School of Media and Journalism
Journalism Junior to Join Prestigious Cohort Reporting on Hate Speech
This summer, journalism major Brandon Bounds, ‘19, will work alongside the nation’s top student journalists to report on hate speech across the nation through the prestigious News21 program. The News21 program is part of an effort on the part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation a…
Alumni Profile: Rich Breiner, Ph.D. '80
Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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…
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State's Student Newspaper, The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Stater, Named Best in the Nation
The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Stater, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Stater, Named Best in the Nation
The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Stater, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ International Refugee Crisis
The School of Communication Studies at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State 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…
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Stater Named Best in Ohio
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s student newspaper, The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Powell, ’18, also rec…
SPJ Names The Burr Best Student Magazine in Nation
The Burr Magazine, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s general interest student magazine, was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State also earned national finalist status in two categories in SPJ’s annual national Mark of Excellence Awards competition. …
