University of Iowa Ph.D. candidate Ryan Stoldt will join the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication in fall 2021 as an assistant professor of advertising. Stoldt previously worked as a digital marketing professional. Stoldt’s teaching and research interests focus on how data is used to make decisions in creative industries. He primarily teaches...
Drake hosts first career conference this week Drake University has created its first Career Conference with you in mind. And with SJMC alums ready to help enhance your career journey. A positive impact of operating in a virtual environment is the ability to connect in new ways and with experts who in the past were...
Drake student places 6th in national Hearst writing contest Ashley Flaws, a December 2019 SJMC graduate, has placed in the top 10 in the national Hearst Explanatory Writing Competition. Drake SJMC currently is in first place in the annual Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition after two Drake students also won awards in the feature writing contest...
Ashley Flaws, a December 2019 graduate of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has placed in the top 10 in the national Hearst Explanatory Writing Competition. Drake SJMC currently is in first place in the annual Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition after two Drake students won awards in the 2020 feature writing contest. Ashley...
Two Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) students are among the three Drake semi-finalists this year for the post-graduate Fulbright Scholarship: Lucius Pham (SJMC) is a semi-finalist for an English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea Elijah Rockhold (Arts and Sciences) is a semi-finalist for an English Teaching Assistantship in France Delainey Thorud (SJMC)...
Former SJMC professor Joe R. Patrick dies Longtime SJMC professor and associate dean Joe R. Patrick died this weekend just a few weeks shy of his 97th birthday. We lost a great journalist, a good man and a legendary teacher and mentor who taught the art of editing to generations of Drake students. He was...
“Grace bats last.”— Author Anne Lamott Meredith Corp. scholarships available for magazine majors A variety of awards are available to Drake students seeking magazine media degrees. Included is the prestigious $5,000 Karyl Van scholarship, which entails five hours per week of work in the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies. The Karyl Van scholarship is awarded...
“Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.”— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drake career development events jump-start your future Network and connect with alumni over J-Term and beyond: In the spirit of fostering connections between alumni and current students, Drake has launched a new initiative on LinkedIn, #NetworkwithDrake. Using the hashtag #NetworkwithDrake, you can search LinkedIn...
2015 Drake alum covers attack on Congress SJMC alum Meagan Flynn, JO’15, a staff writer at The Washington Post, had a history-making role last week: She shared a byline on the Post‘s front-page story about the mob takeover of the U.S. Capitol. Meagan has been at the Post since 2018. She previously worked for newspapers...
Welcome to 2021. We hope that you all had some time to rest and recharge over winter break, and that you are as excited to see what the new year brings as we are! — The faculty and staff of the Drake SJMC Jump into January! Multiple departments around campus have put together a series...