Oct. 10, 2022

 Greenlee News and Updates              

Registration for Spring 2023 classes is coming soon!

You should have received a registration email from your advisor. Please use the link provided in the email to schedule your registration advising appointment.

Spring Courses Sneak Peek

• JL MC 260X, "Controversies in Science and Technology" (online)

This course will introduce students to the intersection of science, media and society. Our exploration will be driven by three overarching questions and the interplay among them: (1) How do individuals come to understand and perceive science? (2) How do media and communication tools influence the spread of information about science? and (3) How do scientists themselves contribute to the process of communicating science?

• JL MC 347, "Science Writing" (in person, limited seating)

Reporting and writing about science and technology topics for general audiences. Outlets for stories include print, broadcast and online media. Story topics include reporting about basic, applied and social sciences, as well as ethical, political and policy issues related to science and technology.

• JL MC 390L, "Cold Case Journalism: Greenlee Investigates"

In fall 2021, students in JLMC 390L came up with the idea for Greenlee Investigates and created a multimedia series and podcast about the unsolved murder of Sheila Collins. In spring 2023, a new cohort of students will take over, selecting a new case to investigate and finding new stories to tell.

This hands-on course introduces students to cold case journalism, a type of investigative journalism that uses reporting techniques to uncover the facts of an unsolved crime and lays out those facts with compelling storytelling. The course offers an opportunity to develop students’ skills and information literacy by finding and working with public documents and data, interviewing sources, weaving information into a narrative, and publishing multimedia packages. The resulting stories often raise thought-provoking questions related to public affairs, legal procedures and criminal justice.

• JL MC 391R, "Sports Broadcasting Bootcamp" 

This course introduces students to sports broadcasting roles in radio/television/live streaming, including play-by-play, color analyst, sideline reporter and producer. "Voice of the Cyclones" and Cyclones.tv director John Walters will help teach the class.

Tour Des Moines advertising agencies Nov. 4

The American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Des Moines is hosting a fall student event on Nov. 4. The structure of the day will include tours of three different advertising agencies in Des Moines. List is still being finalized, but Lessing Flynn will be one of them. 

Limited space available, so register soon. 

Friday, Nov. 4

9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Free magazines!

Looking for some new reading material? Pick up a free magazine published by Dotdash Meredith. Choose from a large selection in the Dotdash Meredith suite in Room 007, Hamilton Hall (pictures) and the Hamilton Hall commons area. Topics include food, health, crafts, home, pets, history, pop culture and more!

If you're interested in learning more about publishing and content creation, reach out to Maria Charbonneaux (mvcharb@iastate.edu), who leads Iowa State's apprentice program with this leading digital and print publisher.

Alumni spotlight: Hugo Bolanos

Hugo Bolanos (‘17 journalism) is a video content creator for the Iowa Wolves of the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. The degree he earned from Iowa State was a crucial step in living the life that the Bolanos family had imagined when they first immigrated to the United States from Mexico.

Read more >>

 Internships, Jobs and Scholarships 

Two students needed to record lecture THIS SATURDAY

The local chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, a historically African-American fraternity, is sponsoring an educational lecture presentation about Thomas Montgomery Gregory, a Black WWl veteran stationed at Fort Des Moines. The lecture will be done by his daughter, Shelia Gregory Thomas, an educator and former educational children’s TV host in the Washington, D.C. area (https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/sheila-gregory-thomas).

The lecture is open to the public and will be held at the Fort Des Moines Museum on Oct. 15.

There will be a question-and-answer section and reception afterwards.

Phi Beta Sigma is looking to see if some students are interested in recording the event; they need two students to work two cameras, with audio equipment provided. Phi Beta Sigma has committed to a $75 gift per student, and the students are welcome to stay for the reception meal as well. 

Dr. Keith King is the representative of Phi Beta Sigma for this event—King earned his Ph.D. at Iowa State, and thought this event would be a good way for some Greenlee students interested in video production to add to their portfolio.

Contact Arnold Woods (aawoods@iastate.edu) if interested.

The Wall Street Journal opens applications for new WSJ Finance Reporting Fellowship

The Wall Street Journal recently announced the creation of the WSJ Finance Reporting Fellowship, a training program that aims to develop early career journalists with an interest in covering financial markets and personal finance. 

The 12-month fellowship, offered in partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and The City University of New York’s (CUNY) Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, is open to journalists with one to three years of paid newsroom experience who want to cover markets or personal finance.

Two journalists will be selected for the inaugural session, which runs from January to December of 2023. Journalists of underrepresented communities are especially encouraged to apply.   

Applicants to the WSJ Finance Reporting Fellowship should submit their completed applications by Oct. 24, 2022.

Interested young journalists with less than one year paid newsroom experience are encouraged to apply for the Journal’s paid internship program.

For more information, contact Robin.Turner@dowjones.com.

La Jolla Mom Communications Scholarship

• Amount: $500 awarded to one recipient
• Application Deadline: Oct. 14, 2022
• Announcement Date: Oct. 28, 2022
• Recurring: Bi-annual

Eligibility: Be a high school senior or graduate, or current college undergraduate or graduate student.

Applicants must be enrolled in undergraduate communication or related field degree program at an accredited college in the United States OR a graduating high school senior who has plans to study communications or related fields.  

Be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident.         

Proof of acceptance to his or her college or university or a college transcript.

 Student Clubs and Organizations     

We Lead: Empowerment and Leadership Conference, Oct. 29

We Lead gives Iowa State students the opportunity to hone their leadership skills, engage in interactive discussions and sessions, network with other leaders from campus and the community, and reflect on their own identities, leadership qualities, and strengths in their respective roles at Iowa State and beyond.

The theme for the conference is "Leadership Beyond" and will focus on the many ways that leadership can show up in our lives, especially for those with marginalized gender identities.

The event will feature a variety of sessions that will focus specifically on "Beyond the Binary," "Beyond #GirlBoss," and "Beyond Graduation," with a keynote address from Roberta Blevins, as seen in Amazon's docuseries "LulaRich" and heard on her podcast, "Life After MLM."

This event may be of particular interest to women (cis, trans, or otherwise), nonbinary individuals, non-gendered students, or those who are looking to engage in dialogue around gender and leadership.

More information can be found here.

Follow this link to register. 

Questions? 

welead@iastate.edu

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