NYC business journalism trip opens doors to major media companies
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
This past week, JSchool students visiting New York met with business journalists at Bloomberg, the New York Times, Fox Business News, CNBC, and the Dow Jones Newswire/Wall Street Journal. And just for kicks they spent Friday afternoon on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
The “Journalism on Wall Street” trip, also available for course credit, was organized with the help of alumnus Marc Rosenweig (BSJ ’71), one of the creators of CNBC.
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May 30, 2011 | comments (0)
Two SUSI scholars will present research papers at AEJMC National Convention
by IIJ Ambassador, Assistant Professor, & Director of IIJ
With the academic assistance of several faculty members of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism , three original research papers written by two of the SUSI 2011 scholars have been accepted to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) National Convention. The annual conference will be held in St. Louis from Aug. 10 to Aug. 13.
The SUSI summer institute is funded by an annual renewable grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Study of the U.S. Branch in the Office of Academic Exchange Programs.
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May 24, 2011 | comments (0)
Master’s student Ashley Carnifax wins top paper award
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Ashley Carnifax, a Scripps master’s student from Melbourne, Fla., won the “Best Student Paper” award in the Magazine Division of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
Carnifax will present her paper, “Candid Conversations: A Content Analysis of the Subjects of the Playboy Interview,” at the AEJMC convention in August in St. Louis.
May 23, 2011 | comments (0)
Lecture on WikiLeaks open to the public
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
JSchool alumnus Jonathan Peters’ Kappa Tau Alpha Lecture will examine the strength of legal protections afforded Wikileaks.
Peters’ talk will be part of the KTA induction ceremony, during which new initiates join the honorary society associated with journalism education. Only students in the top ten percent of their graduating class are invited to join KTA. The program will be held on June 2 at 5 p.m. (Scripps 111). The ceremony is open to the public.
May 23, 2011 | comments (0)
Lowery discusses plans for The Post
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
A recent interview with Wes Lowery, incoming editor of The Post, sheds some insight into his plans for the upcoming year.
He also gave his “pitch” for why journalism students should work at The Post, and discussed plans for celebrating a major milestone in the newspaper’s history.
May 22, 2011 | comments (0)
Undergrads win first and third place in AEJMC international journalism contest
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Two JSchool students have won international journalism awards for stories written in Prof. Yusuf Kalyango’s Foreign Correspondence course.
Chu Yang‘s story, “Rap in the Name of Buddha,” took first place in the 2011 student international multimedia news story contest organized by the International Communication Division of the AEJMC.
May 20, 2011 | comments (0)
Scripps Students to Present 14 Research Papers at AEJMC
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Graduate students in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism have had a banner year for research, placing 14 sole-authored or co-authored papers on the program of the annual confernence of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
The papers underwent double-blind review, competing successfully against the work of not only other universities’ graduate students, but also papers written by university professors throughout the world.
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May 20, 2011 | comments (0)
Advising promotion materials created by JOUR338 students
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Students in Prof. Jatin Srivastava’s JOUR 338 courses helped us out this quarter by producing promotional material for our “get out the vote” (uh, show up for advising) campaign.
Here are the posters they created, which we’ll display in the Scripps Hall Atrium before the end of the quarter. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger version of the poster.
May 17, 2011 | comments (0)
Freshmen JSchool students reflect on year one
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
A recent conversation with one of our first-year students made me realize just how active journalism students can become in their freshman year.
That prompted me to do what I always seem to do: Make a video and post it to YouTube. This video is a compilation of several students’ reflections on their first three quarters here at Ohio University.
May 17, 2011 | comments (0)
JSchool’s alumni society wins top honors
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
This past week our Society of Alumni and Friends was named “Outstanding Society of the Year” among the 28 alumni societies here at Ohio University.
The society previously received awards for “Most Innovative Program” (for Senior Saturday in 2009) and a Philanthropic Award in 2010 for starting a scholarship. Last week’s recognition came at the OUAA’s Alumni Leadership Conference.
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May 16, 2011 | comments (0)
@FlareCode getting fired up
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
A digital company started by JSchool students Ian Bowman-Henderson and Niklos Salontay has been selected by 10X accelerator for $20K of start-up funding. But they could get 10 times that amount if they have a good summer.
Here’s the news from Nik:
May 12, 2011 | comments (0)
Alumni ‘givers’ featured in banquet video
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Last night at the Journalism Banquet we gave out more than $100K in scholarships for the coming year. A number of those scholarships were the result of financial gifts from alumni.
In this video, which was shown last evening, several of our generous alumni discuss why they’ve given money to help current students.
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May 12, 2011 | comments (0)
The difference one year can make
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
This has been a banner year for “sunshine” efforts here at Ohio University, culminating in the Ohio Sunshine Summit hosted on campus earlier this year.
Student and professional journalists attending the summit crafted a resolution calling for more access to university records here in the state of Ohio. That resolution was endorsed by the national SPJ and national RTNDA organizations. And our very own Evan Millward, a graduating broadcast journalism student, was given the Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Pro Chapter’s First Amendment Award.
May 10, 2011 | comments (1)
Ad Club team headed to nationals
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
In case you missed the news, OU’s advertising students are celebrating their third win in four years at the 5th District National Student Advertising Competition.
In this interview, Hilary Johnson and Prof. Craig Davis talk about this year’s campaign and the competition.
May 9, 2011 | comments (0)
Linke (BSJ ’41) still making his mark on the JSchool
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
This week the Richard O. Linke Scholarship will be awarded at the Journalism Banquet. Learn more about Linke in an interview posted on YouTube by Director Robert Stewart.
May 9, 2011 | comments (0)
Join INC pub ‘spilling’ about journalism
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Every other Thursday evening at 9 p.m. local time, SPJ INC-ers and anyone else can chime in on Twitter (#INCspills) for conversation about current topics in journalism.
Last Thursday they “spilled” on such topics as how the breaking news of Osama bin Laden’s death was covered. According to INC’s Sarah Grothjan, they also focused “on the multiple news outlets that broke news of the death before Obama confirmed it in his speech.”
May 9, 2011 | comments (0)
Alexander (BSJ ’72) inducted into Scripps College Hall of Fame
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Last week, esteemed alumnus Andy Alexander was recognized for his many career accomplishments as well as his service to the JSchool, the Scripps College and Ohio University.
