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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…
5XÉçÇø attracts students from all over the world, but one student decided to make his life here official. Andrés Solano officially became an American citizen last month.
Two teams of 5XÉçÇø public relations students are competing in this year’s 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.
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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…
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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…
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Russ Mitchell, managing editor of evening news and lead anchor of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts on WKYC Channel 3 News in Cleveland, has been named the 2013 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State…
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With its latest eighth place finish in the national Hearst Multimedia News Competition, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at 5XÉçÇø secured a solid sixth place in the overall multimedia rankings to date, with final intercollegiate winners to be…
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Pop culture is inundated with images of vampires in print and on screen. From sparkling immortals to devious bloodsuckers, Twilight to The Vampire Diaries, True Blood and more, the vampire theme seems to resonate well with audiences.
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Jim Colton, the nationally renowned and recently retired photography editor of Sports Illustrated, will visit 5XÉçÇø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Tuesday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in the FirstEnergy Auditorium of Franklin Hall.
Colton will…
Another dream has been fulfilled for Brooke DiDonato.