The Monday Memo is distributed monthly during the summer. The next edition will be June 20. |
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More than 230 graduates attend J-School Recognition Ceremony |
The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications celebrated more than 30 doctoral and master’s degree graduates and 200 bachelor degree graduates on Saturday, May 14, at the Lied Center. This was the first in-person Recognition Ceremony held in three years. After the ceremony, graduates and families attended a reception at Stauffer-Flint Hall. A recording of the ceremony is available on the Lied Center website. See the list of 2022 graduates. See a photo gallery on the J-School Facebook page. (Pictured: Bachelor of science graduate Johan David Marin Morales)
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RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS |
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Professor Emeritus Chuck Marsh and doctoral students Pan “Jackie” Liu and Mauryne Abwao are co-authors of “Toward Consilience on Indirect Reciprocity: Findings from Social Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology,” which has been accepted for publication in The International Journal of Strategic Communication. The article, which documents growing scientific consensus on the economic benefits of altruism, will appear in a special issue titled “Evolutionary Psychology and Strategic Communication.”
Professor of the Practice Stephen Wolgast was the invited speaker in the Dodge City Community College Library communications series on May 10. His topic was "The Promise and Perils of Social Media," sponsored by Humanities Kansas.
Associate Professor Teri Finneman was a keynote speaker at the North Dakota Newspaper Association convention. Finneman also will discuss her research on weekly newspaper business models in Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas this summer. She shared her research findings as a guest on KCUR as well.
Assistant Professor Melissa Greene-Blye and Associate Professor Teri Finneman’s project, “The Influence of Indigenous Standpoint: Examining Indian Country Press Portrayals of Native Women in Politics,” has been accepted for presentation at this summer’s annual AEJMC conference in Detroit, Michigan.
Doctoral students Nhung Nguyen, Annalise Baines, Heichen Ding, Ayman Alhammad, and professor Hong Vu have been accepted to present the paper “Country Image Restoration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Communication Strategies Used by Chinese Embassies in 11 Countries” in the Public Relations Division at AEJMC conference in Detroit, Michigan, in August. Using the image restoration framework, this study analyzes 3,261 tweets related to the COVID-19 pandemic by Chinese embassies in 11 countries on several continents.
Doctoral student Nhung Nguyen will present the paper “Mine or yours: Using corpus linguistic to analyze Big Oil companies' Twitter discourse on Future” in the Graduate Student Interest Group at AEJMC conference in August. Using critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistic methods, this research examined over 513, 779 words on the Twitter pages of two Big Oil companies in the United States and Europe: Chevron and BP.
Master student Manzur H. Maswood’s research paper titled "How the Use of Web Analytics Changes Newsroom Environments in Bangladesh," has been accepted for presentation at the AEJMC conference in August.
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STUDENT NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES |
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Apply now for Urban Student Journalism Academy |
The Kansas City Association of Black Journalists is accepting applications for its free Urban Student Journalism Academy, which will be Aug. 15-19. The event is for Kansas City area high school students and college students interested in print, broadcast or media-related careers. Only 12 students will be admitted to the weeklong academy, which will take place this year in the high-tech classroom of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. Application, essay and writing samples are due June 1. Learn more and apply here.
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The Asian American Journalists Association and the Native American Journalists Association Pacific Islander scholarship deadline is May 31. Two scholarships of $4,500 will be awarded. Apply here.
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hosting the Pro Communicators Conference May 19-20 in Kansas City, which will bring together communicators, marketers and public relations professionals from across the state. Students and recent graduates may attend for a reduced rate of $75. Registration includes a three-hour crisis communication workshop, a networking reception, access to three top industry keynote presentations and 12 breakout segments to choose from. Learn more here.
The National Sports Media Association Sports Media Convergence Summit is June 26-27 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It features seminars and panels designed to educate students and young professionals. Get the details.
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Job opportunities
▮ Reporter, Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine)
▮ Reporter, The Community Voice (Wichita, Kansas)
Internships
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Summer is a great time to work on Adobe skills |
If you are interested in building your Adobe skills over the summer or joining a fall design team to build your portfolio email Heather Lawrenz at halawrenz@ku.edu. This is a great way to keep up with Tech Tools skills or introduce you to a few tools before you are in a Tech Tools class.
Let Heather Lawrenz know about any fall events/studios you would like to have to help learn new skills. Email halawrenz@ku.edu.
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Grant S. Moise, j'97, president and publisher of The Dallas Morning News, is being promoted to chief executive officer of its parent corporation, DallasNews Corporation, making him the first non-founding family member in nearly a century to lead the company. Read the news release.
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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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