Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication professors will offer six classes during the 2015 January term - including two travel seminars.
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Return to Washington
Politics professor Rachel Caufield and journalism professor Jill Van Wyke are returning to Washington, D.C., in 2015 for another January term course. They will take Drake University students to the nation’s capital for two weeks to study the new Congress, particularly legislative gridlock, partisanship, and the likelihood of collaboration and compromise in policy-making. They’ll also...
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Prof. Inman Picks Top 5 at SXSW
By Jeff Inman, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Drake University AUSTIN, TEXAS – They call it Nerd Spring Break for a reason. Every March social media junkies, venture capital gurus, scruffy bearded programmers and would-be Mark Zuckerbergs all converge on downtown Austin for South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive. While the annual SXSW convention covers more that...
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iPhone video workshop is March 29
Professor Chris Snider will teach a workshop about shooting and editing video on your iPhone (and similar mobile device) on March 29. Where: Room 104 Meredith Hall When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 29 Why: Chris has been testing out various tools for creating mobile video this semester as a part of Drake University’s...
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Professor Pisarski plans J-Term travel class to Poland in 2015
Professor Dorothy Pisarski will be taking a class of Drake University students to Poland in January 2015 as a part of Drake’s J-Term. Ethnographic Exploration of Poland (JMC133) students will study and work in small groups. Each group will have a consumer product category to focus on. They will explore how it is advertised and...
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Drake Advertising Student Wins Best of Show
SJMC Senior Sean Hall received a Gold ADDY and the Student Best of Show award at the annual American Advertising Federation of Des Moines American Advertising Awards show, held February 22. Hall’s entry, a TV spot for Tone’s Spices, “A Dash A Day,” was created as part of a project in JMC141 – Advertising Creative...
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Video: The 8 Truths of Journalism Today
Tanner Stransky, senior editor at HBO Digital & Social Media, and Rachel DeSchepper, director of digital content at AllYou.com, presented “The 8 Truths of Journalism Today: Surviving in a Constantly Changing Media Environment,” at Drake University on Feb. 19, 2014, in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Starsky and DeSchepper are Drake School of Journalism and...
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How to apply for the Professor Richard Tapscott Reporting Award
The Professor Richard Tapscott Reporting Award comes from funds donated by friends and former students of the late Rick Tapscott, who taught SJMC reporting and writing classes from 2007 until his death in December 2013. The Tapscott Award recognizes journalism work that reflects the values Rick tried to instill in his students: curiosity, accuracy, integrity, humanity,...
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Advertising Students Participate in Student Ad Summit
Drake Advertising students among 300 participants in 16th annual Student Advertising Summit
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JMC 114 class awarded 2013 Silver Telly
The Telly Awards has named Drake University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Advanced Video Production class as a Silver Award winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards for their piece titled “Emerging Media SJMC Promo.” With nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor. “The Telly Awards...