When Chris Parrish finished his Broadcast News studies in May 2005 he shot and edited sports content for Championship Productions in his hometown Ames. Little did he imagine eight years later he’d be on duty as a line producer at WHDH-TV when two bombs ended the Boston Marathon. Parrish told the JMC173 Broadcast Reporting class...
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SJMC alums honored over Relays weekend
Two SJMC alums were honored by the University during events over Relays weekend 2013. Brian Wansink, a 1984 graduate of the master’s program, received the Drake Alumni Achievement Award. Wansink is an expert on consumer behavior and nutritional science and author of the best-selling book Mindless Eating. He is the director of the Cornell Food...
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Remund published in Public Relations Review
Assistant professor Dave Remund, Ph.D., APR, has published a study in Public Relations Review, the oldest peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of public relations practice. The study, titled Integrating Evidence-Based Practices into Public Relations Education, tests a pre-professional teaching model typically associated with fields such as law and medicine. By adding discussion and analysis of...
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B-News Students Score at IBNA Convention
Drake students accepted five first-place awards, including Best Radio Newscast, during the Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Johnston Saturday. Drake Broadcast News junior and DBS President Erin Hassanzadeh received a $500 scholarship funded by friends and family of Eliot Keller, co-founder of pioneer KRNA-FM, Iowa City, and co-owner/general manager of KZIA/KGYM, Cedar Rapids. Keller...
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Eric Hanson Visits Broadcast Reporting Class
KCCI reporter Eric Hanson told the J173 Broadcasting Reporting class he strives to find interesting characters through whom he can tell his stories. Some ideas arrive by e-mail or telephone calls, while others come from experience. An Iowa farm boy, Hanson attended Roland-Story High School and Wartburg College. Following TV internships in Minneapolis and Waterloo,...
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Panel and workshop will focus on media business models
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication in partnership with the College of Business and Public Administration is offering a two-part panel discussion and workshop focusing on how media organizations are creating and adapting to new business models, as well as redefining mediums of communication. The Changing Business of Media consists of two sessions targeted...
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Pisarski represents Drake at Iowa Legislator Breakfast
Advertising Professor Dorothy Pisarski represented Drake University at the 6th Annual Iowa Legislator Breakfast on March 19 at the Capitol. Officers and members of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) met with legislators to advocate for the ad profession position on taxes and potential legislation. Approximately fifty legislators shared dialogue with the AAF. ...
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Drake Magazine is finalist for SPJ awards
Drake Magazine has been named as a finalist in the Society of Professional Journalist’s Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards. Student photography and writing also were honored. The Drake nominees are: Drake Magazine, best student magazine Ben Curtis, Drake Magazine, feature photography Meagan Flynn, The Times-Delphic, feature writing Carter Osgood, Drake Magazine, general news photography...
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Drake Grad Donates Media Buying Software
The full-service ad agency Media Link is owned by Natalie Linville-Mass (Bcast Sales & Mgmt 1992). In 2011 her Rock Island, Il., firm developed proprietary software for media buying and has donated a license for Drake SJMC students to use. The Media Link Software™ provides a new generation in planning software because it allows maximum flexibility in the...
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New media workshops planned for spring 2013
Chris Snider and Justin Wise will lead these four workshops in Meredith Hall. They are sponsored by the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies at Drake University. Creating a blog/site using WordPress.org Saturday, March 9 | 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Meredith 104 What you will learn: In this hands-on class, you will purchase...