IIJ Visit to Istanbul and Eskisehir in Turkey
by IIJ Ambassador, Assistant Professor, & Director of IIJ
SUSI 2011 scholar, Prof. Dr. Erol Nezih Orhon, organized a campus tour of Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey for the delegation led by the director of the Institute for International Journalism (IIJ) and professor of journalism, Dr. Yusuf Kalyango. The IIJ’s mission to Anadolu University was to survey possible cooperative opportunities between the College of Communication & Journalism and the IIJ in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.The visiting team from the IIJ included Dr. Petya Eckler from the University of Iowa. Professor Eckler is a member of the advisory board of IIJ.
Dr. Orhon’s student also organized a city tour of Istanbul as well as the city of Eskisehir for Dr. Kalyango. The domestic travel from Istanbul to Anadolu University, Eskisehir was personally funded by Nezih Orhon and his university.
posted in: Anadolu University, IIJ, Istanbul, SUSI 2011, Turkey
July 20, 2011 | comments (0)
2011 Grammar/Social Media ‘bootcamp’
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Our first-ever Society of Alumni and Friends “bootcamp” brought more than two dozen alumni back to campus last weekend to hone their grammar chops and update their social media skills.
None other than Prof. Emeritus Dru Evarts conducted the grammar session, and 2010 alumnus Ryan Lytle of U.S. News & World Report presented the branding workshop that he gave to our seniors at the most recent Senior Saturday.
posted in: alumni, bootcamp, scrippsjschool
July 16, 2011 | comments (0)
Cheng returns from visiting professorship in Japan
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
The timing of Prof. Hong Cheng’s visiting professorship to Chubu, Japan couldn’t have been more remarkable.
Even before the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the island nation earlier this year, Prof. Cheng was making plans to head to Japan for spring quarter to do research and give guest lectures.
July 15, 2011 | comments (0)
2011 SUSI scholars come from far and wide
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
This year’s 17 “Study of the U.S. Institute” scholars hail from nearly every continent on the globe.
This is the second year of what we hope will be (at least) a three-summer program of hosting journalism educators from around the world.
July 14, 2011 | comments (0)
IIJ Delegation at Health & Development Comm. Conference in Kenya
by IIJ Ambassador, Assistant Professor, & Director of IIJ
In order to improve health communication in Africa, several institutions, including the Institute for International Journalism (IIJ) at Ohio University, organized the 2011 International Health and Development Communication Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The IIJ delegation held training workshops and presentations at the conference.
Given the inconsistency between the generation and dissemination of health information, the conference aims to provide an efficient collaboration between health practitioners, both those who have experience in health and journalism and those who have the ability to disseminate that expertise.
posted in: Conference, Development, Health, IIJ, Kenya
July 7, 2011 | comments (0)
Interns get bylines in major pubs
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
So far this summer we’ve had two JSchool students getting bylines in major publications.
A story about flooding in Colombia, written by Adam Liebendorfer, recently was published in the Washington Post. Liebendorfer is one of this year’s John R. Wilhelm Foreign Correspondence Program interns.
