Roxane Coche

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) student films and a student journalist have been nominated for 2024 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Suncoast Chapter Student Production Awards. In the Non-Fiction – Long Form category, “Runway Rivals,” created by UFCJC Media Production, Management, and…

The quadrennial Olympic games are an amalgam of athletic skill, national pride and examples of global unity and diplomacy. But they’re something else too: a chance for female athletes to finally get the same kind of attention that male athletes do. It’s not a new phenomenon, nor is it particularly…

A new study has found that the lack of women’s sports coverage outside the Summer Olympics gives audiences the idea that women’s athletics may not matter. The findings by Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) interim department chair and associate…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) interim department chair and associate professor, has been named to the board of the Sociology and Sport Journal (SSJ). Coche’s areas of expertise include international and intercultural communication, multimedia journalism, sports and society, sports…

Christen Buckley, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations assistant professor, has been selected as a UF International Center 2024 Global Fellow. The fellowship includes a $5,000 award and a $1,000 stipend for her faculty mentor Roxane Coche. Buckley’s research areas of interest include advocacy, digital communication,…

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…

Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology (MPMT) associate chair and assistant professor, has been named interim MPMT department chair beginning July 1, 2023. As MPMT associate chair, she completed the department’s 2021-2022 assessment report for the Southern Association of Colleges…

The FIFA Women’s World Cup was a steeple of professional sports in the summers of 2015 and 2019. Did newspapers deem the story newsworthy enough to reach the front page? Research by Roxane Coche, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology associate chair…

By Ashley Hearn, Journalism Junior When I found out about the NBA in Paris study abroad program, I knew I had to take advantage of this opportunity, but I had my reservation. After spending last May studying abroad in Barcelona, I didn’t know if it was financially or academically feasible…

By Chloe Lamb, Public Relations Senior Traveling to Paris, France, to cover the NBA game was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I’ll cherish forever. I felt many emotions when finding out I was accepted to travel abroad with my peers. First, I was insanely excited to have the opportunity. Then, I was…

By Molly Cooper, Journalism Senior When CJC announced in Fall 2022 that a group of students would be going to Paris for an NBA game, I was very interested in attending. Basketball is one of my favorite sports and covering it in a different country would be a dream. However,…

By Ryan Hirsh, Journalism Sophomore When I saw a flyer hanging on the bulletin board at Weimer Hall advertising a study abroad program centered around an NBA game, I knew I had to apply. As an avid NBA fan, having the opportunity to travel to Paris and cover the second-ever…