One of the best things about being a Drake University journalism student is the opportunity to cover national politics, thanks to Iowa’s key role in selecting the candidates for president. On Saturday, Sept. 1, several of our JMC students attended a campaign rally by President Obama in Urbandale, Iowa. Professor Rick Tapscott’s Public Affairs Reporting...
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Remund wins national award for excellence in teaching writing
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has recognized Dave Remund, Ph.D., APR, for excellence in teaching writing across media. Remund, assistant professor of public relations, was one of five professors from across the nation honored at the association’s annual conference in Chicago in early August.
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Think, Urban Plains win national awards
Think, a news magazine produced by Drake University journalism students, won first place in the online category in a national student magazine contest. Urban Plains, also produced by Drake journalism students, won third place for online magazine. Think also won third place for print design. The contest, sponsored by the magazine division of the Association...
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Pinterest takes student blog around the world
Rachel Weeks ran away with the blog traffic race in Professor Blachford’s magazine staff writing course this semester. Her blog Dollars, Sense & More reached a worldwide audience (one day’s tally included visits from Canada, England, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Australia, Spain and the U.S.), thanks to Pinterest and an old purple T-shirt. Read more about...
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DrakeLINE Producers End Successful Season
A 12-newscast production schedule that began Feb. 2 concluded with a special half-hour Relays Edition, April 26.
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Urban Plains editors present at Design+Tech event
Senior magazine majors Skylar Bergl and Joe Stych were the featured speakers at a Design+Tech event Wednesday night at the Bitmethod offices in downtown Des Moines. They spoke to a group of about 35 about the production process of the iPad magazine Urban Plains. Read more about their presentation and watch video at the MagStudies website.
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E-Media Class Visits Des Moines Radio Group
The Des Moines Radio Group welcomed JMC67 Digital Audio Writing and Production students. Monday’s visit was coordinated by 2004 Radio-TV graduate Lindsay Reinert, Marketing & Promotions director for 93.3 KIOA and STAR 102.5.
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Students Win First-Place IBNA Awards
An Electronic Media capstone newscast “DrakeLINE” produced last spring won first-place Student TV Newscast from the Iowa Broadcast News Association. Meeting in Coralville April 28, samples of the winning entries played to a convention audience of about 150 journalists and their guests. The winning newscast was produced by Jessica Nguyen (BNews’11) and anchored by Jess...
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Relocated Broadcast Studio Takes Shape
Progress continues on moving KDRA-LP’s “remote” studio from Olmsted-Pomerantz to the Kragie-Newell Media Lab on Meredith Hall’s first floor. The facility should be active by fall semester.
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SJMC students celebrated at Experiential Learning Showcase
Six journalism courses were invited to present their service-learning success stories on Thursday, April 19, at Drake University’s first Experiential Learning Showcase. The showcase, which included 19 entries, was held in the Olmsted Center. Students put together posters and PowerPoint presentations explaining their work with organizations and their service to communities through their classwork. Organizations...