Farewell to Scripps Hall
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
This is the season for bidding farewell. Faculty bid farewell to graduating seniors, seniors bid farewell to campus and classmates and yes, to their days as college students. It’s all bittersweet, especially as we prepare ourselves to bid farewell to dear old Scripps Hall.
Not that we aren’t watching with anticipation as the Schoonover Center for Communication is nearing completion for an August move-in. Yes, Schoonover is quite a sight to behold, and holds much promise.
April 26, 2013 | comments (0)
PhD student Pamela Walck has two conference presentations
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
PhD student Pamela Walck has two conference papers to her credit this spring.
In March, she presented her paper “Selling a Double Victory: How the Pittsburgh Courier Campaigned to Change America and the World” to the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference in New York City.
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April 23, 2013 | comments (0)
PhD student Clay Carey has publication, three conference papers
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
PhD student Michael “Clay” Carey has been busy with research.
He has the lead article in the spring 2013 issue of Journalism History: “Community Journalism in a Secret City: The Oak Ridge Journal, 1943-48.” The article examines the community newspaper of the town that did much of the secret war work to develop the atomic bomb. The newspaper could not, and did not, talk about the single issue that brought everyone together in the newly formed town of Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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April 23, 2013 | comments (0)
PhD student Ashley Furrow leads scholarly roundtable on sports news of a century ago
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Two chapters of PhD student Ashley Furrow’s dissertation were accepted for presentation at the Sixth Summit on Communication and Sport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 22-24.
The planning committee cited both of her manuscripts as Distinguished Papers, and she was the only author to receive this honor.
April 11, 2013 | comments (0)
PhD student Amanda Weed publishes in Business Case Journal
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism doctoral student Amanda J. Weed is lead author of a case study published in the fall/winter 2013 issue of Business Case Journal.
The case, co-authored by Assistant Professor Craig Davis, is titled “American Apparel and the ‘XLent’ Contest.
April 11, 2013 | comments (0)
Paper by two MS students to be given in London
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism master’s degree students Sagar Atre and Naubet Bissenov have co-authored a research paper, “Coverage of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Conflict of 2010 in selected American Newspapers,” accepted for presentation at the International Communication Association conference.
Bissenov will present the paper in London in June. The paper was written for Dr. Yusuf Kalyango’s graduate-level media and conflicts class.
April 11, 2013 | comments (0)
Scripps College of Communication students bring home SPJ awards
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Students from the Schools of Journalism and Visual Communication brought home 11 SPJ Region 4 awards this past weekend, four of which were for first-place.
The Mark of Excellence awards honor the best in student journalism. Students may enter their work published or broadcast in campus and community media from the previous year.
April 8, 2013 | comments (0)
Betzner heading to Japan for summer reporting program
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Congratulations to Jacob Betzner, who is among the nine college students from across the nation taking part in an all-expenses reporting trip to Japan later this summer. The Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Founcation.
Here’s the language from the foundation’s press release:
Betzner is a junior journalism and economics double major pursuing a certificate in East Asian studies at Ohio University. After returning from Japan, he will intern at News Radio 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh. He has completed internships with the Observer-Reporter Newspaper and WJPA 95.3 FM/1450 AM in his hometown of Washington, Pa.
April 4, 2013 | comments (0)
Hagen (BSJ ’73) receives Hortin award
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Paul Hagen was on campus this week to talk baseball with students in Molly Yanity’s Sports Writing class. He also walked away with the school’s L.J. Hortin Distinguished Alumnus Award.
If you’ve been following baseball news lately, you probably know that he’s already received the J.G. Spink Award, which means he’ll be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in July.
March 26, 2013 | comments (0)
PRSSA chapter gets heaps of praise, stays on the run
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Here’s an official shout-out to our super-star Hugh M. Culbertson chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America.
If you’re already familiar with the chapter’s activities, you’ll agree that there are numerous reasons to shine the spot light on these students.
