Center Update

The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNtech announced Nov. 20, 2020, that they will seek emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. On… Continue Reading Coronavirus Vaccines: Identifying Ways to Build Public Trust

Ja’kari Clayton is set to graduate from UF with a MA in Mass Communications and become the “first ever” graduate specializing in public interest communications. He’s also spent the last… Continue Reading Ja’Kari Clayton: Leading the Way

“Unmuted: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How We Can All Do Better When Working Together Online” is a new report released by The Goodman Center in partnership with  the University… Continue Reading Center partners on videoconferencing report

Jack: Congratulations on your new position as the next Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications here at the University of Florida. We are excited to have you join the… Continue Reading From Journalist to Advocate to Academic: the new Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications

The Center for Public Interest Communications and the  Radical Communicators Network (RCN) announced that they are the recipients of a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Voices for Economic Opportunity Grand Challenge Grant for… Continue Reading Center for Public Interest Communications Awarded $100,000 Gates Foundation Grant on Poverty

In a newly published article on Open Global Rights, Jack Barry, who recently joined the Center for Public Interest Communications as a postdoc research associate, argues that the COVID-19 pandemic… Continue Reading Center’s Jack Barry Reveals How Lack of Universal Internet Access Puts Millions at Further Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic

Ann Christiano recently completed her 10-year term as the Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications.  In a recent interview for the podcast “Let’s Hear It,” Christiano–who now serves exclusively… Continue Reading Ann Christiano Reflects on her 10-year Quest to Build the Field of Public Interest Communications

The 2020 Research Prize in Public Interest Communications has been awarded to two scholars from Cambridge University for a scientific paper that explores how people can be “inoculated” from falling… Continue Reading Winners of 2020 Research Prize Have Good News for How to Fight Bad News