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Archive for March, 2009

Scholarship ceremony April 5 »

Gena Asher | March 31, 2009
RelatedScholarship application deadline Jan. 17 (Jan. 6)Hicks first Krane Scholar from journalism (Oct. 18)Apply by Oct. 21 for public relations internship (Oct. 1) Several hundred people plan to attend the School of Journalism Scholarship Ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union, and more than 100 of them will leave [...]

Metzgar to serve on ‘New Media and Politics’ panel »

Gena Asher | March 30, 2009
Assistant professor Emily Metzgar will serve as a discussant for a panel titled "New Media and Politics" at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference in Chicago April 2-5. RelatedAquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker Series (Feb. 9)Ibold to talk on ‘Dissent at Distance’ (Feb. 9)

Media LLC hosts open mic night »

Gena Asher | March 29, 2009
The School of Journalism Media Living Learning Center is hosting an Open Mic Night at 7 p.m. April 1 in the Grand Hall at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. The event benefits the Pourhouse Cafe’s charity of the month of April, which provides clean water in India. The Pourhouse Café will provide coffee for participants [...]

New York Times’ Lee to lecture Thursday »

Gena Asher | March 29, 2009
Courtesy photo (Nina Subin) New York Times reporter and book author Jennifer 8. Lee will talk at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ernie Pyle Auditorium. RelatedWatch Lee on a variety of video clips.See Lee’s appearance on the Colbert Report.Cohen advises keeping ‘open mind’ about career fields (Feb. 1)Branigan Lecturer to address war photojournalism (Jan. 29)Author, [...]

Metzgar named Service Learning Fellow »

Gena Asher | March 29, 2009
Assistant professor Emily Metzgar has been selected as an IU Office of Service Learning Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Fellows explore issues related to service-learning and community-based research. They serve as resources for other instructors seeking to start such programs. RelatedAquila presents research at Feb. 20 colloquium (Feb. 12)Ibold guest of Kling Center Speaker [...]

IU hosts ICPA conference »

Gena Asher | March 26, 2009
RelatedAmerican Student Radio launch party Feb. 21 (Feb. 9)Students gain experience during Super Bowl week (Feb. 8)File now to graduate in May (Feb. 2) More than 150 college students from around the state will gather in Bloomington Saturday for the Indiana Collegiate Press Association conference. The day-long conference at Ernie Pyle Hall and in the [...]

Columnist assures students of ‘need for journalists’ »

Adam Pintar | March 26, 2009
Even amid industry changes and cutback, Bloomington Herald-Times entertainment reviewer, playwright and businessman Joel Pierson is upbeat about the future of journalism.