RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS |
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Associate Professor Mugur Geana is the co-principal investigator for a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to improve COVID-19 testing and vaccines among women leaving incarceration. Dr. Geana will work with co-PI Professor Megha Ramaswamy and teams of researchers from KU Medical Center, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Alabama, and RTI to adapt and test a tailored online education platform designed at the school's Center for Excellence in Health Communication to Underserved Populations (Managing Technology, Content, and User Experience: An mHealth Intervention to Improve Women's Health Literacy after Incarceration). The project will provide further development to this digital platform that is easy to deploy, scalable, updatable, and essential for rapid evidence-based health information dissemination to underserved populations, especially in public health emergencies, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Read the KU News story.
Lecturer Gerri Berendzen had a session proposal accepted for the 2022 national conference of ACES: The Society for Editing. She will present “Fact-checking on the fly.”
Ph.D. candidate Harrison Rosenthal’s column “A Case for Rediscovering Classical Democratic Free Speech Perspectives” was published in Media Law Notes, the trade journal of AEJMC’s Law & Policy Division. He argues for critical normative re-evaluation of free-speech jurisprudence using classical political frames — discussing how the neoliberal marketplace of ideas was not a constitutionally foregone conclusion. Read his article here.
Graduate student Manzur Maswood’s paper “Is There a Relation Between Vaccine Hesitancy and Fast Development of Vaccines?” was accepted for presentation at two conferences: the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Midwinter Conference 2022, which is March 4-5 in Norman, Oklahoma, and the International Crisis and Risk Communication (ICRC) Conference, which is March 7-9, in Orlando, Florida.
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The Samuel L. Adams Emerging Voices in Journalism Fund will ensure that future generations of journalism students get the opportunity to turn their dreams into reality. Adams, who was a pioneer among Black journalists, was a professor of journalism at KU from 1973 to 1999. He was honored by many national organizations for his contributions to journalism and his efforts to advance minorities in the field. Learn more here and contribute.
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Pan “Jackie” Liu is the recipient of the Chancellor GTA Award. He is the top awardee this year and will be nominated for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award.
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Presenters needed for KSPA conference next month |
We are seeking presenters for the 2022 Kansas Scholastic Press Association Conference on Feb. 14 in the Kansas Union. It’s been two years since the student journalists of Kansas have gathered to share ideas, learn new skills and celebrate their incredible work. The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications has supported KSPA for decades by hosting events like these and providing experts to visit with students for 40 minutes and share a skill that will help them in their high school work. The most popular topics are:
- Visual journalism: video, photography, graphic design
- Writing: reporting, interviewing, research
- Leadership: editing, team building, staff management
- Sports: writing, jobs in sports
- Software: Adobe products, Google tools, etc.
Please remember that these skills can be basic and intermediate. Please don’t feel that you need to revamp a presentation or invent something new. Please sign up by Feb. 1.
Questions? Contact Eric Thomas, KSPA executive director and J-School lecturer.
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STUDENT NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES |
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Peer listening is back in Stauffer-Flint on Mondays |
HOPE@CAPS Mental Health Peer Educators are a team of currently enrolled KU students who are certified and trained in providing support, education and resources to their peers who may be experiencing distress that might not rise to the level of need for mental health intervention at Counseling and Psychological Services. The J-School is on the Peer Listening schedule on Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon in the lobby of Stauffer-Flint Hall for students who would like to drop in. Learn more here.
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The University Daily Kansan and the Jayhawk Media Group offer opportunities for students to show their skills and learn as they manage a modern media company. Positions are available for students interested in advertising, marketing, events and business as well as news, features, sports, photography, video and more. Please contact Kansan General Manager and Adviser Rob Karwath at [email protected] or 785-864-4477.
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The KC Ad Club invites students to participate in the American Advertising Awards on Feb. 12, the largest and most representative advertising competition. Through this experience, participating students will get the chance to network with Kansas City’s top advertising professionals, have opportunities to showcase work locally or nationally, and meet professionals across the country. Learn more here.
The Sinclair Broadcast Diversity Scholarship is designed for qualifying and deserving students from underrepresented minority groups interested in a career in broadcast, digital journalism or marketing.The deadline is April 30. Get more information and apply here.
The Kansas Association of Broadcasters is accepting entries for its 2022 student broadcast awards. The deadline to enter is midnight, Feb. 15. The awards are scheduled to be presented during the student seminar at the University of Kansas on April 7. Find contest categories and instructions here.
The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists’ second annual Student Conference is Feb. 25-26. More than 100 LGBTQ students will come together for networking sessions, informational breakouts and an internship and career fair with top recruiters. Registration is free for NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Student Members. Students who are not members and wish to participate may register for $25. Learn more here.
The 2021-2022 KU Student Employee of the Year award is open for applications. This award was established to recognize student employees who embody service, excellence, dedication, and whose academic achievements remain stellar. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 31. Learn more here.
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KU Ad Club's first meeting of the spring semester is Wednesday |
The KU Ad Club’s first meeting of the spring semester is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, on Zoom with guest speaker Adam Scherzer, j’19. Scherzer, an account manager for VMLY&R, turned an internship into a full-time position on the Wendy’s account. KU Ad Club is open to all Jayhawks interesting in exploring various careers in advertising and marketing.
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Job opportunities
Internships
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Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms across the country to report on undercovered issues, is offering an informational session at 1 p.m. on Jan. 27 on Zoom. All students are invited. Read more about Report for America here.
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Sandra M. Clark, j’83, will become CEO of StoryCorps in mid-February. Clark served as managing editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer where she implemented two of the paper’s most successful reader engagement initiatives and led the paper to a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2014. She then served as vice president for news and civic dialogue at WHYY, the main PBS and NPR affiliate in the Philadelphia area. Read the news release.
Joshua Bickel, j’06, photojournalist at The Columbus Dispatch, was highlighted in this meet the staff feature.
Dylan Lysen, j’13, is a political reporter for Kansas News Service.
Ashley Golledge, j’18, who also earned an MSJ in Digital Content Strategy in 2021, is the director of marketing and communications at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. She is the youngest person at the institution to hold a director-level position.
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J-School alumni earn sportswriter of the year honors |
Three KU journalism alumni — Guerin Emig (j’90), B.J. Rains (j’08) and Matt Tait, (j’00) — were recognized on Jan. 18 by the National Sports Media Association as the sportswriter of the year for their respective states. Rains, a four-time winner, was honored as Idaho’s sportswriter of the year for his work with the Idaho Press-Tribune. Emig, the Oklahoma honoree, received his second state honor with the Tulsa World. Tait, sports editor of the Lawrence Journal-World, was a first-time state honoree in Kansas. All three will be recognized at the national convention June 25-27 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications
Stauffer-Flint Hall
1435 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66012
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