Thursday August 24, 2023

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 from barnacles washed up on […]

UFCJC Student Project WATERSHED Wins 2023 Online Journalism Award

Friday August 18, 2023

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 to mark the 50th anniversary […]

Five UFCJC Faculty Receive Promotions

Thursday August 17, 2023

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 including Living on the Edge, […]

UFCJC Student Project WATERSHED is a Finalist in the 2023 Online Journalism Awards Competition

Friday July 28, 2023

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 of Florida’s water quality for […]

Cynthia Barnett Speaks on Rain and Witchcraft at Blue Tech Forum 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Tuesday May 30, 2023

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 storm-related witchcraft trials of the […]

Two UFCJC Students Selected for 2023 FCI Student Climate Fellows Program

Thursday April 6, 2023

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 graduate students. They will work […]

Cynthia Barnett Authors Article on the Hidden Predicament of Groundwater Depletion in Europe

Tuesday December 6, 2022

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 freshwater in the European continent’s […]

Cynthia Barnett Authors Article on Reinventing Southwest Florida After Hurricane Ian

Tuesday October 11, 2022

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, is the author of “Time to Reinvent Florida Once Again” published in Politico on Oct. 3. Barnett writes about the heartbreaking images and human stories revealed after Hurricane Ian’s destruction along the southwest coast of Florida and the sense of loss for a […]

Cynthia Barnett Authors Article on the Risk of Extinction for the World’s Biggest Sea Snails

Friday April 8, 2022

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence, is the author of “One of the World’s Biggest Sea Snails at Risk of Extinction” published in National Geographic on April 6. The story focuses on Horse Conchs, the marine snails that build Florida’s colossal state seashell. According to the story, the iconic […]

Cynthia Barnett’s “The Sound of the Sea” Selected as One of the Best Books of 2021 by “Science Friday”

Monday January 3, 2022

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Environmental Journalist-in-Residence Cynthia Barnett’s book, The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans, has been selected as one of the best science books of 2021 by “Science Friday,” the award-winning weekly public radio program broadcast nationally from WNYC-FM. “Science Friday” Host Ira Flatow […]