Center Update

Teresa Gonzales, Ph.D., Elizabeth M. Thissell and Soumitra Thorat take home $10,000 Hon Prize in Public Interest Communications Research Researchers using ethnographic research in a small Midwestern town exploring discursive frames… Continue Reading Paper exploring local discursive frames of poverty and race wins 2023 research prize

A committee of scholars and practitioners working with the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida has selected three finalists for the annual Prize for Research in… Continue Reading Center announces three finalists for the $10,000 public interest communications research prize

A note from UF College of Journalism and Communications Dean Hub Brown: I am very saddened to announce that the CJC family has lost a special student and an extraordinary… Continue Reading Center honors the memory of colleague Rakeem Robinson

Define American released a new body of research on immigration and local news – “Reimagining Immigration News: North Carolina’s Case for the Nation” – that gives journalists in every state… Continue Reading Center collaborates with Define American on analysis of local news coverage of immigration

The Center for Public Interest Communications has released “Talking With Your Friends and Loved Ones About COVID-19 Vaccination,” an evidence-based messaging framework. Conversations with close friends, family and coworkers are… Continue Reading Center publishes evidence-based guide to help folks talk with others about COVID vaccines

By Lila Greenberg, B.S. Telecommunication 2022 The Strategic Communications Academy for UF Leaders and Scholars (SCA) on Sept. 7, 2022, celebrated its sixth anniversary by hosting a reunion with previous… Continue Reading Strategic Communication Academy Celebrates Six Years of Success Helping UF Faculty and Staff Become More Effective Communicators

Stories around poverty and wealth often highlight individual choices and actions as the source and solution of complex issues. To examine this phenomenon, the Center for Public Interest Communications partnered… Continue Reading Center partners with Radical Communicators and Milli to release report on poverty narratives