Gary Kebbel, journalism program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will be the new dean of the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The appointment, pending approval by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents,…
By AUDREY PRIBNOW
J school alumna
When I entered UNL, all I wanted to do was find a degree program that would allow me the opportunity to change the world. Sounded easy enough.
When I enrolled in a freshman…
By JESSICA SIMPSON
J Alumni News staff
Richard Behar was a guest of Campus Voices, 90.3 KRNU’s public affairs program, and the J school on Jan. 27.
Richard Behar has been trailed by private…
By KIONNA COMER
J Alumni News staff
Matt Buxton’s deep interest in telling stories has paid off in a big way for the senior news-editorial major.
Last summer, Buxton learned new ways to tell stories by participating in the…
By LISA FISCHER
J Alumni News staff
Eileen Wirth’s new book is a love letter to women in Nebraska journalism. She said she is eager to tell their stories.
“I want moderns to realize how much they contributed and…
By JESSICA WILLIAMS
J Alumni News staff
The buildings are taller and the streets are more crowded in New York City, but 14 CoJMC advertising students from UNL had no trouble navigating the heart of the U.S. advertising industry…
Jeff Zeleny, ’96, sees history unfold first-hand as a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
2009
Abby Bartholomew of La Vista is an independent designer in graphic communications at the…
By SUE BURZYNSKI BULLARD
Three UNL students joined journalism students from 12 top U.S. universities last summer to produce in-depth news coverage on key issues facing America.
The students — Courtnee Lowe, Ford Clark and Astrid Munn — used innovative…
By TAWNY BURMOOD, NICOLE MANSKE and JACLYN TAN
J Alumni News staff
After two weeks in Germany, some students came back to Nebraska last summer re-thinking their career goals.
Others simply came back with a…
By JESSICA SIMPSON
J Alumni News staff
Four study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Journalism and Mass Communication support the college’s growing effort to extend education beyond the United States.
Summer 2010 trips to Japan, Greece, Southeast…
T-shirts can help tell the world who you are. Now, one of the things your shirt can say is that you support the J school.
The CoJMC Student Advisory Board is selling T-shirts to raise funds to help recruit and…
By DAMIEN CROGHAN and SUE BURZYNSKI BULLARD
J Alumni News staff
For the first time, CoJMC advertising students were among the finalists last June in the regional National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC), a prestigious program sponsored by the American…
By JENNA GIBSON
J Alumni News staff
A class at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is giving new meaning to loving your car.
An advertising and public relations campaigns class has spent the semester working on an integrated marketing campaign…
By JESSICA SIMPSON
J Alumni News staff
Back in the spring of 2007 as gas prices soared, ethanol was front-page news in Nebraska. At the same time, the CoJMC faculty members were brainstorming topics for an in-depth reporting class.…
J school students earn Lieding Scholarships for study abroad
Nine J school students earned Christian Lieding Scholarships for study abroad.
Recipients were Crystal Bartlett, broadcasting; Marianne Cicmanec, advertising and broadcasting; Nicole Manske, news-editorial; Lauren Piller, advertising; Wern Ai Tan,…
By SUE BURZYNSKI BULLARD
What do you get if you ask college students to give up a sunny autumn Saturday to spend all day inside a classroom learning about editing, math, bias and more?
Answer: Six enthusiastic members of UNL’s…
By JOHNNA HJERSMAN
J Alumni News staff
For nearly 50 years, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund internships have been a mark of journalism prestige.
Students earning the highly competitive internships receive some of the best training available, giving…
By CASSIE FLEMING
J Alumni News staff
Open a newspaper’s international section to find articles on the insurgency in Afghanistan. Click on a news site’s “world” section to find a story on violence in Iraq.
International reporting is often…
