Academic college of the University of Florida
Weimer Hall, home of the College of Journalism and Communications Interior view of Weimer Hall, home of the College of Journalism and Communications Weimer Hall TheCollege of Journalism and Communications (CJC ) is the journalism school of theUniversity of Florida .
The college traces its origins to 1925 when theDepartment of Journalism was formed inLanguage Hall (now Anderson Hall).Orland K. "O.K." Armstrong was the first head of the department. The first three journalism degrees were awarded in 1928.
The department moved intoBuckman Hall , a renovateddormitory , in 1937.[ 2]
Rae O. Weimer, the former managing editor at theNew York City daily newspaperPM [ 3] accredited , although it still had only "one classroom, no equipment and only two teachers." In late 1953,broadcasting was transferred to journalism, and the department became theSchool of Journalism and Communications .
In 1967, the school became a full-fledged college. Weimer was named the firstdean ; the current journalism building, Weimer Hall, is named for him.
From 1976 to 1994,Ralph Lowenstein served as dean and carried out the digital transformation of the college.[ 4] [ 5]
On July 1, 2021, Hub Brown assumed the role of Dean. Hub Brown was an associate dean and professor at theS. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications atSyracuse University . He succeeds Diane McFarlin, who retired after serving eight years in that role.[ 6]
The CJC was awarded $7 million in annual research expenditures in sponsored research for 2024.[ 7]
The department comprises four departments:
Stephanie Abrams , reporter forThe Weather Channel Erin Andrews , reporter forFox Sports and formerlyESPN Edward Aschoff , reporter forESPN Sharyl Attkisson , former correspondent forCBS News Jackie Bange , current anchor withWGN-TV Kristen Berset , current anchor forWBFF Ernie Bjorkman , former anchor forKWGN-TV in Denver, and winner of twoEmmy Awards Pam Bondi , correspondent forFox News Jenn Brown , two-time Emmy Award-winning sports reporter for ESPNKavita Channe ,television andradio personality , known for appearing onParadise Hotel Linda Church , morning weather anchor forWPIX in New YorkBob Collins , former broadcaster forWGN-TV inChicago Mark Curtis , current anchor forWLNE-TV H. G. Davis Jr. ,Pulitzer Prize -winning reporterJamie Dupree , correspondent for Cox Broadcasting Washington News BureauDavid Finkel , journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter forThe Washington Post Kristin Harmel , novelist and reporter forPeople Dan Hicken , sports director and anchor forWTLV /WJXX inJacksonville, Florida Susan Hutchison , former anchor forKIRO-TV inSeattle, Washington Ian D. Johnson , current Berlin bureau chief for TheWall Street Journal Jennifer Lopez , meteorologist forThe Weather Channel Jamie McIntyre , news anchor for NPR'sAll Things Considered Pentagon correspondent forCNN Heather Mitts , former reporter forABC /ESPN , three-time Olympic gold medalist with theUSWNT , professional soccer playerJeff Nesmith , journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winnerHoward Norton , won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his reportingElizabeth Prann , current reporter with theFox News Channel Raul Ramirez , 1969 editor ofFlorida Alligator ; print and broadcast journalist and executive, educator; activist in promoting independent reporting and diversity in the professionLaura Rutledge , anchor/reporter withSEC Network /ESPN Forrest Sawyer , current anchorman forABC News and winner of theGeorge Foster Peabody Award , five NationalEmmy Awards , twoEdward Murrow Awards , and anAssociated Press Award Joe Scarborough , currentMSNBC talk show host, and formerUS representative Sara Sidner , international correspondent withCNN Alison Starling , Emmy Award-winning anchor for ABC affiliate WJLA-TV News in Washington, D.C.Hal Suit , television broadcaster, formerly withWSB-TV inAtlanta ; 1970Republican gubernatorial nominee inGeorgia , lost toJimmy Carter Red Barber , long-time radio sportscaster for theBrooklyn Dodgers andNew York Yankees Lomas Brown , television commentator forESPN and former NFL offensive tackleKevin Carter , television commentator for ESPN and former NFL defensive endBob Collins , broadcasterCris Collinsworth , television commentator forHBO 'sInside the NFL Fox NFL Sunday Gene Deckerhoff , current radio announcer for theTampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State Seminoles, and formerly for theArena Football League Julie Donaldson , former sports commentator forWHDH-TV Ferdie Pacheco , formerShowtime boxing analyst, and personal physician toMuhammad Ali Jesse Palmer , television commentator forESPN /ABC , NFL Insider forTSN , former NFL quarterback, and star of ABC'sThe Bachelor Laura Rutledge , television commentator forSEC Network /ESPN Get Up! First Take SportsCenter Elfi Schlegel-Dunn , gymnastics and sports commentator forNBC Sports Lauren Shehadi , current sportscaster forMLB Network Emmitt Smith , television commentator for ESPN,Pro Football Hall of Fame former NFL running back, andNFL career rushing yards leaderChris Snode , Olympic diving commentator for BBC and EuroSport since 1988Tim Tebow , television commentator forSEC Network /ESPN and former NFL quarterback[ edit ] Shane Acker , filmmaker,9 Don Addis , long-time newspaper columnist and syndicated comic strip artist for theSt. Petersburg Times Chris Adrian , novelist and short-story writer,Gob's Grief Siva Ananth , Film Producer, ScreenwriterLauren Anderson , modelAdaeze Atuegwu , writerChris Bachelder , novelist, short-story writer, ande-book pioneerTodd Barry , stand-up comedian, actor and voice actorJoseph Beckham , writer on the topic of legal problems in education, winner of the McGhehey award, and currently a professor of education leadership atFlorida State University Wayne Besen , former spokesman for theHuman Rights Campaign , and gay rights advocateMike Bianchi , sports columnist for theOrlando Sentinel Dan Bilzerian , professional poker player, actor, and internet social media personalityMatt Borondy , publisher forIdentity Theory Edward L. Bowen , horse racing historianWendy Brenner , author and professor;Phone Calls From the Dead ,Large Animals in Everyday Life: Stories Rita Mae Brown , author and activistAlan Burnett , television producer and writerMike Burns , music producerAl Burt ,Miami Herald Atlanta Journal Kevin Canty , author;Into the Great Wide Open ,Nine Below Zero , andWinslow in Love Kelly Carrington , modelAlfred A. Cave , professor, historian, and authorDebbie Cenziper , journalist withThe Washington Post Pulitzer Prize Jean Chance , chairman of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 years, professor of journalism at the University of FloridaPeter Christopher , author,Campfires of the Dead Michael Connelly , best-selling authorPaul Cootner , economist, author ofThe Random Character of Stock Market Prices Harry Crews , novelist, short story writer, and essayistMark Curtis , journalist, author, and political analystJeff Darlington , currentsportswriter for theMiami Herald Jonathan Demme , motion picture director, wonAcademy Award for directing forThe Silence of the Lambs Karen DeYoung , Pulitzer Prize recipient,The Washington Post Kate DiCamillo , award-winning children's novelist and screenwriterMicki Dickoff , television director and producer, winner of multipleEmmy Awards Brian Doherty , senior editor ofReason Gregg Doyel , sports writer forCBSSports.com Brian Drolet , actor, producer and writerLouann Fernald , model and actressRobert W. Fichter , photographerRich Fields , announcer ofThe Price Is Right Lolita Files , author, screenwriter, and producerDexter Filkins , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistJesse Hill Ford , writer and screenwriterMichael France , screenwriter forGoldenEye The Hulk Punisher Robert Fulton , award-winning writer and naturalistAlan Gallay , American historian, and winner of theNational Endowment for the Humanities FellowshipMichael Gannon , military historian andCatholic priest Leslie Yalof Garfield , current editor of theJournal of Court Innovation and professor atPace Law School Merrill Gerber , authorNorman Gilliland , author,WERN hostGloZell , comedianMaryAnne Golon , picture editor forTime Philip Graham , former publisher ofThe Washington Post Edwin Granberry , long-time writer of the comic stripBuz Sawyer Richard Grayson , writer and political activistRebecca Greer ,Woman's Day James Grippando , novelist and lawyerIsrael Gutierrez ,Miami Herald columnist, formerPalm Beach Post Nikolas Gvosdev , international relations scholarRobert J. Haiman ,St. Petersburg Times Poynter Institute presidentRebecca Heflin (pseudonym of Dianne Farb), romance novelist and attorneyCarol Hernandez , journalist, educator,Pulitzer Prize winnerEdward D. Hess , author and professorCarl Hiaasen , novelist,Miami Herald columnist, won theNewbery Honor Rob Hiaasen ,The Capital columnist and editor, adjunct journalism professor at theUniversity of Maryland 'sPhilip Merrill College of Journalism , victim ofCapital Gazette shooting Shere Hite , author ofThe Hite Report , sex educator, and feministNoy Holland , author ofWhat Begins With Bird andSpectacle of the Body Elise Ippolito , artistJudith Ivory , best-selling author of historicalromance novels Jarrod Jablonski , pioneeringtechnical diver and record settingcave diver Eberhard Jäckel , German historianJamali , Indian-American painter and sculptorClint Johnson , American historian and authorMadison Jones , novelist and former professor atAuburn University Steven J. Kachelmeier , current editor ofThe Accounting Review University of Texas Artie Kempner , director for FOX SportsStetson Kennedy , award-winning author andhuman rights activistEliot Kleinberg , author and writer for thePalm Beach Post Jeff Klinkenberg , author and reporter for theTampa Bay Times Victoria Lancelotta , current editor of theGeorgetown Review , authorMernet Larsen , artistCharlotte Laws , author, talk show host, and community activistGary Russell Libby , art historian, curator, and museum directorWill Ludwigsen , writer of horror, mystery, and science fictionC. J. Lyons , physician and writer of medical suspense novelsMoss Mabry , costume designer, nominated for fourAcademy Awards Ron Magill , photographer and wildlife expertScooter Magruder , YouTuberThomas E. Mann , author and political pundit for theBrookings Institution Gabriel Martinez , Cuban-American artistFrances Mayes , author of best-selling bookUnder the Tuscan Sun Andrew McClurg , legal humor writer for theAmerican Bar Association JournalDiane McFarlin , publisher of theSarasota Herald Tribune Jon McKenzie , performance and media scholar and practitioner, professor at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Tom Meek , columnist and author ofAnother Day In Cyberville ,Reflections On Media , andThe Video Audio Overdose Galore Myka Meier , etiquette writerLouis A. Meyer , writer and painterSam Michel , author ofUnder the Light ; lecturer atUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Jessel Miller , watercolorartist andchildren's writer Andrew Mondshein , nominated for anOscar for his film editingJames Morgan , scenic designer and Producing Artistic Director of theYork Theatre Robert Morris , novelistRodney Mullen , entertainer,skateboarder Lorraine Murray , author ofWhy Me, Why Now? , andGrace Notes Jeff Nesmith , journalist, educator,Pulitzer Prize winnerLee Ann Newsom , anthropologist, named aMacArthur Fellow for 2002Ivan Osorio , columnist and editor at theCompetitive Enterprise Institute Janis Owens , authorHarvey Eugene Oyer III , author and attorneyMike Papantonio , trial lawyer, co-host ofRing of Fire Jeff Parker ,novelist andshort story writerJohn L. Parker Jr. , writerDavid Penzer , current professional wrestlingring announcer for theWWE Kay Picart , author, artist, radio host, and producerSam Proctor , one of the world's foremost scholars ofFlorida historyAndrew Prokos , award-winning architectural andfine-art photographer Imad Rahman , author,I Dream of Microwaves Jeff Randall , former business editor ofBBC News Marc Randazza , current editor ofThe Legal Satyricon Charlie Reed , current journalist withStars and Stripes Pietra Rivoli , author and professor of finance atGeorgetown University James Rizzi , pop artistEdward G. Roberts Jr. , pioneer race car driver ofNASCAR Alan G. Rogers , gay rights activist, andU.S. Army major who died inOperation Iraqi Freedom Thane Rosenbaum , novelist, essayist, and professor of law atFordham University Rektok Ross , fiction writer, journalist, and entertainment host, best known for her contemporary romance novel ProdigalScott Sanders ,Emmy Award andTony Award -winning television producerMia Schaikewitz , TV personality and spokesperson for disability advocacyJulia Sell , former national coach for theUnited States Tennis Association Jeffrey Scott Shapiro , investigative journalist and attorneyPaul Shyre , director andplaywright who won aTony Award and anEmmy Award Eugene Sledge , WW2 United States Marine, biologist and university professor; author ofWith the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Rick Smith , author, entrepreneur, and public speakerGeorge Solomon , former sports editor and columnist forThe Washington Post ; first ombudsman forESPN Julian Sprung , writerHoward Stelzer , composer and performer of electronic musicRandall J. Stephens , author, editor, and historian ofAmerican religionCraig Symonds , distinguishedAmerican Civil War historian and former professor at theUnited States Naval Academy Maggie Taylor , digital imaging artistJanet Todd , Welsh-born author on books about women's literature; professor at theUniversity of Aberdeen Kendra Todd , real estate businesswoman and winner ofThe Apprentice 3 reality TV showVictor Andres Triay , Cuban-American historian and writerNatasha Tsakos , performing artist andconceptual director Claudio Véliz ,Chilean author, historian, and SociologistRobert Venditti , comic book writerTarita Virtue , Trinidadian-Americanprivate detective ,investigator , and modelSterling Watson , writer,Weep No More My Brother ,The Calling , andBlind Tongues Bill Whittle , blogger, political commentator, director, screenwriter, editor, pilot, and authorEdward Walton Wilcox , painter and sculptorAndrew Wilkow , conservative political talk radio host onSirius Satellite Radio Hugh Wilson , director, writer, and actorKevin Wilson , writerEdward Yang ,Taiwanese filmmaker, winner of Best Director Award atCannes for his 2000 filmYi Yi Hugo Zacchini , entertainer known as the "Human Cannonball"
The College of Journalism and Communications offers severalBachelor of Science inJournalism ,Media Production, Management, and Technology ,Advertising , andPublic relations . It offersMaster of Arts in Journalism,mass communications , and Advertising, along withPh.D.
The Center for Public Interest Communications [ edit ] The Center for Public Interest Communications operates as a unit of the College of Journalism and Communications. The first of its kind in the nation, the Center studies, tests, and helps organizations apply behavioral, cognitive, and social science to create strategic communication designed to achieve positive social change.[ 8]
Public interest communications is a science-driven approach to strategic communications that results in lasting change on an issue that transcends the interests of any single person or organization and advances our greater good.[ 9] [ 10]
The Center provides training to government agencies, universities, foundations, public interest communications agencies and nonprofits on how to incorporate elements of public interest communications in their work. It also partners with a number of organizations to help them create more effective communications strategies to drive positive social change. In addition, The Center develops workshops to share research with social change leaders and scientists to help them develop better communication strategies, and it hosts frank, an annual conference dedicated to public interest communications. It also publishes the Journal of Public Interest Communications, the first-ever, open-access, interdisciplinary journal featuring peer-reviewed research in the emerging field of public interest communications.[ 11] [ 12]
The Center grew out of The Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications made possible by a $2 million grant made to the university in 2008 from Trellis Fund. The endowment was used to create a curriculum in public interest communications, and to mentor and advise students who plan to build careers in the field.[ 13]
In May 2019, The Center for Public Interest Communications, in collaboration with UF CJC Online, launched the nation's first master's degree program in Public Interest Communications.[ 14]
The College of Journalism and Mass Communications launched its online graduate program (UF CJC Online ) in 2012 with an MA degree in Mass Communication specializing in global strategic communication.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
ABC News opened a "mini-bureau " at the College of Journalism and Communications in September 2008. It was one of five universities chosen for the ABC News on Campus program, along withArizona State University ,Syracuse University , theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , and theUniversity of Texas at Austin .[ 20] [ 21]
Student organizations [ edit ] In October 2011, the University of Florida chapter of thePublic Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) was named Most Outstanding Chapter of the Year.[ 22] [needs update
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