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Associate Professor Peter Bobkowski spoke last week on the panel “Investigative Journalism in Post-Maidan Ukraine,” presented by the Open World Leadership Center.
Associate Professor Jerry Crawford was featured in the AEJMC October newsletter in a feature in which instructors share their tips and advice about teaching during the pandemic. Crawford is featured here on page 6.
Harrison Rosenthal, J.D./Ph.D. student, and Associate Professor Genelle Belmas’ book chapter “(Non)existent Laws of Workplace Cyberbullying: Limitations of Legal Redress in a Digitized Market” was published in the Handbook of Research on Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in the Workplace. Read the abstract here. For a full-text copy, contact the authors.
Assistant Professor Melissa Greene-Blye will present at the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas (taking place virtually) Oct. 17-18. Her paper presentation “Natives Making News: Toward a More Authentic and Ethical Representation of American Indian Identity, Issues, and Individuals,” analyzes the ways in which Indigenous voices have been marginalized in mass media and offers suggestions aimed at improving coverage of American Indian identity, issues and individuals.
The Center for Undergraduate Research is taking applications for the Spring 2021 UGRA competition. The deadline for student proposals is Oct. 29. Online guidance and individual virtual advising appointments are available to help students prepare strong applications. More information here.
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Associate Professor Mugur Geana participated in a national webcast organized by the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) on nutrition and bladder cancer. Dr. Geana talked about the development, production and pilot testing of a communication intervention aimed at increasing awareness of bladder cancer patients and caregivers about the role of nutrition in supporting bladder cancer treatment. The intervention was part of a BCAN grant awarded to principal investigator Dr. Eugene Lee (KUMC Urology) and a multidisciplinary team including urologists, clinical nutritionists and strategic communicators. The complete video series will be hosted permanently on the BCAN website.
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Rob Karwath, general manager and news adviser of the University Daily Kansan, wrote a column for the Duluth News Tribune in Minnesota about moderating civil political debates using Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project. Minnesota TV station WDIO also interviewed Karwath.
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The Kansas Scholastic Press Association wants to showcase what makes KU a great place to be a journalist and communicator, and is looking for speakers for its fall virtual conference. Join this all-star team of presenters: Genelle Belmas, Lisa McLendon, Gerri Berendzen, Steve Rottinghaus, Peter Bobkowski, Pan Liu, Doug Ward, Heather Lawrenz, Christopher Heady, Himée Kamatuka and Eric Thomas. Speakers should submit a 20-minute recorded presentation on a topic that would be valuable to high school journalists: anything from broadcast to social media to writing leads to researching issues. If you are interested, email the KSPA staff at staff@kspaonline.org. They will send you more detailed instructions on what to do next. Deadline for presentations is Oct. 12.
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Student News and Opportunities |
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Senior Emerson Logan has been accepted, early admission, to the combined M.D./M.P.H. program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine where she plans to study pediatric oncology.
Senior Natalie Turner was recently featured in the Shawnee Mission Post. Turner is writing a book about the next century of aviation moving forward from COVID-19.
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Join the PRSSA: Students are invited to join the next Public Relations Student Society of America virtual meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. Guest speaker is Jessica Palm, a 2011 J-School graduate and vice president and lead executive of TeamKC. PRSSA bridges the gap between students and professional careers.
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The 2021 Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics is holding a virtual information session at noon Oct. 6 for interested students. The program is a fully funded two-week summer program that uses the conduct of journalists in Nazi Germany as a launching point for an intensive study of contemporary journalism ethics. Learn more about the program or register for the info session.
The Dow Jones News Fund invites college juniors, seniors and graduate students to apply for paid summer 2021 internships in data journalism, digital media, business reporting and multiplatform editing. The application deadline is Nov. 9. The News Fund will select up to 80 college journalists for internships with news organizations across the country. Those selected also will benefit from weeklong, pre-internship training, $1,500 scholarships, memberships to journalism groups, and access to the DJNF alumni network for jobs and mentoring. Learn more here.
BEA Scholarships: The Broadcast Education Association is now accepting applications for its scholarship program. The BEA offers thousands of dollars in scholarships for study in broadcasting and electronic media. The deadline to apply is Oct. 15. Learn more here.
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ACES scholarships: Applications are now being accepted for scholarships through the ACES Education Fund, which awards six scholarships annually. ACES: The Society for Editing is the nation’s leading organization of editing professionals, educators and students. Learn more and apply here.
The Reynolds Journalism Institute’s 2020-21 Student Innovation Competition at the Missouri School of Journalism invites college students to participate by tackling engagement with a news organization. A student or student team will partner with a news organization to devise an engagement idea innovative to that organization. Applications detailing the team’s idea are due by Oct. 31. The chosen finalist teams will implement their idea at the partner news organization for three months before presenting the results on Feb. 26, 2021, in front of judges and the public on Zoom. First-place prize is $10,000. More details here.
The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists invites students to attend its virtual convention Oct. 23-25. The convention is free to all student members of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, however, students who are not currently members may attend for only $25. The School of Journalism will pay the registration fee for students who want to attend; email jschool@ku.edu. Students who are not already members will receive a complimentary one-year membership to the association when they sign up for the convention. Student registration is available here.
The Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association is now accepting applications for its Reese Cleghorn Internship program, which supports developing college-student journalists by providing experience in newsrooms in Maryland, Delaware or the District of Columbia through eight-week paid summer internships. Learn more and apply here.
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Find career and work opportunities on the J-School’s jobs and internships web page. You may filter by job or internship and full or part time. And don’t forget that Career and Outreach Coordinator Steve Rottinghaus can help you with your search. See more job and internship opportunities on the J-School's website and check out the University Career Center’s job and internship board.
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J-School Virtual Career Fair is Oct. 28 |
Make plans to participate in the J-School Virtual Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 28. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., employers will be conducting mini-interviews and drop-in sessions with KU students. Look for more details later on how to schedule times to connect with companies through a CareerFair Plus app.
Here are the 13 companies who have committed to the fair so far:
Career and Outreach Office to provide interview, career fair tips
The Career and Outreach Office will host Zoom sessions on Oct. 14 and Oct. 21 to prepare students for the Virtual Career Fair on Oct. 28. Both sessions will begin at 1 p.m. Interview tips in a virtual setting will be the focus in the first session. What to expect at the fair and how to interact with employers will be discussed the following week. Here is the login information:
Meeting ID: 896 7977 1462
Passcode: N8TxWh
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Meeting ID: 935 8899 6750
Passcode: 439017
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Associate Professor Peter Bobkowski will moderate a panel discussion: “Trump-Biden in the Eyes of Eastern European News Media. What’s U.S. Election Coverage Like in Russia, Belarus, Hungary, Poland, and Serbia?” The online event, on Oct. 29 at 4 p.m., is sponsored by the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies. Register here.
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Virtual JBar
At the Virtual JBar, you can leave a question for us in the general channel or join labbies for their office hours: 4-6 p.m. on Sundays with Emma, and 6-8 p.m. Thursdays with Natalie. You also may see Natalie and Emma as Tech TAs in your skills classes, so check your class Blackboard for that information.
We can help with building resumés, video projects or just advancing your tech skills to help you in the job market.
JST Events
InDesign Skillbuilder begins on Oct. 13. Sign up now to build your InDesign skills! Sign up here.
InDesign Basics Join our InDesign Basics workshop and let us walk you through the tools to get you started with things like resumés and posters! Sign up here.
You can still sign up for teams! Monday 2 p.m. team is a great way to build your portfolio and learn Adobe skills in a project-based way. We are wrapping up Photoshop and will go into Illustrator next. Teams are recorded, so sign up even if you may miss our live sessions. Sign up here.
How to edit a reel. A video reel is a perfect way to get your brand across quickly. This session is from 6-7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19. Sign up here.
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Check out all our Weekly Workshops here.
Access Adobe: The KU Bookstore is selling a year of Creative Cloud for $150, which is a huge discount! Get it here.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @jschooltech for all our updates and announcements.
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Doris Livingston, 1951 J-School graduate, died Sept. 30 at the age of 91. Read her obituary.
Kristin Hoppa-Barrios, 2009 J-School graduate, died Sept. 24 at the age of 34. Read her obituary.
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Oct. 9: Faculty and staff meeting, noon-1:30 p.m., Zoom
Oct. 20-22: Kansas Association of Broadcasters Virtual Convention, www.kab.net
Oct. 28: J-School Career Fair (online)
Dec. 4: Faculty and staff meeting, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Zoom
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William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
1435 Jayhawk Boulevard
Stauffer-Flint Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-4755
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