School of Media and Journalism
Alumni Profile: Rich Breiner, Ph.D. '80
Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University alumnus Rich Breiner, Ph.D., ’80, visited campus recently for the first time since graduation nearly 40 years ago. School of Communication Studies (COMM) marketing assistant Mikala Lugen sat down with Breiner to t…
Students Report on State Issues for Ohio News Connection
Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) have a new opportunity to report on statewide issues and get published in various Ohio news outlets, thanks to a Media in the Public Interest Grant. Through the grant, a small cohort of JMC students will write 12 stories to be publ…
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Student Newspaper, The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌìr, Named Best in the Nation
The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌìr, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in D…
Student Newspaper, The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌìr, Named Best in the Nation
The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌìr, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in D…
Pulitzer Center Grantee to Speak ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì International Refugee Crisis
The School of Communication Studies at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University will host its fall Global Issues Forum with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 in Rm. 226/226A Taylor Hall. International reporter Malia Politzer will present, “Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global G…
Alumni Draw Attention to Social Issues Through Film
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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 of The Verge, a Vox Me…
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌìr Named Best in Ohio
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s student newspaper, The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌìr, 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 Powell, ’18, also rec…
SPJ Names The Burr Best Student Magazine in Nation
The Burr Magazine, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s general interest student magazine, was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì also earned national finalist status in two categories in SPJ’s annual national Mark of Excellence Awards competition. …
Student Journalist Traverses Nation to Document Voting Rights Challenges
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University journalism major Jimmy Miller recently spent 10 weeks traveling the country examining the political views of white, working-class Americans, a group now credited as a difference maker in the successful campaign of President-elect Donald Trump. The project was part …
