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Gena Asher | Sept. 26, 2007
Students who are good deadline feature writers and who want the chance to earn prize money for these skills may want to enter the Thomas R. Keating Feature Writing competition contest. Sponsored by the Indy Press Foundation, the contest is a day-long writing competition in Indianapolis Nov. 2. Student reporters receive assignments to report and [...] Ogan, Goh presenters at IT conference »
Gena Asher | Sept. 26, 2007
School of Journalism professor Chris Ogan and doctoral student Debbie Goh are among the presenters at this weekend’s workshop, Toward Gender Equitable Outcomes in IT Higher Education, at the Indiana Memorial Union. The conference will provide a venue for researchers to present their findings in this three-year study of women in information technology programs at [...] Cox shares story behind documentary »
Rosemary Pennington | Sept. 26, 2007
Alumnus Dan Cox brought his documentary, Running With Arnold, to Whittenberger Auditorium as part of the film’s tour around the world. Like the reviewers who have weighed in during the tour, local viewers had a variety of reactions. Parameswaran catches up with two Indian alumni »
Jonathan Hiskes | Sept. 25, 2007
Associate professor Radhika Parameswaran visited India over the summer and while there, met up with some alumni now working in that country’s booming communications industry, including Raju Narisetti and Suchitra Mohan. Research looks at Indian media »
Jonathan Hiskes | Sept. 25, 2007
Associate professor Radhika Parameswaran spent last summer researching media in India to explore its effects on culture. One method she used was to look at how newspapers use lifestyle or celebrity sections as a bridge to get young readers to their news sections. Peterson focuses on journalism as business »
Sarah Hutchins | Sept. 24, 2007
C-SPAN’s Scott Peterson explained journalism is a business and the goal is to sell a product.
“One thing I notice traveling around the country is that people don’t understand the nature of journalism,” he said Friday. “Anyone getting a job in journalism needs to know that it’s all about money. Follow the money.” ‘Reporting India’ Oct. 22-23 »
Gena Asher | Sept. 24, 2007
Experienced reporters and researchers will look at the last 60 years, decade by decade, of media in India at the "Reporting India" conference Oct. 22-23, part of the semester-long India Studies Lecture series. The School of Journalism is co-sponsoring this conference, which takes place at the IMU. For a full list of the series’ conferences, [...]