Five Drake University students have been selected to serve as Dotdash Meredith apprentices for the 2024-2025 academic year. Assignments this year include editorial, social, and graphic design positions with People, Better Homes & Gardens, Travel & Leisure, The Spruce, and Midwest Living. Dotdash Meredith is the largest digital and print publisher in the country. Students...
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SJMC hosting workshops on social media, generative AI and data visualization
The Drake SJMC is hosting a series of one-day workshops featuring SJMC professors and professors from Drake’s computer science department. May 16: SJMC Refresh Our SJMC Refresh on May 16 includes Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication professors presenting classes on these topics: May 28: Integrating Large Language Models into Your Applications This hands-on...
SJMC Launches Dean Team Scholars Program
The Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) launched the SJMC Dean Team Scholars program to support a group of high-potential communication and journalism students who are first-generation college students, from an underserved population or have demonstrated financial need. The Scholars are immersed in the media profession through networking with media professionals, leadership development...
SJMC helps fuel Veninga’s passion for filmmaking
Drake University SJMC digital media production major Chris Veninga has found success through filmmaking. But that wasn’t always the plan. Veninga came to Drake as a marketing major. Then he switched to psychology. But a conversation with his dad and a January-term editing class changed everything. This prompted a return to his high school passion...
Drake SJMC students win Pinnacle Awards
Drake publications walked away with 14 Pinnacle Awards last week, including four first-place finishes. Here’s the full rundown: • Drake Mag, First Place, Division II, Best Feature Magazine of the Year, Annie Peterson, EIC • Sydney Hamilton, First Place, Division II, Best Enterprise Coverage of Diversity, “The Last Gay Bar in Lincoln,” Urban Plains. • Annie Peterson, First Place,...
Drake Mag named to Pacemaker 100 list
The Pacemakers are the most prestigious awards in college journalism — and Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication student publications have been racking up the wins. In the case of Drake Mag, so many wins that we’ve been inducted into The Pacemaker 100 — the top 100 publications in Associated Collegiate Press history. Only 13 magazines made...
Wilson named new Fisher-Stelter Chair of Magazine and Brand Media
Jennifer Wilson has been named the next Peggy Fisher and Larry Stelter Chair of Magazine and Brand Media in the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Wilson currently is executive editor at Principal Financial Group, where she leads an editorial team in brand content management, enterprise content strategy and storytelling across multiple platforms....
Drake SJMC sophomore places in Hearst investigative reporting contest
Andrew Kennard, a sophomore in the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has placed in the top 20 in the national Hearst investigative writing competition. His story on the history of Native American boarding schools in Iowa ranked 14th out of 67 entries from 41 schools. Kennard, who is news editor of the Times-Delphic,...
2021 Drake SJMC grad wins international award for podcast
Allaire Nuss, a 2021 graduate of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has won a top honor in the international Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Nuss won an Award of Excellence in the Specialty Program/Podcast category of the audio competition. The acceptance rate in the competition was 20 percent. Nuss’ entry...
Drake PR professor, students honored by Iowa PRSA
Assistant Professor Eric Kwame Adae of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) was named outstanding Iowa PR professional by the Iowa chapter of the Public Relations Society of America at its recent 2021 PRIME Awards. SJMC senior Justine Drake received the Milam-Bonomi scholarship and was named outstanding student member. Work by last...