Julia Keller to join faculty
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller will be leaving The Chicago Tribune to join us this coming fall as the Scripps Howard Visiting Professional. Keller won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.
May 15, 2012 | comments (0)
Journalist in Residence returns to campus to teach CAR
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Sometimes you turn a negative into a positive. That’s what we did last week when Greg Korte’s bosses at USA Today required him to take a one-week furlough because of a budget crunch.
We hired Greg to spend a week with our students teaching them his computer-assisted reporting skills. On Friday, he sat down with me at the end of his J-in-R week to discuss his classroom (and outside of the class) experiences:
May 7, 2012 | comments (0)
Scholarships announced at 2012 banquet
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Every year at our banquet we hand out journalism scholarships to outstanding students. This year we awarded more than $130,000. We also recognize our top graduating seniors. Here’s the list of this year’s awardees. Congratulations!
Listen to the banquet awards program.
May 7, 2012 | comments (0)
Chinese MS students get VOA, Hollywood Reporter Internships
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
May 3, 2012 | comments (0)
Grad students learn value of personal brand
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Branding isn’t for just for companies anymore. In today’s job market, creating a personal brand can be a key asset that sets you apart from the competition.
On April 27, the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism hosted “Building Brand ‘You,’” a graduate student seminar about creating a personal brand. The seminar featured keynote speaker Pete Costanzo, Jr., co-founder of Cincinnati-based Marsh Brand Partners. Costanzo, a branding expert with more than 20 years of experience, shared the steps to create an “authentic, simple and consistent” personal brand that would give graduate students a strategic advantage as a job applicant.
Costanzo revealed key elements of managing a personal brand in numerous areas including networking, social media, resume design, and the interview process.
“There was a lot of good information and it definitely gave me some points to chew on as I enter the next stage of my life,” said master’s student Kerry Kubilius.
