Apply to be a Greenlee Student Ambassador
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Had a great experience with the Greenlee School? Want to share the love with incoming students and families?
Apply
to be a Greenlee Student Ambassador today!
Applications
for a 2020 position are due at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.19.
Greenlee Student Ambassadors are the faces of the student body to prospective students and families visiting Iowa State. Ambassadors are also involved with large visit days, departmental events and college recruitment efforts. If you are looking for a leadership position on campus, this is a great opportunity to get involved and get paid!
To be a successful applicant for the Greenlee Student Ambassador position, you must:
- Be a primary major in JL MC, ADVRT, P R
- Complete or be enrolled in JL MC 201 by Spring 2020
- Show involvement in clubs, organizations, or media on campus
Submit your application today through
this brief survey
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Interviews will be conducted in early December for those meeting minimum qualifications.
Please refer to the position description in the survey. If you have any questions, email
Kelsie Poe
or call 515-294-4342.
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Megan Rapinoe Lecture at Drake University - Nov. 19
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Do you want to see Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the US women’s national soccer team, speak at Drake University on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.? Contact Greenlee First Amendment specialist Julie Roosa,
jroosa@iastate.edu
, for more information on sharing a ride to the public lecture.
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Seeking Security in an Unstable World - Tuesday
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"Seeking Security in an Unstable World" with NBC News national security analyst
Frank Figliuzzi
When
: 8 p.m.
Where:
Great Hall, Memorial Union
What:
Frank Figliuzzi, the former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence and current NBC News National Security Analyst joins us for an intimate and candid armchair conversation about security and stability on global, national, local, and personal levels. In an increasingly polarized society, Americans find themselves questioning our institutions, our values, and even our form of government. Are we living in less secure, less stable times? Is this the new normal? We’ll explore geopolitical threats and realities across a broad spectrum and offer thoughts on what we might do to preserve and protect the principles that brought our country this far. The 2019 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science
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Thanksgiving Break Lab Hours and Deadline Changes
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Greenlee computer labs will be open on Monday, Nov. 25 and Tuesday, Nov. 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours can be extended later if needed. Equipment checked out on Friday, Nov. 22 will be due on Monday, Dec. 2.
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Submit your work for Hearst Awards consideration
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The Hearst Journalism Awards program awards scholarships to students for outstanding performance in college-level journalism, with matching grants to the students’ schools.
The 60th annual program offers up to $700,000 in awards and consists of five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, one radio competition, two television competitions and four multimedia competitions – with championship finals in all divisions. It's a great resume builder and could be a networking opportunity if you advance to the next rounds.
The Greenlee School may submit two entrants' work per competition.
Enterprise Writing
(due by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 19)
- Entries consist of original reporting, including explanatory and investigative journalism, across any topic
- If from a series, one article of the series may be submitted but must be accompanies by not more than one page summarizing the remaining articles and describing resultant actions, if any.
- Sidebars subordinate in length and content to the article may be included.
- All articles must be disseminated in print or online or both from December 1, 2018 through December 2, 2019.
- See complete writing competition criteria.
Radio - News and Features
(due by noon on Tuesday, Jan. 7)
- Each entry must consist of at least one report in news and one report in features, with one piece 60 seconds or less and the second piece up to three minutes.Entries consist of a story on any topic that is told through the medium of video for a digital audience.
- Any additional pieces submitted must be less than three minutes each, with a combined running time of no more than seven minutes. The reports may be part of a longer newscast, but the entry itself is limited to seven minutes.
- Entries may be based on but not limited to public affairs, business, investigations, science, sports or weather.
- Radio entries disseminated on a podcast are accepted.
- Entries may be accompanied by multimedia versions of the reports entered as long as they were produced primarily by the entrant.
- Entries must have been disseminated on air or online or both from September 1, 2018 through January 13, 2020.
- See complete multimedia competition criteria.
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Spring 2020 class registration updates
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Greenlee classes—seats available!
There are still seats available in the following Greenlee courses. Tune in to Instagram stories this week to learn more about them.
- ADVRT/JL MC/P R 390J—Fashion and Beauty Writing
- ADVRT/PR/JLMC 497D—First Amendment Freedoms and Conflicts: Know your rights
- Jl MC 308—Broadcast News Gathering and Production
- Jl MC 316 (section 1)—Introduction to Digital Publishing (If you don't have the Jl MC 242 prerequisite, please visit with the instructor to see if you have experience that will allow you into the class.)
Consider spring 2020 short, experimental and special topic courses
Dates, times and complete descriptions of the following spring 2020 experimental and special topic courses in a
dvertising, journalism, and public relations
can be found
here
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One credit short courses
- ADVRT/JL MC/P R 391B Audio Lab—Creating your own podcast
- ADVRT/P R/JL MC 391E—From Posts to Profits: How to Tackle Social Media Influencer Marketing
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ADVRT/JL MC/P R 391J—The Basics of Video Storytelling using Live Sports Production 11/4 update: Now full.
Special topic classes
- ADVRT/JL MC/P R 390J—Fashion and Beauty Writing
- ADVRT/PR/JLMC 497D—First Amendment Freedoms and Conflicts: Know your rights
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ADVRT/JL MC/P R 497L—Strategic Planning for Social Media (online) 11/4 update: Now full.
Experimental courses
- JL MC 140X—Identity, Diversity and the Media (online)
- P R 324X—Brand Storytelling 11/4 update: Times now announced in class schedule. Tues./Thurs. 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m. (JL MC 201 prerequisite)
- This class focuses on combining critical journalism skills with the persuasive tactics of public relations and advertising to help students learn to tell inspired brand stories. Students will be introduced to transmedia storytelling that tells compelling stories, which will be shared with and by diverse audiences. Today’s audiences are focused on trust and authenticity in the brands they interact with. Brand storytelling, with its roots in fact-based journalism, is how brands best relate to modern audiences. Throughout the course students will explore audiences’ relationships with brands to create meaningful and emotional connections through storytelling. Students will examine works of narrative non-fiction and persuasion, and apply those techniques to persuasive brand storytelling.
Rotating courses
- JL MC 406—Media Management (online) 11/4 update: Only one grad seat available.
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Fall 2019 PIE Testing Dates
Passing the Poynter Institute Exam (known in Greenlee as PIE) is a prerequisite for JL MC 201. The exam is offered as part of an online course, Iowa State University Language Primer Course Pack (Fall 2019), offered through Poynter's News University. Students must receive a score of 78 or above to pass the PIE.
Although you can work through the course and the practice drills from any browser,
you must take the exam in Hamilton Hall during a testing day for your score to count.
You can only take the exam once per testing date.
Visit
our website
for more information and to learn how to sign up, study for and take the test.
Fall 2019 Testing Dates:
Friday, Oct. 11Friday, Oct. 25Friday, Nov. 8Friday, Nov. 15- Friday, Dec. 6
The final exam will begin in Hamilton 10A or 10B on the hour between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. each Friday. Students do not need to sign up for a specific time. Students should arrive 10-15 minutes to log in to the exam.
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Win a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to Washington, D.C.
Apply for the Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship by Dec. 1
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Apply for 2020-21 Greenlee Scholarships
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We see your ambition, your drive and your desire to make your mark, and we want to invest in your success. Because of the generosity of our donors, the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication awards over $100,000 in scholarships to its students annually.
Apply for Greenlee School scholarships, along with other scholarships available through Iowa State University, using
OneApp
. You must complete the five designated Greenlee School questions in the LAS application portion of OneApp by the stated deadline to be considered for scholarships.
The Greenlee School scholarship selection committee will use the information available in OneApp as of the deadlines listed below for current undergraduate and transfer students:
- Sept. 1, 2019: OneApp open to all current undergraduate and transfer students.
- Dec. 1, 2019: Deadline for FAFSA filing for priority consideration for financial aid.
- March 2, 2020 (11:59 p.m.): Deadline for Fall 2020 current and transfer student scholarship applications.
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Catt Center undergraduate research opportunity
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Greenlee Assistant Pr
ofessor
Kelly Winfrey
is recruiting freshmen, sophomores or juniors with an interest in research related to gender and politics for a new research opportunity with the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics. She is particularly interested in s
tudents in journalism, public relations, advertising, communication studies, political science, event management, women and gender studies, and speech communication.
Through this Vertically Integrated Project (VIP), students will have the opportunity to participate in original research focused on women and politics, get experience working with graduate students and faculty in a real-world team environment, and receive up to three credit hours in the Spring 2020 semester. After participating in the program for a semester, students may have the option to continue and help mentor new students in the program.
Apply here >>
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Are you interested in grad school?
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The
Greenlee master’s program
is a 32-credit course of study culminating in a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in journalism and mass communication. Two tracks are available: one for students who desire specialized study in communication theory and research and one for students who wish to develop or strengthen their professional and strategic communication skills.
Within the master’s program, you will explore new ideas through a flexible curriculum that can be tailored to your individual interests and program of study. We will challenge your thinking and deepen your expertise to prepare you for a successful future.
Interested in learning more?
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NewsTrain Digital Media Training - April 4, 2020
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communication will host a low-cost journalism training on April 4, 2020. NewsTrain is a nationally-sponsored, one-day workshop designed for working journalists, professors and students. The skills journalists need are changing constantly. NewsTrain gives journalists and communicators those skills so they can go back to their classes, newsrooms, colleges or universities better prepared.
The day includes five sessions of topics specially selected by local journalists and designed to teach immediately usable skills, including:
- Using social media as powerful reporting tools,
- Storytelling on mobile: making smart choices,
- Becoming a verification ninja,
- Editing smarter video on your smartphone, with #MobileJournalism evangelist Geoff Roth, and
- Mining data for enterprise off any beat, with USA Today Senior Reporter Matt Wynn.
The early-bird rate of $75 includes two light meals. The first 20 registrants receive a free, yearlong, online subscription to The AP Stylebook.
Journalists, journalism educators and journalism students from diverse backgrounds are invited to apply for competitive scholarships, which cover their registration, by Feb. 19.
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The Post-College Job Search
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On our student experience blog, Melanie Van Horn, a senior in public relations, shares helpful tips and resources she used during her post-graduation job search. Van Horn currently works as the communications assistant for the Greenlee School and will graduate in December 2019. Read more about her job search
here.>>>
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Calling all designers, photographers, public relations specialists and marketers to join our group of foodies!
Cardinal Eats is a campus publication about the one thing in life that we all love-food. From tasty recipes you’ll love, to the more serious ways that food impacts our lives, we want to open up a discussion about the most basic reflections of ourselves.
We meet in 163 Hamilton Hall every Monday at 6 p.m.
We hope to see you there!
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Join Veritas!
Calling all writers, photographers, graphic designers and communicators!
Veritas is currently looking for students to contribute to their next issue focused on the caucuses.
Veritas, Latin for truth, is a non-partisan publication that focuses on in-depth coverage of law and politics.
Our next meeting is November 18 from 1-2 p.m. in Hamilton Hall Room 172.
If interested or have any questions, please contact Olivia Benjamin,
obenj@iastate.edu
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Join the Advertising Club!
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Upcoming Meeting Dates:
October 23 November 6 - December 4
Ad Club meets in 163 Hamilton Hall at 7 p.m.
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Share student club and organization announcements in the newsletter by emailing Maria Charbonneaux at
mvcharb@iastate.edu
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Interview Rooms Available for Students
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LAS Career Services is now offering THREE interview rooms for students to reserve for their upcoming interviews! To request an interview space, simply email
lascs@iastate.edu
with the date and time of their interview. LAS Career Services staff will send a follow up email to confirm the reservation and provide interview tips. Interview rooms are available Monday-Friday from 8 am-4:30 pm. Contact LAS Career Services office with questions.
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"This Week at Greenlee" is a weekly newsletter sent on Mondays during the academic year. It is curated by the Greenlee School communications team for Greenlee School students, faculty and staff. Student clubs and organizations relevant to journalism, advertising and public relations are welcome to submit news and announcements for inclusion in the newsletter. Send your news to
Maria Charbonneaux
, communications specialist, by 11 p.m. on Sunday for inclusion in the next day's newsletter.
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Greenlee School of Journalism
and Communication
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