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Sept. 26, 2017
The media industry has been no stranger to change and innovation in the past several decades.
Within that time, advertising alumnus Mark Ford, ’79, has been a strategic force within Time Inc., leading the company in its transformation from a magazine company to a multimedia…
Sept. 26, 2017
People tend to have a stereotyped view of public relations, even if they don’t fully understand the scope of the profession. Assistant Professor Cheryl Ann Lambert, Ph.D., wants to figure out why.
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Sept. 26, 2017
On a summer weekend for each of the past 10 years, Northeast Ohio filmmakers have risen to the 48 Hour Film Project’s challenge: to write, shoot and edit a short film in 48 hours.
Through the competition, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡alumni and students from the digital media production major (…
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Sept. 26, 2017
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡alumnus Tyler Pina, ’14, recently teamed up with fellow alumni to create a film focusing on the stories of inmates’ lives, post-incarceration. Pina graduated from the digital media production major three years ago, and works in San Francisco as a video director…
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Sept. 6, 2017
The Kent Stater and TV2 are up for several national awards from the College Media Assocation (CMA) for work produced during the 2016-17 academic year.
Aug. 29, 2017
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2017. The school will mark the occasion with its annual alumni and friends award ceremony, held in conjunction with the opening of the newly renovated Taylor Hall, on Friday, Sept. 22.…
Aug. 22, 2017
School of Journalism and Mass Communication Director Thor Wasbotten has rejoined the School’s faculty and will serve as the College of Communication and Information’s Director of Community Engagement. As part of his community engagement role, Wasbotten will plan and execute a…
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July 25, 2017
NPR’s David Folkenflik will headline the 13th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop on Sept. 21, 2017. Hosted by the Poynter Institute and the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, this year’s workshop will explore…
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July 24, 2017
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡student and Trumbull County native Emelia Sherin, ’20, is calling attention to Ohio’s opioid epidemic in a new way.
The public relations major – formerly a performer for Disney Cruise Line – combined her talents in the performing arts, writing and advocacy, to…
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July 11, 2017
Kent State’s student newspaper, The Kent Stater, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest.
Alumna Neville Hardman, ’16, and journalism major Kelly…