Category: School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Public relations is often confused with marketing and advertising, but public relations is a completely separate entity that deals with the likeness of an image and a businesses relation with their customers as well as employees. Public relations is not concerned with making sales, rather creating trust and a likable image. In specific, Public Relations...

This is what it looks like to earn a multimedia journalism degree and what careers it can earn you. When choosing a major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication here at Drake you might be wondering what goes into attaining a multimedia journalism degree. But first, what is multimedia journalism? Multimedia journalism is...

Wednesday: Teja Bell to present at 7 p.m. Teja Bell, a guitarist, New Age musician, and Zen master, will be the final speaker in a series of events that the SJMC is hosting to explore human inspiration and innovation. Bell graduated from North High, attended Drake, and teaches meditation for mental and physical health. He will be on...

Make 2023 the year you start taking short-form video seriously. TikTok has changed social media. It’s no longer about who can build the biggest following, but rather who can create the best content on a consistent basis. Professor Chris Snider is teaming up with Des Moines creator Brad Podray to teach this one-day workshop at...

Tomorrow: Q&A with legendary reporter and Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecturer, Bob Woodward Bob Woodward has graciously agreed to do a Q&A with students, faculty, and staff from 4 – 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Capacity is limited to 150 people for this event, so please contact Lindsay Gilbert at Lindsay.gilbert@drake.edu...

Awards Update Last week we announced the 2023 nominees for Outstanding Achievement in the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Upper Midwest Foundation Student Production Awards. We regretfully omitted Kristen Arias and Hannah Gromen who were also producers of “Type A,” nominated in the Fiction category. Congratulations to Kristen Arias, Hannah Grommen, Miles Fritz,...

Awards, Awards, and More Awards: Congrats to Colson Thayer who scored second place in the Best News/Editorial Original Feature Story category of the Midwest Free Community Papers Awards for his Cityview piece “The Return of Record Shops.” You can check out the story here.  Congratulations to Miles Fritz and Abby Schindel for their production “Type...

BEA Student Networking Night, March 8, 7 p.m. (CST) BEA student members are invited to participate in an evening of networking with broadcast executives, recruiters, producers, news directors, engineers, sales executive, anchors, reporters, manager and MORE. Companies invited include Hearst Television, Nexstar Media Group, TEGNA Inc, Walt Disney, Cox Media Group, Salem Media group, Cumulus...

Want to get a glimpse into the lives of your Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication professors and staff? Most of them are on BeReal and actively posting/ Give them a follow (note: links only work on mobile): erickadae – Eric Adaeadprofhenry – Sandy Henryjkonfrst – Jennifer Konfrstrealamccoy – Amy McCoypnutz61 – Timm Pilchercsnider...

SJMC students earn top honors in major competitions A Racial Justice PSA created by Dylan Deangelo, Abby King, McCade Gowdy and Aaron Khan-Gumm won Gold at the American Advertising Federation of Des Moines competition. They will advance to the District competition later this spring. Amelia Sims and Kendall Hunt won a silver award in direct...