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Three Faculty Members to Retire from Journalism School
From Taylor Hall to the third floor of Franklin Hall, Fred Endres, Carl Schierhorn and Tim Smith have been professional neighbors for more than 20 years. These three cornerstones of the journalism sequence have counseled hundreds of young journalists as professors in the School of Journalism and Mas…
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School Of Journalism And Mass Communication To Host First ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Multimedia Workshop
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host its first ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Multimedia Workshop — a three-day, hands-on video and photography multimedia storytelling workshop — June 14-16 in Franklin Hall on the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Campus. Media professionals, faculty members, s…
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Students To Launch Data-Driven Website That Features Goings-On In ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ
Students from ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and Digital Sciences have created a data-driven website, www.opencampuskent.com that features a recent feed of what’s happening in the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ area including ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ campus buildings. When the OpenCampus ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ websit…
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Students From The ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Schools of Journalism and Digital Sciences to Launch New Data-Driven Website
What's going on? OpenCampus ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ has the answer. This website features a recent feed of what's happening wherever you are in ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ, even at the campus building level—and it was created by students. When the OpenCampus ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ website launches April 26, users will be able to get the latest crime updates…
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Veteran Journalist Eric Mansfield Joins ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ As Executive Director, University Media Relations
WKYC-TV anchor and reporter Eric Mansfield will become ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s new executive director for university media relations. The award-winning journalist and Akron native begins his new position with the university on June 1. Mansfield will lead the media relations team in the University…
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2012 Mcgruder Lecture and Awards Luncheon Takes Place March 26
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will honor Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity, at an awards luncheon and lecture on Monday, March 26, on the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Campus. The award, from th…
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Honors Cleveland’S Plain Dealer Editor With r 2012 Mcgruder Award for Media Diversity on March 26
Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media professionals who enco…
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Cleveland’s Plain Dealer Editor Named 2012 McGruder Award for Media Diversity Winner
Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media profess…
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Professor to Fly 1,670 Miles to Fund Annual Scholarship
This spring, two Piper J3 Cubs will set out on a journey to the place where aviation began. It will be the first flight to Wright Brothers Airport via all of Ohio's 88 counties and will honor the 75th anniversary of the airplane that taught nearly a half-million pilots to fly. Joe Murray, Ph.D., …
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Student Named Top Finalist in National Awards Program
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded a ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ broadcast journalism student the top television finalist award, along with a $2,600 scholarship. Jeannette Reyes, a ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ senior and TV2 reporter and anchor, submitted two of her broadcast stories to the Journalism Awards…
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