We’ve reached the time in the semester when the students in Writing for Mass Communication are working on a story that has publication potential. We instructors for the course certainly would like to see as many students as possible get published. By getting published, students have to go through the process of working with an […]
The Center for Media Innovation and Research (CMIR) has been a subject of discussion and funding for more than two years in the College of Journalism and Communications. For a year, two committees met to discuss plans for the Center. The full faculty has seen two presentations on the Center — one at last year’s faculty […]
“Can we lie?” was a question a student asked during a class discussion on interviewing a few weeks ago. Two issues helped me decide how to respond: First was timing. As often happens in teaching, we had a lot to “cover” in the class time. The students would be starting their own interviewing soon, and […]
Brightly colored leaves. Temperatures that required de-icing the plane. I knew I wasn’t in Gainesville this weekend. I was at the University of Iowa for the annual meeting of the Quill & Scroll board of trustees. Q&S, an international high school journalism honorary, strives to promote high caliber publication and individual performance. Much of our […]
One of my goals of Mass Commication Teaching is to help the grad students better prepare for being successful in applying for a faculty teaching position. We took another step toward that goal with doc students Jeff Neeley and Yan Yang as speakers. Both are hoping to have faculty positions for the 2010-2011 school year. […]
My 6th-period lecture on Thursday was to be the debut of Mediasite for me. I had decided I was interested in trying out this new technology setup when I learned that Gannett Auditorium was one of the auditoriums at the University of Florida that was to be equipped with Mediasite. Mediasite was being installed in […]
The guest speakers in yesterday’s class were to help the students get ready to write a story about the H1N1 flu. I provided the expert sources for the story — Dr. Guy Nicolette, chief of staff at the University of Florida’s Student Health Care Center (SHCC), and Paul Myers, assistant director of the Alachua County […]
The Florida Flu Kit is being sold on the University of Florida campus to encourage sick students to stay home — but to be prepared to deal with the flu. he kits were on sale outside the Student Health Care Center for $10. The kits also are on sale at the SHCC pharmacy. The kit […]
The University of Florida typically is eager to get publicity as the university tries to move into the Top 10 Public Universities in the U.S. News & World Reporting rankings. But today’s coverage wasn’t what the university had in mind. UF is making headlines and is on TV news not because of studies on student […]
Julie Dodd 