JMC Days will take place Oct. 21-25. All week long Treats in the Meredith breezeway! Lunch with SJMC Mentors: First year SJMC majors are invited to have lunch with members of the SJMC Advisory Council. Sign up through JMC30 and David Wright. Guest speakers in classes: All students are invited to sit in on other...
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Why we bought a drone
SJMC Professors Chris Snider and Lori Blachford discuss why the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication bought a drone. The drone was purchased by the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies. Video by SJMC students Annelise Tarnowski and Cameron Johnson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXGiUkva9qg
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Students report on Vice President Biden’s Iowa visit
Indianola, Iowa – Several journalism students rubbed elbows Sunday with state and national politicians and with members of the national press corps. The occasion was the 36th annual steak fry hosted by Sen. Tom Harkin, and this year’s keynote speaker was Vice President Joe Biden. Also speaking was San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who delivered...
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DSLR photography workshop at Drake Sept. 28
Professor Chris Snider will host a DSLR photography workshop at Meredith Hall on Drake University's campus on Sept 28. The workshop is sponsored by the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies at Drake University.
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Seven magazine awards for Drake students
Drake University students claimed seven awards in a magazine contest conducted by the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The awards were handed out Saturday at the national AEJMC convention in Washington, D.C. Drake students won first place in two categories. Man Up won the Single Issue Magazine Editorial award and Rachel Weeks...
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Summer Internships: Magazine Majors Get to Work
Drake’s magazine majors will have plenty of stories to tell about how they spent their summers. From Des Moines to New York to Dallas to Kansas City, to name a few, students are putting their communication skills to work in magazine journalism, e-commerce, social media, public relations, marketing, and human resources. See the list below....
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Web design students publish portfolio sites
Students in Chris Snider’s Web Page Design class created portfolio website using the WordPress content management system this semester. Here are some examples of their work:
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Remund named Plank Center Fellow
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has named assistant professor Dave Remund, Ph.D., APR, one of its Educator Fellows for 2013. This selective program brings together scholars and practitioners for two weeks each summer, to help bridge the gap between public relations practice and education. Remund will spend his fellowship in Birmingham, Ala.,...
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DrakeLINE Newscast Closes Its 15th Season
Twenty-three Electronic Media seniors executed the last of 12 successful capstone newscasts May 9. Students began producing DrakeLINE during alternate Spring Semesters in 1993. More recently the activity has occurred each Spring.
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SJMC Reunion Photos
Check out the photos from the SJMC Alumni Reunion that took place over Drake Relays weekend, April 26-27. Friday, alums gathered in Meredith Hall. Saturday, the party shifted to Jasper Winery. Thanks to the university’s Office of Alumni Relations for organizing the events.