Category: School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Student publications are finalists for top awards Drake student publications are once again finalists for some of the nation’s top collegiate journalism awards. Drake Magazine and Urban Plains, the senior capstone website, are two of the 30 finalists for Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker awards for online publications. The print edition of Drake Magazine was also...

Student media to host activities fair Student media organizations will host an activities fair on Thursday, Sept. 1, 4-7 p.m. on Helmick Commons. Stop by to explore the many opportunities to get involved in student media, including campus publications and broadcast, PR, advertising and communications organizations. The BIG Dream Gathering comes to Drake Drake is hosting The...

PR students present to community clients Kelly Leatherman presents her team’s plan to (from left) Mary Van Heukelom, Dr. Richard Deming and Brad Anderson from Above + Beyond Cancer. Students in multiple public relations classes presented course projects to community clients last week. Students in Professor Matt Thornton’s PR Planning and Management class presented publicity...

SJMC faculty participate in presidential inauguration In their academic regalia (from left): Carlyn Crowe, Catherine Staub, Kelly Bruhn, Kathleen Richardson, Grace Provenzano, Dorothy Pisarski and Matthew Thornton. SJMC faculty were well represented at the installation of “Marty” Martin as president of Drake University last Friday. In addition to faculty and staff who were in the...

Urban Plains 2015 wins regional SPJ awards The debut edition of the multimedia senior capstone website Urban Plains won three awards at the regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence awards: best online student publication, best use of multimedia and best online in-depth reporting. The winners advance to the national contest. Graves wins global...

The ideal Meredith Hall: More outlets, study spaces, coffee and . . . puppies The students have spoken. We put white boards up around the building and asked, “What would YOU like to see in a remodeled Meredith Hall?” The responses are below. Next step: We’ll be holding a few focus groups of students to get more...

Congrats to the PR Star 2016, Megan Johns Megan Johns was the winner of this year’s PR Star competition, with Madison McConnell a close second. Congratulations to all of the students who participated in this year’s competition. PR Star is an on-camera public relations competition where participants put their skills of thinking on your feet, communicating effectively, representing a...

Meredith Hall remodeling: What would you like to see? We’re considering a major remodeling of the basement and first floors of Meredith Hall, including converting a classroom on the main floor into a cutting edge digital production studio; converting some of the basement studio and control room space into a classroom and student collaboration space, and...

In a move sure to have a ripple effect across the entire industry, the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication announced today that it will now teach students to shoot and edit video entirely in a vertical format. “The numbers for vertical video are trending up,” said Dean Kathleen Richardson. “Do we want our...

Pop-up creative space Tuesday night Room 201 in the library is being transformed into a pop-up maker space on Tuesday night 6:30 to 9 p.m. Students will have an opportunity to create videos, explore podcasting, play with Legos, make stop-motion videos, use a photo studio and more. Several SJMC students will be running creative stations...