Author: Chris Snider (Chris Snider)

SJMC faculty participate in presidential inauguration In their academic regalia (from left): Carlyn Crowe, Catherine Staub, Kelly Bruhn, Kathleen Richardson, Grace Provenzano, Dorothy Pisarski and Matthew Thornton. SJMC faculty were well represented at the installation of “Marty” Martin as president of Drake University last Friday. In addition to faculty and staff who were in the...

Urban Plains 2015 wins regional SPJ awards The debut edition of the multimedia senior capstone website Urban Plains won three awards at the regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence awards: best online student publication, best use of multimedia and best online in-depth reporting. The winners advance to the national contest. Graves wins global...

The ideal Meredith Hall: More outlets, study spaces, coffee and . . . puppies The students have spoken. We put white boards up around the building and asked, “What would YOU like to see in a remodeled Meredith Hall?” The responses are below. Next step: We’ll be holding a few focus groups of students to get more...

Congrats to the PR Star 2016, Megan Johns Megan Johns was the winner of this year’s PR Star competition, with Madison McConnell a close second. Congratulations to all of the students who participated in this year’s competition. PR Star is an on-camera public relations competition where participants put their skills of thinking on your feet, communicating effectively, representing a...

Meredith Hall remodeling: What would you like to see? We’re considering a major remodeling of the basement and first floors of Meredith Hall, including converting a classroom on the main floor into a cutting edge digital production studio; converting some of the basement studio and control room space into a classroom and student collaboration space, and...

In a move sure to have a ripple effect across the entire industry, the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication announced today that it will now teach students to shoot and edit video entirely in a vertical format. “The numbers for vertical video are trending up,” said Dean Kathleen Richardson. “Do we want our...

Pop-up creative space Tuesday night Room 201 in the library is being transformed into a pop-up maker space on Tuesday night 6:30 to 9 p.m. Students will have an opportunity to create videos, explore podcasting, play with Legos, make stop-motion videos, use a photo studio and more. Several SJMC students will be running creative stations...

Leaders of 2016-17 student media chosen The Board of Student Communications has selected next year’s leaders of Drake’s independent student media organizations. They are: Katie Bandurski, editor in chief, Drake Magazine Jessica Lynk, editor in chief, The Times-Delphic Jenny Krane, editor in chief, The Annual Sarah LeBlanc, editor in chief, Drake Political Review Megan Ellis,...

Is study abroad in Chile in your future? Rosario Diaz, a representative from the International Relations Office at Drake’s partner university in Santiago, Universidad de los Andes, will be in the International Center on Tuesday, March 8, 3:30-4:30 p.m., to tell you about your options at UANDES. If the Tuesday time doesn’t work for you,...

Interested in 360-degree video and virtual reality? Professor Chris Snider is hosting a workshop Saturday, March 5, where you’ll have a chance to get hands-on with some new digital media tools. Specifically, you will have the chance to… • Shoot, edit and post 360-degree video using our 360 camera • Test out our Oculus Rift...