Drake SJMC advertising students will be in Poland Jan. 3-18 to study advertising in the country. Students attending JMC133 International Advertising during J-Term are divided into six groups. Each group will focus on a particular product category while studying in Poland. Students and professors will be blogging during the trip. Follow the main Ad Studies...
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2012 E-Media Holiday Newsletter Available
The annual Holiday Newsletter compiled by SJMC’s Electronic Media faculty is ready for inspection. Feel free to forward the link to classmates who may have become disconnected. Thanks to you who contributed information about your professional and personal lives during the past 12 months. Happy Holidays!
Web design students create portfolio sites
A total of 39 students created online portfolios using the Wordpress content management system in this semester's J105 Web Design class.
Drake grad’s film to play Sunday at Fleur
Scrooge & Marley, a modern-day adaptation of the classic “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, will be showing at The Fleur Cinema on Sunday, Dec. 9. Scrooge & Marley brings a fresh LGBT twist to the timeless story of a man’s redemption on Christmas, and is a perfect treat for audiences of all ages and...
Public Relations students take on civility
Our public relations senior capstone students are addressing the idea of civility in Des Moines for their capstone class this school year. Learn more about their project in this story from WHO-HD.
Students create digital startup men’s magazine
The Drake University senior magazines majors have reinvented their capstone project by creating a startup men’s magazine for the iPad. Man Up magazine is now available on the iPad and as a condensed app on iPhones and Android phones.
Drake named top 50 journalism school
The website College Media Matters has named Drake University as one of the top 50 journalism schools in the U.S. for 2013.
Remund publishes leadership advice on addressing information overload
Assistant professor Dave Remund, Ph.D., APR, has published two chapters in the newly released book, Information Overload: An International Challenge for Professional Engineers and Technical Communicators, from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The primary chapter for which Remund served as lead author analyzes the phenomenon of information overload within organizations. He offers advice on how...
R-TV, B News and BSM Alumni Updates Sought
Personal and professional updates are requested of Radio-Television, Broadcast News, and Broadcast Sales & Management graduates for the E-Media Holiday Newsletter.
Clear Channel’s Van Harden Hosts JMC73 Class
Newsradio 1040 WHO Program Director and morning co-host Van Harden told the Radio News class digital technology has brought the greatest change to the profession since he began his career at Perry, Iowa’s, radio station. Harden’s media career has included stops in Tulsa radio and 10 years as mid-day host for KRNT-AM, Des Moines. The...