VOL. 35
College of Journalism and Communications
Intra-College Newsletter
MARCH 24, 2003
NO. 10
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Bill Chamberlin,
who was selected
as one of only five
UF faculty to
receive a 2003
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/
Mentoring Award
from UF’s Office
Bill Chamberlin
of Research and
Graduate Programs. Chamberlin and
the other four UF faculty were recognized for their “dedication to the
support of graduate education and
sponsorship of student research.” The
recognition includes a $3,000 pre-cash
award to each faculty member and
$1,000 for each faculty member to use
to support his/her graduate students.
Special congratulations also to
Sandra Chance and Helga Williams
who have won Superior
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
John Kaplan’s “Transcending Torture” project is garnering awards in
international competition. Kaplan’s work recently won 3rd Place for Photo
Essay in the National Headliner
Awards, the Award of Excellence
for Photo Series / Projects from the
Society of News Design, and the
Award of Excellence Editing Division for Multiple Page Picture Story
from Pictures of the Year International. The latter award recognized
Kaplan, Sue Morrow, assistant
Photograph by John Kaplan
managing editor for visuals and Christian Potter Drury, designer.
Management and Sales Division at the
annual meeting of the Broadcast
Education Association to be held in Las
Vegas, April 7-9. “Partnerships
between the Old and the New:
Examining the Strategic Alliances
between Broadcast Television
Networks and Internet Firms in the
Context of Convergence,” by L. Fang
and Chan-Olmsted received a Top
Paper Award. “Assessing the Changing
Network Television Market: A
Resource-based Analysis of Broadcast
Television Networks,” by Daphne
Landers (Ph.D. student) and ChanOlmsted, received a Second-Place
Paper Award.
Helga Williams and Sandi Chance
“Competitive Advantage of Broadband
Accomplishment Awards from the
university. Both were honored March Internet: A Comparative Study
between South Korea and the United
6 at a reception in the Friends of
States,” by C. Lee, and Chan-Olmsted,
Music Room in University
will be presented at the annual meeting
Auditorium.
of the Communication and Technology
RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS Division at the International
Congratulations to Sylvia Chan
Communication Association to be held
Olmsted, who has convention papers in San Diego, May 23-27. Chanaccepted and three new publications. Olmsted also will present, “When the
Two papers will be presented to the
Media Meet the Internet: Industry
Characteristics and Online
Publishing/broadcasting,” during a
refereed panel discussion at ICA.
“Diversification Strategy of Global
Media Conglomerates: Examining its
Patterns and Drivers,” with Byeng
Hee Chang (Ph.D. student), will be
published in the Journal of Media
Economics. “The Emerging
Broadband Television Market in the
United States: Assessing the Strategic
Differences between Cable Television
and Telephone Firms,” with Jae-Won
Kang (Ph.D. student), has been
accepted for publication in the
Journal of Interactive Advertising.
UPCOMING EVENTS
A “Faculty and Staff Appreciation
Breakfast” will be held March 26 as
part of Journalism and Communications College Council Week. Faculty
and staff members are invited to stop
by the third floor faculty lounge
9:30-10:30 a.m. for breakfast and to
meet the JCCC executive officers
and presidents of the College student
organizations.
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CONGRATULATIONS
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To Kaye D. Trammell and AnHaven Teachers’ Institute. She
drew Paul Williams (Ph.D. stuearned the B.A. in business and
To Juan-Carlos Molleda and
dents), who received second place in
economics from Albertus Magnus
coauthor Ana-María Suárez
the Broadcast Educators Association’s College in New Haven and is cur(Universidad de
Research in Progress Competition for rently enrolled in the M.B.A. proMedellín), who won
their paper, “Local News in a Global
gram offered by Saint Leo University.
the top paper award
Venue: A Trend Study of How Local
Donna succeeds LaWanna Reaves,
in the Business
News Stations’ Web Sites Deliver
who moved to WUFT as business
Sciences Division
Content, Offer Interactivity, Provide
manager at the end of January.
for the International,
Multi-media, and Generate Revenue.”
The Division of Graduate Studies
Interdisciplinary
Trammel and Williams will present
and Research welcomes Michelle
Public Relations
Juan-Carlos Molleda the paper at the BEA national conferBoyd, a new program assistant who
Research Conference
ence in Las Vegas.
will handle the admissions process.
to be held March 20-23 at the UniShe
versity of Miami. The authors
WELCOME TO COLLEGE
joins the
received a $500 cash award for their
Welcome to Donna Del Buco, who College
paper entitled, “The Role of Colomis the new business manager in the
after
bian Public Relations Professionals
College. working
as Agents of Social Transformation:
Del Buco for the
How the Country’s Crisis Forces
joined the past few
Professionals to Go Beyond ComCollege
months
Michelle Boyd
munication with Organizational
after
with Cromwell Associates, AccounPublics.” Molleda and Suárez also
serving
tants, Inc. Prior to that, Boyd
will present a paper titled, “Social
for over
handled graduate student admissions
Reports as a Measure of Effectivetwo
years
for UF’s College of Medicine for
Donna Del Buco
ness of the Public Relations Funcas coordinator of academic affairs
three years. Boyd replaces Pam
tion and Relationship Quality Asbudgets at Santa Fe Community ColHandley, who recently resigned to
sessment in Colombian Organizalege. Prior to that, she was at Yale
accept a position in the College of
tions.”
University as business manager for the Horticultural Sciences.
Molleda also has been invited to
Department of Anthropology and
visit Cuba to conduct a public
business manager for Yale’s Yale-New
relations research workshop in La
Havana, April 18-21, sponsored by
NEW YORK TRIP
the Cuban Public Relations Circle
Ten magazine students visited national magazines in New York City
and the University of Havana, and to
over spring break. They met with editors, art directors and photo
speak at the Second Hemispheric
directors to talk about the publishing industry and career opportunities
Conference of Public Relations, to
in magazines. Included in the trip were Popular Science, Glamour,
be held April 28-30, sponsored by
Latina,
Jane, People, In Style, Stuff, Men’s Health, AARP The Magathe Colombian Center of Public
zine and New York. The group traveled with Ted Spiker.
Relations and Organizational Communication.
To Mike Mitrook, who has two
papers accepted for presentation at
the upcoming ICA conference in San
Diego. The papers are titled, “Socially Desirable Response Patterns in
Computer-Administered Surveys,”
and, “A Longitudinal Time Series
Analysis of the Foreign Affairs
Issue: Agendas of the President, the
Media, the Public.”
Magazine students pose with Ted Spiker in New York City
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SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
FOR THE RECORD
Greg Smith will
be moderating a
panel titled, “Making Your Mark with
Enterprising Stories,” at the national
RTNDA convention
to be held in Las
Vegas, April
Greg Smith
7-9. Greg was
asked to moderate the panel based on
his RTNDA Communicator article,
“THINK
AHEAD, 10
Steps to Better
Enterprise
Reporting,”
published in
December.
Lisa Duke
has been
Lisa Duke
invited to speak on a panel discussing
aging and creativity at the upcoming
American Academy of Advertising
conference to be held March 27-30 in
Broomfield, Col.
Meg Lamme participated on a
panel titled, “Where
the Girls Are:
Pedagogical Issues
Surrounding the
Female Majority in
Journalism and
Meg Lamme Mass Communication Class
rooms,” at the AEJMC Southeast
Colloquium in Little Rock.
MARCH 24, 2003
To Linda Correll, whose ADV 4101 Copy and Visualization students
wrote commercials that swept the Missouri Broadcast Educators’ Student
Competition in the Audio Commercial Division. This is the third year in a
row that UF students have swept the Missouri competition. Southeast
Missouri State University’s radio students, under the direction of Bruce
Mims, provided production assistance.
Special congratulations to student Aimee Sable, whose commercial for Red
Bull captured First Place. The ad also received a Gold ADDY in the
Gainesville Ad Federation Student ADDY Competition.
ADDY AWARDS
Congratulations to Linda Correll and Elaine Wagner who had two winning
entries in the 2003 AAF District Four (Gainesville Advertising Federation)
ADDY Awards. Correll and Wagner’s poster for Seekonk (MA) Congregational Church was runner up to “Best of Show” in the Public Service Category and received a Silver ADDY. The local campaign for Seekonk Congregational Church, “Triumph of the Spirit” poster, postcard and program,
also received a Silver ADDY in the Public Service Category. Both entries
advance to the regional ADDY Competition.
In the Student Division, Journalism and Communications students performed well, receiving 27 awards out of 50 student entries. The winners are
listed below.
Category: Student Print Single
Gold ADDY:
Silver ADDY:
Katherine Cobb
Jordana Kava and Dawn Chartschlaa, Phi Anh
Nguyen, Matthew Zeifert, Sara Reynolds and Sharone
Likerman, and Kristen Zucks
Category: Student Radio Single
Gold ADDY:
Silver ADDY:
Aimee Sable and ADV 4101 Spring 2002 students
ADV 4101 Fall 2002 students
Category: Student Print Campaign
Gold ADDY:
Ashley Swanson and Lauren Oppenheimer, Jordana
Kava and Dawn Chartschlaa, Heather Frank, Jennifer
Markunas, Vanessa Gary and Kathryn McLean
Silver ADDY:
Brooke Mastro, James Sheedy, Lauren Oppenheimer,
Aimee Sable, Julia Thomas, Jennifer Markunas,
Nicole Keene, Brenda Silbergleit, Jennifer Gillingham
and Maurice Lewis, Ryan Brainard and Amber
Billman, Nicole Keene, and Ashley Swanson and
Lauren Oppenheimer
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NEW ARRIVAL
Congratulations to Pat Hayden on
the arrival of her new granddaughter,
Jocelyn Lillie Gibson. Jocelyn was
born January 28 to parents Narie
(Pat’s daughter) and Bobby Gibson
and sisters Madison and Chamberlain. The Gibsons live in Charleston,
S.C.
BEST WISHES
To Jaemin Jung (Ph.D. student),
who has accepted an assistant professor position at the University of West
Florida.
ON THE CALENDAR
March 24-25: Knight Division’s
Spring Job and Internship Fair
March 24-25: Scott Zamost, Telecommunication Hearst Visiting
Professional
April 3-4: Public Relations
Advisory Council
April 10: College Awards
Banquet: Reception 6 p.m.
April 25: College Retirement
Celebration 4-7 p.m.
May 3: Spring Graduation,
9 a.m.
May 3: Graduation Reception in
Atrium, 11 a.m.
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