Leaders of 2016-17 student media chosen The Board of Student Communications has selected next year’s leaders of Drake’s independent student media organizations. They are: Katie Bandurski, editor in chief, Drake Magazine Jessica Lynk, editor in chief, The Times-Delphic Jenny Krane, editor in chief, The Annual Sarah LeBlanc, editor in chief, Drake Political Review Megan Ellis,...
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SJMC Monday Memo | March 7, 2016
Is study abroad in Chile in your future? Rosario Diaz, a representative from the International Relations Office at Drake’s partner university in Santiago, Universidad de los Andes, will be in the International Center on Tuesday, March 8, 3:30-4:30 p.m., to tell you about your options at UANDES. If the Tuesday time doesn’t work for you,...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 29, 2016
Interested in 360-degree video and virtual reality? Professor Chris Snider is hosting a workshop Saturday, March 5, where you’ll have a chance to get hands-on with some new digital media tools. Specifically, you will have the chance to… • Shoot, edit and post 360-degree video using our 360 camera • Test out our Oculus Rift...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 22, 2016
Urban Plains wins BEA “Best of Festival” award Urban Plains — the 2015 senior capstone website for the SJMC magazine, news and electronic media students — has won the student interactive multimedia “Best of Festival” award at this year’s Broadcast Education Association contest. The BEA Festival of Media Arts is an international refereed exhibition of faculty...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 15, 2016
Stop by Mer. 119 and say hello to Mallory Quinn! Mallory Quinn, who has been hired to replace Carla McCrea as the SJMC dean’s assistant, comes to us from Iowa State University, where she was an academic adviser in the college of engineering. Mallory is already familiar with Drake, however, because she is working on her master’s...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 8, 2016
Stop by Mer. 119 and sign Carla’s retirement card SJMC dean’s assistant Carla McCrea is retiring on Wednesday after 28 years at Drake. Stop by her office, Mer. 119, to say goodbye and sign her retirement card. SJMC students win Iowa college media awards SJMC students won 25 awards last week in the Iowa College Media...
Publications win statewide awards
The Times-Delphic, Urban Plains and Drake Magazine won a total of 25 awards, including nine first-place honors, in the Iowa College Media Association contest. The Times-Delphic won 10 awards: First place Investigative story, Sarah Fulton Headline writing, Courtney Fishman Second place News photo, Cody Frost Social media, Tim Webber, Courtney Fishman and Jake Bullington Third...
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Visiting Professional Series – Carlos Ibarra
On Tuesday, February 16 at 7 p.m., the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies will host Carlos Ibarra — producer, writer, actor and runner — for our Visiting Professional Series. Ibarra and a small team of young filmmakers produced a short documentary series, “Run Carlos Run,” that features Ibarra’s run across America and the stories...
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Summer journalism camp at Drake University – July 6-9, 2016
The Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication will be hosting a summer journalism camp at Drake University in Des Moines July 6-9, 2015. Registration is now open for the camp. Media Now Drake will include intense training for high school journalism students ready to take their digital media skills to the next level....
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 1, 2016
Welcome to Caucus Day 2016! SJMC students are getting a front row seat to the political action by helping out with media and campaigns all over town — and being the first in line at 4 a.m. this morning to be in the “studio audience” for NPR’s “Morning Edition” at Smokey Row coffee house east of campus (above)....