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July 31, 2019
High school journalism teachers Melissa Falkowski and Eric Garner, of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will headline the 15th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop on Sept. 19, 2019. Hosted by the Poynter Institute and the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ School of…
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June 19, 2019
Recent Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ graduate Brandon Bounds, ’19, is part of a team of top student journalists that earned the 2019 Student Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting.
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June 11, 2019
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ has placed in the top tier of the Effie Collegiate Brand Challenge from 2019-21 and in 2016. This competition gave students the chance to work with well-known brands like Subaru, Bose and V8. In 2019, advertising students earned second place for creating a marketing…
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May 8, 2019
Eight Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University students received scholarships from the Akron Press Club and John S. Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund in April, totaling $40,000 in awards.
The Akron Press Club awards local students every year in memory of individuals who impacted the journalism…
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May 7, 2019
The legacy of May 4, 1970, affects all students at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University. For nearly 50 years, they have walked the same grounds where four students were killed while many were exercising their First Amendment rights, protesting a war. What happened, why it happened and what it…
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May 2, 2019
Two teams from Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University placed among the top tier in the country, earning honorable mentions in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) 2019 national case study competition. Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC)…
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April 24, 2019
Photo students at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ consistently develop portfolios that stand up to national and regional competition. One student, Nathaniel Bailey, ’21, a journalism major with a concentration in photojournalism, has a robust portfolio under his belt and several significant honors.
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April 24, 2019
Journalism major Madison MacArthur, '20, has learned through many experiences in Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s College of Communication and Information (CCI), what it means to be a storyteller. This summer, she will work in Washington, D.C. as a Juniors Fellow with the Library of Congress.…
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April 16, 2019
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ senior Anna Huntsman was chosen among top journalism students in the nation to travel to Arizona State University this summer and investigate disaster recovery efforts in the United States.
The prestigious News21 Fellowship awards 24 students from journalism programs…