First Amendment trial being held at Drake Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri is scheduled to go on trial starting today, Monday, March 8, at the Drake Legal Clinic. Her trial will be livestreamed at live.drake.edu. Sahouri was arrested last summer while covering the Black Lives Matter protests in Des Moines. Andrea’s alma mater, Columbia Journalism...
Scripps Howard Internship Scholarship available for summer 2021 The Drake SJMC has been chosen as a partner institution for the Scripps Howard Foundation summer journalism internship program, joining about 20 other universities around the country. The foundation seeks to help students obtain real-life industry experience, and is especially interested in helping to diversify the journalism...
Nearly half of the honorees on this year’s “Forty Under 40” list by the Des Moines Business Record have Drake University ties. Seventeen Drake alumni and one staff member were named to the list of local business leaders, under the age of 40, who have shown “impressive career achievements and unparalleled community involvement,” according to the publication. “This list is a testament to the meaningful impact Drake alumni, faculty,...
Drake hosts first career conference this week Drake University has created its first Career Conference with you in mind. And with SJMC alums ready to help enhance your career journey. A positive impact of operating in a virtual environment is the ability to connect in new ways and with experts who in the past were...
Drake student places 6th in national Hearst writing contest Ashley Flaws, a December 2019 SJMC graduate, has placed in the top 10 in the national Hearst Explanatory Writing Competition. Drake SJMC currently is in first place in the annual Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition after two Drake students also won awards in the feature writing contest...
Former SJMC professor Joe R. Patrick dies Longtime SJMC professor and associate dean Joe R. Patrick died this weekend just a few weeks shy of his 97th birthday. We lost a great journalist, a good man and a legendary teacher and mentor who taught the art of editing to generations of Drake students. He was...
“Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.”— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drake career development events jump-start your future Network and connect with alumni over J-Term and beyond: In the spirit of fostering connections between alumni and current students, Drake has launched a new initiative on LinkedIn, #NetworkwithDrake. Using the hashtag #NetworkwithDrake, you can search LinkedIn...
Drake University Law School is pleased to announce that Andrew Jurs, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Clemens J. Smith Faculty Research Scholar, and a Professor of Law, has been elected as a member of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). The Institute’s members consist of judges, professors, and lawyers, who are elected based...
Welcome to 2021. We hope that you all had some time to rest and recharge over winter break, and that you are as excited to see what the new year brings as we are! — The faculty and staff of the Drake SJMC Jump into January! Multiple departments around campus have put together a series...
Congratulations to the December 2020 graduates of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication! Check out the SJMC’s Instagram to learn more about these fascinating individuals’ accomplishments and future plans. SJMC students win feature writing awards Two Drake students placed in the top 10 of the annual Hearst Feature Writing Competition. Lorien MacEnulty, a May...