Student Innovation Showcase

The Student Innovation Showcase will return this year, featuring innovative projects and research conducted in spring or fall of 2015. One faculty member and up to three students from each participating team will receive free conference registrations if selected to participate in the showcase.

A faculty member or administrator must submit the project on behalf of the students by Dec. 15. Winning submitters will be notified by Dec 22. See guidelines for more information.

Guidelines

The J/i 2016 planning committee is now accepting proposals from faculty who wish to bring a student or team of students to the Journalism Interactive 2016 conference to present an innovative project or research they carried out in the Spring or Fall of 2015. One faculty member and up to three students on participating teams will receive free registration to the 2016 conference if selected to participate in the Student Innovation Showcase.

The showcase gives faculty a chance to reward student achievement by allowing them to present to a broad audience of professionals, faculty and other students. A panel of professionals will evaluate and comment on each submission during the event.

Tell us about your innovation. Are students collaborating on an innovative journalism project? Perhaps they’re experimenting with wearables, creating a prototype for a new method of content distribution or using social, mobile or big data tools to inform, engage and help them better understand a particular audience.

Rules:

• A faculty member or administrator must submit a project on behalf of the students prior to midnight on December 15.
• The project should be one that was started in Spring or Fall 2015.
• A team from each of the sponsoring schools will select presenters representing a diverse group of high-quality, innovative, student-driven projects.
• Winning submissions will be notified by Dec. 22, 2015.
• One faculty member and up to three students on participating teams will receive free registration to the J/i 2016 conference. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodations.
• Only students will be allowed to present their project or research at the event.

For more information contact Randy Bennett, executive director of external relations, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications: [email protected], 352-273-1223.

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