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JMC Grad’s Work Graces Cover of National Photographer’s Magazine
Alumna Brooke DiDonato (’12) has earned another significant JMC “first”: her award-winning photo illustration, Exorcism, is the cover photo of the 33rd Annual Spring Photographer’s FORUM Best of College and High School Photography (2013). Exorcism is one of 365 photos from DiDonato’s astounding o…
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JMC's First News21 Fellow Begins Investigative Reporting on Post-9/11 Veterans
Daniel Moore, a junior majoring in newspaper journalism, is one of 24 student journalists from 12 universities around the country conducting a national investigative reporting project on post-9/11 veterans as part of the Carnegie-Knight News21 in-depth journalism program. Moore is the first JMC stud…
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Five JMC Students Earn $3,000 Scholarships
JMC students won five of seven Akron Press Club scholarships this year. Four JMC students have been selected for scholarships in memory of longtime Akron Beacon Journal Editor John S. Knight and public relations professional Ludel Sauvageot; a fifth has been selected for a $3,000 Akron Press Club sc…
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JMC's Taylor Titus Earns YouToo Social Media Conference Scholarship
The Akron Area Public Relations Society of America recently awarded a scholarship to Taylor Titus, a senior public relations major, from funds raised by its award-winning YouToo Social Media Conference. YouToo Scholarship applicants must be full-time students majoring in public relations or commu…
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Student Media Advertising Staff Earns National College Newspaper Awards
Students and staff of Student Media’s advertising staff traveled to San Diego last week for the annual College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers convention. This year was the 41st National CNBAM convention. Students and staff spent time in sessions focusing on new digital concepts, soci…
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Perkins Bowen Wins 2013 Indiana Scholastic Journalism Award
The Ball State University Department of Journalism presented associate professor Candace Perkins Bowen with the 2013 Indiana Scholastic Journalism award at its annual conference earlier this month. Bowen is also the director for the Center for Scholastic Journalism. The award citation describes P…
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JMC Earns Highest Number of Regional Honors in SPJ Mark of Excellence Competition
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced its 2012 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Award winners from region 4 last week, and JMC students and student media earned 24 top placements in 19 categories -- the highest number of winners among all regional entrants. JMC took first place in nine cat…
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JMC Earns Spot in Top 10 Of Ongoing Hearst Writing Competition
With two students earning spots in the top 20 of the personality/profile writing competition, JMC now ranks 10th overall in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Senior magazine journalism major Anthony Dominic earned seventh place for his winning article, …
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Photojournalism Student Makes JMC History in Hearst Photography Competition
Hannah Potes, a JMC senior photojournalism major, won fifth place in the recent photojournalism competition II of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. With this ranking, Potes becomes the first JMC photojournalism student to place three times in the top 10 of the Hearst photography competition. …
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Broadcast Grad Student Selected for New Diversity Fellowship
Shanice Dunning, a graduate student in broadcast journalism, was one of 11 student journalists from across the country selected to participate in the first paid fellowship program sponsored by the Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) WRAL-TV and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill's …
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