Category: School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Good luck on finals and have a great summer! SJMC internship coordinator honored for community service SJMC internship coordinator Carlyn Crowe has been honored with the university’s annual Madelyn M. Levitt Distinguished Community Service Award. The award honors a Drake faculty member or employee who demonstrates a personal commitment to volunteerism and community service through an...

Ad capstone hosts alumni The advertising capstone class hosted a professional panel with four alumni who work in various aspects of the ad industry.  Visiting were (from left) Jason Wells, JO’04 (Trilix), Peter Zemansky, JO’12 (Two Rivers), Haley Austin, JO’15 (Trilix), and Danny Herzberg, JO’15 (Stelter). Take an online summer class Six SJMC classes are...

Volunteers needed for On Painted Street The application is open for students to take over Drake’s student-led Instagram account @OnPaintedStreet. A different student takes over this account each week, all year. The summer dates will be from May 21 through Aug. 27. The summer accounts typically show off the cool internships and other opportunities that Drake...

Seniors, we have a gift for you! Seniors can pick up their SJMC coffee mug from Shari Tenney in Mer. 118. Internship workshop on April 30 How do you maximize your internship experience to further your career? Come hear from a panel of pros and students who’ll talk up networking, journaling, building your portfolio, professional...

SJMC student wins two Midwest Emmys Anna Steenson, digital media production senior, won two Emmys at last week’s Upper Midwest National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2018 awards contest. She won in both the Animation/Graphics/Special Effects and Director categories of the college/university contest. Anna won awards in last year’s contest as well.  Drake rakes in...

Documentary filmmaker alum to speak, meet with students Jon Bowermaster, JO’76, will discuss his career as a National Geographic adventure journalist, filmmaker and environmental activist at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Mer. 101. The speech is titled “From Journalism to Advocacy: 30 Years Reporting on the Planet’s Health.”  Bowermaster is founder of Oceans 8 Films, reporting...

Welcome to PR Week! PR Week is dedicated to understanding and networking in the communication and professional industry. All events are open to the public! Monday: Guest speaker Catherine Huggins, chief advisor to Gov. Kim Reynolds (Mer. 102 at 5 p.m.) Tuesday: Resume and portfolio critique (Mer. 102 at 6 p.m.) featuring SJMC alum Corey Carlson,...