News from and about the Center for Public Interest Communications.
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…
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…
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…
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 human being. Doctoral…
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 a…
Center publishes evidence-based guide to help folks talk with others about COVID vaccines
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…
Strategic Communication Academy Celebrates Six Years of Success Helping UF Faculty and Staff Become More Effective Communicators
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…
Jack Barry Helps Startup Companies in Tunisia Create Social Value
Barry conducted trainings on how to effectively add a social value component to entrepreneurial business projects, and how to best market that social value to more interested audiences.…
Center partners with Radical Communicators and Milli to release report on poverty narratives
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…
Center presents with UNHCR Innovation Service at 2022 United Nations Behavior Science Week
In an effort to understand how worldviews and values shape individual’s responses to refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Innovation Service partnered with…
Karel Chair hosts Public Interest Communications Summer Institute
Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Angela Bradbery convened dozens of faculty and professionals in June 2022 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for the inaugural summer…
Jillian Fish and Payton Counts win the 2022 frank research prize
Research on Narratives for Native People Wins $10,000 Research Prize in Public Interest Communications Researchers studying the use of digital platforms to help Native American people tell…
Alissa Richardson wins the 2021 frank research prize
Alissa Richardson, Ph.D., assistant professor of communications at USC Annenberg, received the 2021 Research Prize in Public Interest Communication awarded by the University of Florida Center…
Two New Projects Will Produce Tools to Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines
The Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida has received funding for two new projects that will offer science-informed tools to build support for COVD-19…
Coronavirus Vaccines: Identifying Ways to Build Public Trust
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…