Assistant professor David Remund, Ph.D., APR, has published an article in Teaching Public Relations, the peer-reviewed journal of the Public Relations Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The article, titled Scholar as Social Connector, advises public relations professors how to connect theory with practice in this fast-changing digital age, in...
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25 things you may not know about our new faculty member, Jennifer Glover Konfrst
This fall, Jennifer Glover Konfrst will join the School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an assistant professor, teaching public relations and also a few courses within the SJMC core curriculum. We asked Professor Konfrst to share 25 things about herself, so that we could all get to know her better. Here’s the list: 1....
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Summer Internships: Magazine Majors Get to Work
Drake’s magazine majors will have plenty of stories to tell about how they spent their summers. From Des Moines to New York to Dallas to Kansas City, to name a few, students are putting their communication skills to work in magazine journalism, e-commerce, social media, public relations, marketing, and human resources. See the list below....
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Web design students publish portfolio sites
Students in Chris Snider’s Web Page Design class created portfolio website using the WordPress content management system this semester. Here are some examples of their work:
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Remund named Plank Center Fellow
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has named assistant professor Dave Remund, Ph.D., APR, one of its Educator Fellows for 2013. This selective program brings together scholars and practitioners for two weeks each summer, to help bridge the gap between public relations practice and education. Remund will spend his fellowship in Birmingham, Ala.,...
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DrakeLINE Newscast Closes Its 15th Season
Twenty-three Electronic Media seniors executed the last of 12 successful capstone newscasts May 9. Students began producing DrakeLINE during alternate Spring Semesters in 1993. More recently the activity has occurred each Spring.
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SJMC Reunion Photos
Check out the photos from the SJMC Alumni Reunion that took place over Drake Relays weekend, April 26-27. Friday, alums gathered in Meredith Hall. Saturday, the party shifted to Jasper Winery. Thanks to the university’s Office of Alumni Relations for organizing the events.
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Blachford Judge for National Magazine Awards
The National Magazine Awards were handed out earlier this month in New York City. Among the highlights: New York was named magazine of the year; National Geographic captured four awards, including the prize for top tablet magazine; Vogue won its first general excellence award in the service and fashion magazine category; and the online music magazine...
Journalism Professor and Class Win Drake Service Learning Award
Lori Blachford, the Peggy Fisher/Larry Stelter Chair of Magazine Journalism, received the Experiential Learning Course Award at the Experiential Learning/Service Learning Showcase and Banquet held last month on the Drake campus. Blachford accepted the award for her course Media Responsibility Over Time (JMC:066) and the service learning work the class does for the Iowa Radio...
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Drake Magazine named best student magazine
Drake Magazine grabbed the title of best student magazine in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards announced Monday. Drake University also had two winners in individual categories. Meagan Flynn won the newspaper feature writing category with her article titled “Crew’s Biggest Supporter, 101-year-old,” which ran in the Times-Delphic last spring....