Archive for January, 2008

Barbara Coffman knows how important the first impression is. The Indiana University Foundation executive director for strategic planning and communications invited J560 Principles of Public Relations students into the foundation’s Wells Room during their visit last Thursday.

Last week, the Indiana Daily Student gained national attention when staffers refused to accept an off-the-record request from former deputy national security adviser Meghan O’Sullivan, who was scheduled to deliver a speech regarding the war in Iraq. Organizers of the Jan. 22 speech cancelled the event when reporters in the audience identified themselves and O’Sullivan refused to go on the record.

Public Relations Society of America’s Cathryn Gibbs Harris and Judy VanSlyke Turk will observe classes, talk to PR instructors and chat with former and current students in their efforts to review and report on the program.

Read about snipers, campus crusaders and other disrupters of the status quo in this sampler of stories from the [...]

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Students will have a chance to participate in an evaluation of the School of Journalism when an accreditation team from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication visits Sunday through Wednesday.

Journalism students should gain experience in Web reporting, audio and video to prepare themselves for job demands, according to IndyStar.com content editor Tom Lyden, who visited campus Wednesday to talk to J351 Newspaper Editing students.