For the third year in a row, Drake Advertising Students have won an ADDY Award in the American Advertising Federation of Des Moines ADDY Award Competition.
Category: School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Magazine class makes iPad app a study in e-publishing
Assistant prof. Jeff Inman's senior magazine capstone at Drake University feels equal parts college-newspaper-the-night-before-press and professional blog newsroom. Perhaps that's because the veteran of alternative weeklies, including Des Moines'Cityview, runs this class of over a dozen senior journalism students like a commercial publication.
Think wins third Pacemaker
Drake University's journalism capstone publication, Think, recently won an Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award. News/Internet and magazine majors produce the newsmagazine as a semester-long project during their senior year.
Five SJMC students graduate mid-year
Five SJMC students were awarded their Bachelor of Arts degrees at the mid-year commencement Dec. 17. It was Drake’s first mid-year commencement since 1969 and combined the awarding of specialist, doctorate, master and bachelor degrees.
Six SJMC classes planned for summer
JMC 66, 76, 99, 105 and 131 will be offered online this summer.
SJMC students’ GOP debate adventures
Drake SJMC students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness last week's preparations for the Republican presidential debate and the debate itself on Saturday.
Field Photo Class Visits Iowa Public Television
Award winning IPTV Producer-Director Dave Miller (near-right in the photo) hosted the JMC100 Field Photography class for a tour and conversation.
Tenney wins True Blue award
SJMC administrative assistant Shari Tenney was honored with Drake's "Called to be True Blue" award for November.
Students get “cutting edge” advice from the pros
For an hour, the panelists talked about their experiences in college and the professional world. Students could freely ask questions or live tweet questions using the hashtag #drakejdays.