Center Update

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications annually awards two $1,500 prizes and one $10,000 grand prize to peer-reviewed academic research that informs the growing discipline of public… Continue Reading Calling for Entries for the $10,000 Research Prize in Public Interest Communications

The latest issue of the Journal of Public Interest Communications (JPIC) is now available online. The open access journal connects practitioners to the academic research in an effort to strengthen… Continue Reading Latest Issue of Journal of Public Interest Communications Now Available

Displacement is fiercely complex. So is climate change. Explaining how those factors intertwine requires an array of legal and scientific jargon that obscures the suffering experienced by people caught at… Continue Reading New Guide for Communicating the Complexity of Climate Change and Displacement

Professor Ann Christiano, the Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and the director of the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida College of Journalism and… Continue Reading CPIC’S Ann Christiano Wins 2019 UF Faculty Entrepreneurship Award

Kristen Grimm, one of the best-known public interest communications practitioners in the United States, offers her views about the state of the field, along with tips for those new to… Continue Reading Public Interest Communications Pro Kristen Grimm Featured on Must-Listen Podcast for Practitioners

Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and Center for Public Interest Communications (CPIC) director and Annie Neimand, CPIC research director, discuss effective approaches… Continue Reading CPIC Team Members Discuss Science-Driven Social Change Strategies in SSIR Podcast

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Center for Public Interest Communications (CPIC) awarded Dr. Jeremy Yip, assistant professor of Management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business,… Continue Reading Introducing the 2019 winner of the $10,000 prize for research in public interest communications

Kelly Chernin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism Center for Public Interest Communications research associate and Journal of Public Interest Communications manager, is the author of “Hong Kong’s Legal System May be… Continue Reading Kelly Chernin Pens Article on Hong Kong’s Quest for Democracy

Ann Christiano, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and Center for Public Interest Communications director, was quoted in “Oregon Tries Humor in Fight… Continue Reading Ann Christiano Comments on the Use of Humor to Communicate Serious Health Threats