BY CARA PESEK
J Alumni News staff
Since the 1980s, thousands of refugees have rebuilt their lives in Lincoln. They’ve come from Afghanistan, Vietnam, Bosnia, China, Sudan and dozens of other countries, placed by resettlement agencies, or relocating in…
BY CARA PESEK
J Alumni News staff
A reporter these days has an awfully lot of ways to tell a story.
Traditionally, a print reporter used words and still photos, and a broadcast journalist used words and video. Now,…
“It is important that we encourage students from more disciplines to pursue international study, that we promote longer and more meaningful international experiences, and that we encourage faculty to raise the bar for international engagement.”
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BY Mary Garbacz
J Alumni News editor
The Innovators in Residence program brings students and media innovators and entrepreneurs together. Innovators in Residence in the college to date are Shiv Bhaskar Dravid, founder and chief executive of The Viewspaper…
BY Mary Garbacz
J Alumni News editor
Sue Burzynski Bullard and Michelle Hassler won a third place award in the Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century competition, held by the News Division of the Association for Education in…
Three CoJMC faculty members have roots in Big Ten schools
Gary Kebbel, dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, earned a master’s degree in journalism in 1976 and a master’s degree in political science in 1977, both from…
By BRITTANY McNEAL
Imagine a world where news only comes in the form of a newspaper in the morning and the evening news at night. Getting directions takes a paper map or a stop at a gas station. And Facebook?…
We wanted to give you an update on what’s going on in the college – and ask for your help with an alumni-student mentoring program we are launching.
But first up: the latest big news!
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Freedom of expression is more than just an idea, an idea that can be sacrificed when it seems practical to do so. Instead, “what is at stake is the ability of all society to reach reasonable conclusions and take appropriate…
A College of Journalism and Mass Communications graduate student and a faculty member were two of UNL’s 10 initiates into the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. Li and McCoy were inducted at the society’s meeting on Nov.…
by MICHAEL RIESE
Imagine having the opportunity to study in a Zen temple or a small coastal village or on the Isle of Crete.
In the past year, 71 students from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications studied in…
by DAVID CHANG
Luis Peon-Casanova normally teaches journalism and advertising courses at UNL, but in August he had the opportunity to share his talents with students in Bolivia for 10 days. His knowledge on the topics needed for the courses…
By KERRY HOFFSCHNEIDER
IABC-Lincoln
There is a quote on the wall outside of Ruth Brown’s office in Andersen Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.
“Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind…
by McKENZIE WESSLING
Last summer, Jenna Gibson, Jamie Klein and Kate Veik got paid to eat mangos in Burkina Faso, watch dancers over dinner in an Ethiopian restaurant, sightsee in an African nature preserve and, finally, write about the scientists…
by EMILY SEARS
According to www.unodc.org, human trafficking is “A crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for…
by ANDREA SCHWARTZ
Getting the opportunity to study and observe at a major advertising agency is an experience that many students fantasize about—but so do some professors. With real world experience becoming more and more valuable, who says students should…
The challenge is on, alumni!
And your challenger? It’s someone, like you, who cares a lot about the College of Journalism and Mass Communications and values our Journalism Alumni Association (JAA).
An anonymous college backer has provided a challenge grant…
