A letter from the dean A series of incidents over the past few weeks have attempted to make members of our Drake community feel attacked or unwelcome. All of us in SJMC must stand up and make it clear that while we celebrate and encourage freedom of expression, bigotry of any sort has no place...
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Pulitzer-winning Drake SJMC alum to speak Nov. 26
Tom Hallman Jr., a 1977 Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication alum and a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer for the Portland Oregonian, will speak on Monday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room, 2725 University Ave. During “An Evening of Storytelling,” Hallman will share his stories, discuss the art of...
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Drake student journalism work wins national honors
Drake Magazine has received the top award in college journalism, winning a national Pacemaker honor at the recent Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association convention in Louisville, Ky. Urban Plains, the multimedia website produced by Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication seniors, also won Associated Collegiate Press awards: Second place, multimedia feature: Urban Plains, Katherine...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Nov. 5, 2018
Drake Magazine, Urban Plains win national honors Drake Magazine has received the top award in college journalism, winning a national Pacemaker honor at the recent Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association convention in Louisville, Ky. Urban Plains, the multimedia website produced by Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication seniors, also won Associated Collegiate Press...
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Drake students finalists for PR News student, intern of year
Drake seniors Katrina Sletten and Ellen Converse have been named finalists for the national PR News People Awards. Sletten is a finalist for PR Student of the Year and Converse is nominated for Intern of the Year. The winners will be named at the annual PR People Awards Luncheon on Dec. 4 at the National...
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SJMC to host speaker from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eric Schmalz, the community manager for the History Unfolded project at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will speak on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater of Drake’s Olmsted Center, 2875 University Ave. Schmalz’s talk is entitled, “The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown: Newspapers, Op-Eds and American Responses to Anti-Semitism.” It will address the role the...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 29, 2018
Cool jobs, snacks and . . . Griff! Celebrate all things Drake SJMC this week with snacks in the back lobby of Meredith Hall! This year’s JMC Days also coincides with Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Week, sponsored by the Innovation Studio and Entrepreneurship at Drake. Some of the events on tap this week: Cool Jobs Expo, tonight,...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 22, 2018
JMC Days, Innovation Week events scheduled The week of Oct. 29 is both JMC Days, the annual celebration of all things SJMC, and Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Week, the brainchild of the Pappajohn Innovation Studio and Entrepreneurship at Drake. Some of the events scheduled: SJMC Cool Jobs Expo, Monday, Oct. 29, 5-7 p.m. in various...
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Drake students, alums shine at local PR conference
Drake students and alums were front and center at the Public Relations Society of America Central Iowa Chapter’s annual conference on Oct. 18 at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield headquarters in downtown Des Moines. Guest speakers included Andy Gerlt, JO’02, senior director of global innovation communications of Visa, and Emily Abbas, JO’97, MCL’09, senior...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 15, 2018
Advertising class visits local agency The Advertising Account Planning class visited Trilix agency to learn about their use of research in developing consumer understandings for strategic media planning. Alumna Haley Austin, bottom right, the Digital Media Specialist at Trilix, ran the session and then led students through a tour of the agency. 100 attend SJMC-hosted talk by...