Journalism

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor emeritus, is the recipient of the 2024 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. AEJMC’s highest research award recognizes a body of significant research over the course…

NOTE: This is a limited submission and UF can only submit one application. No internal submissions have been received, so it is now open to the first application submitted. Sponsor: Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Funding Opportunity Title: DRL FY23 Bringing Sri Lanka’s Expression…

Sponsor: International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Funding Opportunity Title: Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists Key words: journalism, women Link to RFP: https://www.iwmf.org/programs/fund-for-women-journalists/ Agency Deadline: Rolling deadline Funding available: maximum of $10,000 per award with $230,000 total funding available Period of performance: not specified Program background: Promoting the work…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications today announced that Mindy McAdams will be retiring at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, marking nearly 26 years at the College. McAdams has been the Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process since July 1999, the only…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Journalism Associate Professor John Freeman will be retiring in May after nearly 33 years at the College. Freeman has headed the photojournalism program at the UFCJC since joining the faculty in 1991. He is a two-time winner…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced that Journalism Assistant Professor Maria Celeste Wagner will be joining Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in fall 2024. Wagner, who is also an affiliate…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, will be a discussant at the 2024 McKnight Annual Fellows and Mid-Year Research and Writing Conference being held Feb. 8-11 in Tampa, Florida. Her presentation is titled “Challenging Norms: Reimagining Reintegration, Protecting Victims and Addressing Misogynoir.” Established…

Antoine Haywood will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in August 2024 as assistant professor in the Department of Journalism. Haywood currently is a Ph.D. candidate and Penn Presidential Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. His studies have focused on local media…

This article by Jieun Shin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications assistant professor, originally appeared in the Dec. 7 issue of InContext, a publication by Digital Content Next. People are increasingly opting out of the news. According to the Digital News Report 2023 from Oxford University’s Reuters Institute, 36% of…

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and former Journalism Department chair, retired at the end of 2023 after a 12-year tenure at the College. Wanta will pursue a Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and write a book on…

Celeste Wagner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, has been chosen to participate in the Spring 2024 UF International Center Global Learning Institute. The Global Learning Institute equips faculty to internationalize their courses through engagement with campus resources, technology and collaboration with other faculty members…

Celeste Wagner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, is the recipient of a 2023 National Communications Association (NCA) Gerald R. Miller Doctoral Dissertation Award, the NCA Political Communications Division Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation Award and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Best Dissertation and/or…