Nearly 4,000 votes were cast online in what happened to be a very close competition. When the dust settled (and all the hanging chads were taken into account) the BLUE TEAM won War on the Floor by a margin of about 200 votes.
Author: Chris Snider (Chris Snider)
Drake Students Win IBNA Awards
Four Drake Broadcast News students received five first-place radio news contest awards from the Iowa Broadcast News Association at the group's annual convention May 2 in Johnston.
DrakeLINE’s “Relays” Newscast from April 28
DrakeLINE is the capstone newscast for Electronic Media majors. Today’s program is produced by Laura Hoeft, directed by Colin Coomer, and anchored by Jess Hoffert and Paige Hulsey.
Help Drake team win War on the Floor
Voting is now open for War on the Floor. Vote for the Blue team (the Drake team).
PRSSA wins Drake Relays street painting award
Drake's PRSSA won the President's Award during the 2011 Drake Relays Street Painting.
Tyler O’Neil wins Register award
Senior Tyler O'Neil, a reporting intern with the Des Moines Register, won the quarterly "Best of the Register" award for breaking news.
Watch DrakeLINE from April 21
DrakeLINE is the capstone newscast for Electronic Media majors. Today's program is produced by Aaron Gernes, directed by Colin Coomer and anchored by Paige Hulsey.
Barger wins design awards for Think 2010
Emily Barger won two first-place awards Monday in the University of Missouri Student Society of News Design contest.
Watch DrakeLINE from April 14
DrakeLINE is the capstone newscast for Electronic Media majors. Today’s program is produced by Jessica Nguyen, directed by Colin Coomer and anchored by Jess Hoffert.
Student Auditions for KCCI as Traffic Reporter
Broadcast News junior-to-be Cassie Bishop became the fourth of seven Central Iowans chosen for on-air tryouts to join KCCI’s morning news team as traffic reporter.