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JMC Professor Named National Honor Society Outstanding Advisor For 2013
Jeff Fruit, professor and former JMC director, has been named the 2013 chapter adviser of the year for Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA), the national college honor society for journalism and mass communications. He will receive the William H. Taft Outstanding Adviser Award in August during the annual conā¦
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School of Journalism and Mass Communication Scholarship Winners for 2013-2014
Congratulations to the 2013-2014 scholarship recipients. Sydney Baltrusaitis Jason Kostura Alicia Balog Erica Batyko Carrie Blazina Katherine Boetger Kirsten Bowers Raven Brinson Christina Bucciere Jacob Byk Caitlyn Callahan Meghan Caprez Caitrin Cardosi Amy Cooknick Megan Corder Chelsie Corso Lyā¦
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International Storytelling Class Reports on Issues in Largest Latin American Country
Sixteen students will travel to Brazil with the School of Journalism and Mass Communicationās International Storytelling class from March 15 to March 31 to develop multimedia news stories about the country. The class will partner with a journalism program at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraā¦
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Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference Features Authors Angela Johnson, Gary Schmidt and Yuyi Morales
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās 29th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth will be held on the evening of Thursday, April 4, 2013, and all day on Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Kent Student Center. The conference provides a forum for discussion of multicultuā¦
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Sports Illustrated Photo Editor Focuses on Visceral Power of Photography
āFor a photo to be effective, it has to be affective. A picture has to move you in some way. It must evoke a visceral reaction in the viewer ā crying, laughing, thinking.ā Internationally renowned photo editor Jim Colton, recently retired after a distinguished career at Sports Illustrated (SI), Nā¦
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National League: Students Meet Network News Leaders in NYC
Students from the Advanced Producing class, accompanied by JMC professor Gary Hanson and practitioner-in-residence John Butte, spent four days last week in New York City, meeting with a host of national producers, anchors and correspondents. Their goal was to learn production techniques and styles aā¦
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Kent State Student Becomes an American Citizen
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ attracts students from all over the world, but one student decided to make his life here official. AndrĆ©s Solano officially became an American citizen last month. Solano, who goes by Dre, was born in Ecuador but moved to Chile at a very young age. In 2001, Solano and his motheā¦
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Public Relations Students Take On Bullying For National Competition
Two teams of Ā鶹¹ū¶³ public relations students are competing in this yearās 2013 Bateman Case Study Competition where they have been presented with the challenge to develop a campaign to increase awareness and inform key audiences about the effects of bullying. āThis class is differenā¦
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Center for Scholastic Journalism Hosts Educators to Revise Principalās Guide
Members of the Journalism Education Association (JEA) Scholastic Press Rights Commission and Quill and Scroll International Honor Society convened at Franklin Hall from February 28 through March 3 to work with CSJ Director Candace Perkins Bowen, Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism Mark Goodman, anā¦
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Class Teaches Social Media Skills for Business and Professional Use
Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest and Instagram are apps people access everyday on their smart phones or tablets without thinking about how it can benefit them and their careers. Social media has grown and will continue to grow, changing the way that people communicate day-to-day. Social Mā¦
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