A team consisting of Peter Bobkowski, Lisa McLendon, Kerry Benson, Patricia Gaston and Heather Lawrenz has received an Ideas to Action grant from KU’s Center for Teaching Excellence to support their work on the new JMC core curriculum. The team will unify the revised core’s learning goals and assessment so that the core serves as a more well-defined foundation for student learning.
The Journalism 611: Sales Strategies class welcomed John Sommese, senior vice president of CoxReps New York via Zoom on March 8. In his 30+ years of leading sales teams, Sommese has delivered innovative solutions for television broadcast groups, cultivated lasting client relationships, developed his sales team, and achieved successful sales results. He spoke with the class about how relationships play an important role in sales and offered strategies that would benefit the students professionally and personally. CoxReps delivers local media solutions on a national scale. Through CoxReps, advertising agencies tap into a diverse roster of local, best-in-class television stations, which cover more than 90 percent of all U.S. TV households.
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Associate Professor Hyunjin Seo spoke about roles of academia and nonprofit organizations in enhancing diversity and inclusion in the tech industry at the 52nd annual conference of the ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education on March 18.
Associate Professor Jerry Crawford was a panelist at the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium conference on Friday. The discussion was entitled, "That's Doctor Biden To You": Mentoring Female Scholars in the Age of Mediated Misogyny. The panel reviewed the recent controversy over a Wall Street Journal op-ed suggesting that Jill Biden, wife of President Joe Biden, should not acknowledge receiving her Doctor of Education (Ed.D.). Crawford, as chair of AEJMC's Profession Freedom & Responsibility committee (PF&R), wrote the association's presidential statement.
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KU Solar Car Team seeks members for business subteam |
The KU Solar Car Team is seeking team members for its business subteam, which handles all the non-engineering operations of the team, including fundraising, social media marketing, finding sponsorship opportunities, community outreach and more. The team meets Mondays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. The KU Solar Car Team is a student-led organization committed to inspiring and leading the next generation through the design, manufacturing and racing of a solar-powered electric vehicle. Learn more here.
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The University Daily Kansan is participating in College Media Madness 2021, a fundraising competition between two dozen student-run publications across the United States. The newsroom that raises the most money will be crowned the champion. Donate between now and April 5. Follow on Twitter: @mediamadness21.
NATPE Virtual: The Business of LIVE SPORTS TV is a free virtual event March 23 that focuses on the core elements of the business of televised live sports, including viewership, sponsors, content, talent and fans. Learn more and sign up here.
KU Study Abroad is offering summer and fall study abroad and global internship opportunities. Modified to incorporate best practices in mitigating COVID-19 transmission and spread, extensive opportunities are available for disciplinary and cultural learning.
Applications for fall 2021 programs are currently open online.
Wichita Gridiron Scholarships: Students are encouraged to apply for more than $10,000 in scholarships raised through Gridiron, a Wichita stage show starring members of the local media. Gridiron is put on by the Kansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Deadline to apply is March 31. Learn more and apply here.
The Fred Young Hearst Television Producing Fellowship is now accepting applications until April 16. Candidates must be May 2021 graduates with an interest in a career as a television news producer. Learn more here.
The Self Memorial Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship that recognizes outstanding undergraduates from KU who will be transitioning into their first year of a master’s or doctoral degree program at KU in the fall 2021 semester. It is open to domestic and international students. All KU graduate programs and departments are eligible. This scholarship award provides students with $10,000 for their first year in a graduate program. Deadline to apply is March 24. Learn more here.
CNBC is partnering with NBCUAcademy to present a live, virtual town hall event at noon April 14 for college students to learn personal finance skills. Hosted by CNBC Senior Personal Finance Correspondent Sharon Epperson, the free event will give students access to financial, business and thought leaders to answer questions about financial topics from saving to borrowing to investing. Register here.
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Alumni to be featured on new Career and Outreach Center podcast |
Haley Harrison, j'06 and KMBC news anchor, was the first guest on the Career and Outreach Center’s "Cheers to Careers" podcast, where coordinator Steve Rottinghaus interviews J-School alumni to learn about their careers. Watch here.
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Job opportunities
Internship listings
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On the Job blog: Kate Mays |
After Kate Mays graduated from the J-School in 2019, she pursued her goal of moving to Los Angeles. She didn’t have a job yet, but she found freelance work that led to her dream job working on The Opportunist podcast. Read more about Kate’s path from college to career on our On the Job blog.
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The Dole Institute of Politics and the J-School are co-sponsoring an event at 7 p.m. March 23 featuring author Robert Blaemire sharing insights from his book, a biography of former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh. Bayh represented Indiana for more than 25 years and co-sponsored the Bayh-Dole Act with former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. Learn more here.
The Big Event, a nonprofit organization that brings together KU faculty, staff and students to give back to the Lawrence community, is seeking volunteers for its April 17 event. Learn more here.
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Baron to accept National Citation during online event April 21 |
Martin Baron, retired executive editor of The Washington Post, will accept the William Allen White National Citation award during a virtual event at 4 p.m. April 21 during an online discussion with J-School students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni. The event also will be open to the public. Link to register will be provided closer to the event date. Baron was selected as the 2020 National Citation recipient and was scheduled to receive the award and give an address on the KU campus last April, but the event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chris Cobler, j’82, publisher and CEO of the Fort Worth Report, which is a new nonprofit, nonpartisan local digital news organization in Fort Worth, Texas, announced the inaugural staff of the new site. Cobler previously was publisher and editor of The Victoria Advocate in Victoria, Texas. Read more here.
Laura Okmin, j’91, sideline reporter for NFL on FOX Sports and founder of GALvanize, was featured in this NBC story for her organization’s efforts specializing in training and mentoring women across the sports industry.
Cindy Tran, j’04 and managing director of Slalom DFW, has been named among the Dallas 500 Most Influential Business Leaders by D CEO magazine. Read the story here.
Evan Dunbar, j’14, is an ESPN disaster recovery operator at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, which is the backup feed for ESPN, ESPN2 and SEC Network. If there is a massive equipment failure that causes the ESPN broadcast feeds to go down, the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution would take over as the network origination point until the issues are resolved.
Brooke Estell, j'19 graduate from the Integrated Marketing Communications program at KU Edwards Campus, was featured in this KC Source Link story about starting a career and finding mentors.
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