Matt Sheehan

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and the News Integrity Initiative are forming a new partnership to examine what research from multiple academic disciplines tells us about community engagement and trust in news. The yearlong, $250,000 project will also develop experimental curriculum and training for local…

Cuba: Outside In was a finalist in the 2017 EPPY Awards College/University Investigative or Documentary Feature category. The 22nd annual EPPY competition, sponsored by Editor & Publisher, honors the best international digital-media websites across 30 diverse categories. The website chronicled the May 2017 Cuba study abroad trip by University of…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications frank Academy team recently trained 80 program officers and scientists from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The three-day training session in Washington, D.C., was designed to help scientists and program officers explain the value of their work and why it…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications students are receiving a crash course in Cuban culture during the 10-day UF in Cuba: CJC Edition multimedia workshop. “University of Florida Students Get Hands-On Experience in Cuba,” published on Miami’s WPLG Local 10 news website,  features comments by the CJC Journalism…

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is accelerating its efforts to help organizations use the science and art behind effective storytelling, particularly on digital platforms, to better inform, persuade or connect with their audiences. The College today named Matt Sheehan to the new role of Director of…

PBS MediaShift on July 16, 2015 published “Audience Analytics Changing Journalism Education” featuring Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan and Public Relations Professor and Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Ann Christiano. [View the story “Teaching Audience Analytics” on Storify]

The College’s content partnership with Yik Yak, Swamp Juice, is featured and Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is quoted in the July 15, 2015 story in Editor & Publisher, “The New Town Square.”

Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is featured in this July 2, 2015 article in College Media Matters, “Matt Sheehan is ‘Leading a Movement’ at UF’s Innovation News Center That May Help Shape Journalism’s Future.”

Did Apple Just Kill Local News? Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan takes a look into one of the big announcements at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and how will Apple News effect our industry and how we teach journalism in the article, “Did Apple Just Kill Local News?,” published June…

The Chronicle of Higher Education on June 3, 2015 published “Journalism Center Experiments With Delivering Campus News on Yik Yak,” featuring Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan and graduate student Whitney Lavaux.

PBS MediaShift on June 2, 2015 published “Why the University of Florida Partnered with Yik Yak for Content,” an interview with Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan.

Innovation News Center Director Matt Sheehan is interviewed by Dan Reimold of College Media Matters on this episode of the College Media Podcast published May 27, 2015. https://soundcloud.com/dan-reimold/college-media-podcast-matt-sheehan-innovation-news-center-university-of-florida