Stauffer-Flint Hall remodeling project
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Keep up to date with the Stauffer-Flint Hall remodeling project on our
livestream broadcast
set up on the first floor. Also make sure to follow us on the J-School social media accounts for weekly progress updates.
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Live from Media Crossroads
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The start of classes is still a week away, but Media Crossroads was already at work Sunday morning live with KU history Professor
David Farber
being interviewed on C-SPAN.
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New Knight Chair Stephen Wolgast joins J-School faculty this week
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Please welcome our new Knight Chair in Audience and Community Engagement for News, who joins the School of Journalism faculty this week.
Stephen Wolgast
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a veteran journalist who was part of a Pulitzer-Prize winning team from The New York Times covering the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, will work with students and faculty to explore new concepts in audience development and building community engagement with local news.
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Congratulations to
Kerry Benson
, strategic communication track chair, who is the recipient of the Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.
Read the news release.
Save the date for the faculty and staff retreat on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St.
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Research, Publications and Presentations
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Associate Professor Hyunjin Seo
was a guest today on KCUR 89.3 in Kansas City discussing her
National Science Foundation project supporting tech education for women recently released from jail/prison.
Read more about the project.
Climate change is a problem facing countries around the world, but media coverage of the topic differs from one nation to the next, according to a study by
Assistant Professor Hong Vu,
co-author
Yuchen Liu
, doctoral student, and
Duc Vinh Tran
of
Hanoi University
of Science and Technology. The study was published in the journal
Global Environmental Change
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Read the KU News story.
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AEJMC conference highlights
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Several School of Journalism faculty members and doctoral students were panelists, presenters or moderators at the AEJMC conference earlier this month in Toronto. Presenters were
Olushola Aromona
,
Peter Bobkowski
,
Yuchen Liu
,
Matthew Blomberg
(pictured),
Tien Lee
,
Nyan Lynn
and
Hong Vu
. Panelists and moderators were
Peter Bobkowski
,
Jerry Crawford
,
Genelle Belmas
,
Teri Finneman
,
Scott Reinardy
,
Chad Curtis
and
Hong Vu
. In addition,
Finneman
was the recipient of the
History Division's Michael S. Sweeney Award, and
Bobkowski
received the
Scholastic Journalism Division’s David Adams Journalism Educator of the Year Award.
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Student News and Opportunities
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Student named a winner in national sports writing contest
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Braden Shaw
has been named a winner of the prestigious Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship, a $5,000 national award for excellence in sports writing at the college level.
Read the news release.
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Muhammad Ittefaq
, doctoral student, has published an article titled "
Digital Diplomacy via Social Networks: A Cross-National Analysis of Governmental Usage of Facebook and Twitter for Digital Engagement"
in the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia.
Read the article.
Two students and
CHALK magazine
won awards in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest:
- EASE magazine, a business plan and prototype pages for a new quarterly book-a-zine designed to help 18- to 33-year-olds relieve stress, won first place in the New Magazine Ideas category. The magazine was created Rhiannon Riesemny and Libby Stauffer in Associate Professor Carol Holstead's fall 2018 Magazine Publishing class.
- Rebekah Swank's article, "Sex Toys and Why You Should Be Using Them," won an honorable mention in the Service and Information category. Swank wrote the article in Holstead's spring 2019 Magazine Writing class, and it appeared in CHALK, the University Daily Kansan's online magazine.
- CHALK magazine won an honorable mention in the Online Magazine category. The magazine launched in spring 2019 and was edited by Rebekah Lodos.
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Instructor
Mike Vrabac
worked with an excited and eager new sales team for the University Daily Kansan last week. These students were eager to learn sales skills that will help them serve their customers, the Kansan and their other media properties. Pictured are
Paul Kevin
,
Kyser Dougan
,
Grace Fawcett
,
Samuel Valdez
and
Kane Rose
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Apply now for the Pulliam Journalism Fellowship
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The 2020 Pulliam Journalism Fellowship Program welcomes applications now for next year's program. Twenty winners nationwide will be selected for a 10-week internship from June 8 through Aug. 14, 2020, in Indianapolis and Phoenix.
Learn more and apply here.
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Welcome our new students:
The School of Journalism Academic Welcome is from 10:30 a.m. to noon Aug. 23 in Dole Human Development Center. Please stop by to meet our new students, enjoy treats and have fun kicking off the school year.
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Save the date: J-School Generations, including XD Creative Jam
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Mark your calendars for Oct. 24-25 for J-School Generations! On Oct 24, alumni will visit classes, participate in the J-School Career Fair and team up with students for fun and games in the evening. On Oct. 25, the Adobe team will bring an XD Creative Jam to KU, which is a big deal! In addition to networking with our amazing alumni, there will be lots of prizes for students during events on both days. Watch for more details about this and all the events in the coming weeks.
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Sign up now for JSchool Tech sessions
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Lunch and learn sessions:
JSchool Tech Topics is a set of four, three-week tutorial- and project-based experiences designed to give students basic skills in Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere.
Sign up here.
Teams launch again:
JST Teams are back with new projects. This is for the student who knows the basics but may want to build their portfolio a bit more.
Sign up here.
Both JST Teams and Topics fill fast so get in
now
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Find career and work opportunities on the J-School
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s jobs and internships web page. You can filter by job or internship and full or part time. And don
’
t forget that our career and outreach coordinator,
Steve Rottinghaus
, can help you with your search.
See more job and internship opportunities on the
J-School's website
and check out the
University Career Center’s
job and internship board
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INTERNSHIPS
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Internships
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Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce/World Trade Center
(Kansas City, Missouri)
JOBS
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Design assistant
, Center for Global and International Studies
(Lawrence, Kansas)
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Reporter,
Victoria Advocate
(Victoria, Texas)
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William Nelligan III
, 1949 J-School graduate, died July 23 at the age of 92.
Read his obituary.
Steven Petrehn
, 1975 J-School graduate, died July 18 at the age of 67.
Read his obituary.
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Christopher Halsne
, 1989 J-School graduate, will join American University School of Communication this fall as the inaugural Investigative Broadcaster in Residence.
Read the news release.
Hannah Wise,
2014 J-School graduate, is audience development editor at The New York Times.
Dylan Sherwood
, 2016 J-School graduate, has accepted a sports reporter position at the Salina (Kansas) Journal.
Grant
DeMars
, 2019 J-School graduate,
is a reporter at KWCH 12 in Wichita.
Lara Korte
, 2019 J-School graduate, is the higher education reporter for the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman.
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2015-2019 J-School grads sought for survey
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The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications faculty is assessing the J-School curriculum, and we want to hear from alumni who graduated between 2015 and 2019. Please take 10 to 15 minutes to complete this
Qualtrics survey
. Participation is voluntary, and responses are anonymous and confidential. Please direct questions to
Professor Scott Reinardy
at reinardy@ku.edu or (785) 864-7691.
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Jayhawk Journalist magazine
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The newest edition of the Jayhawk Journalist magazine is available now, featuring stories on professor retirements and alumni whose work focuses on the environment. Pick one up in the Resource Center or read it at
j
ayhawkjournalist.com.
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Aug. 21:
Faculty and staff retreat, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Maceli's, 1031 New Hampshire St.
Aug. 23:
Academic Welcome, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Dole Human Development Center
Aug. 26:
First day of classes for fall semester
Sept. 2:
Labor Day holiday
Oct. 4:
Faculty/staff meeting, 2092 Dole
Oct. 12-15:
Fall break
Oct. 24:
J-School Career Fair, Adams Alumni Center
Oct. 24-25:
J-School Generations, Adams Alumni Center
Oct. 25:
Adobe XD Creative Jam, Adams Alumni Center
Nov. 27-Dec. 1
: Thanksgiving break
Dec. 12:
Last day of fall classes
Dec. 13:
Stop day
Dec. 13:
Faculty/staff meeting, 10:30 a.m.-noon, followed by lunch, TBA
Dec. 21-Jan. 19:
Winter break
Jan. 20:
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Jan. 21:
First day of spring semester
Feb. 7:
Faculty/staff meeting 1:30-3 p.m., Stauffer-Flint Hall, Room 206
March 9-13:
Spring break
March 20:
Faculty/staff meeting 1:30-3 p.m., Stauffer-Flint Hall, Room 206
April 16:
William Allen White Day & Student Scholarships and Awards program, 3 p.m., Kansas Union, Ballroom
April 17:
Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Awards, noon-2 p.m., Adams Alumni Center
May 8:
Stop day
May 8:
Faculty/staff meeting 10:30 a.m.-noon, followed by lunch, Clarkson Gallery
May 15:
Last day of finals
May 16:
J-School Recognition Ceremony, 8:30 a.m., Lied Center
Note: The Monday Memo is published monthly during the summer. The next Monday Memo will be distributed Aug. 19.
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William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
1435 Jayhawk Boulevard
Stauffer-Flint Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-4755
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