Science Communications Short Course
The course is open to all UF and public scientists, researchers and science communicators. Sessions are 3-hours long and take place live and online every other week over the fall 2024 semester.
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Philanthropy’s Messaging Creates Confusion. Telling Better Stories Can Build Trust
The Council on Foundations and the Center for Public Interest Communications today announced the release of Philanthropy’s New Voice, the largest study ever of narratives in philanthropy. The report, resulting… Continue Reading Philanthropy’s Messaging Creates Confusion. Telling Better Stories Can Build Trust
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Beyond raising awareness: How to create lasting change
Earn an Essentials in Public Interest Communications badge and credential. (Cohorts open for spring, summer and fall 2024.)
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Strategic Communications Academy for UF Leaders & Scholars
The 2024/25 academy will be offered in person on the main UF campus. (Sessions monthly, October 2024 to March 2025)
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Paper exploring local discursive frames of poverty and race wins 2023 research prize
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
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Center welcomes two collaborators in research and strategy
The UF Center for Public Interest Communications is thrilled to announce that internal negotiations with CJC administration has concluded and we’re able to formally welcome two faculty collaborators to the… Continue Reading Center welcomes two collaborators in research and strategy
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Center announces three finalists for the $10,000 public interest communications 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
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Center honors the memory of colleague Rakeem Robinson
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
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Covering immigration in local news—an exploration by Define American
In 2022, the Center for Public Interest Communications was engaged by Define American to assist with a report they were developing around the narratives on immigrant policy and communities. The… Continue Reading Covering immigration in local news—an exploration by Define American
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Center collaborates with Define American on analysis of local news coverage of immigration
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
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