Indiana University School of Journalism » 2009 » May

Martin article on sports writers to appear in journal

Gena Asher — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:48:02 +0000

Doctoral student Jason Martin’s article, "Sports Writers Select Sources Based on Historical Success Factors," has been scheduled for publication in the fall 2009 edition of the Newspaper Research Journal (Vol. 30, No. 4).

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Parameswaran article set for journal publication

Gena Asher — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:44:50 +0000

Associate professor Radhika Parameswaran‘s refereed article "Moral Dilemmas of an Immoral Nation: Gender, Journalism, and Sexuality in the Film Page 3," has been accepted for publication in the journal, The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture.

She has presented parts of this research previously at the 2006 ICA convention, the 2008 AEJMC convention, and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Teaching Fellows arrive June 14

Gena Asher — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:31:39 +0000

The IU School of Journalism will welcome the 2009 class of teaching fellows June 14-18.

For 32 years, the school has hosted 15 beginning journalism teachers who spend five days in Bloomington working with teaching experts on a variety of issues, including the development of teaching philosophy and student assessment.

Many of the fellows are those transitioning to teaching at the university level from other careers. They are in their first through third years of college teaching and apply to be admitted to the program.

Read about the program.
Read about last year’s participants and their experiences.

School to host alumni at Cream and Crimson breakfast

Gena Asher — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:18:07 +0000

School of Journalism alumni attending IU’s Cream and Crimson Weekend are invited to stop by Ernie Pyle Hall at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 20, for breakfast and reconnecting with old friends.

Alumni will meet in the lounge, then will tour the building to check out recent updates to the facility. They’ll also stop by the IDS to reminisce and perhaps check out bound volumes of classic issues.

Those interested should RSVP to Judy Boruff, (812)855- 9249, or by e-mail to sojevent@indiana.edu by June 5.

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Take It Easy Open July 18

Gena Asher — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:31:31 +0000

Work on your golf swing in time for the ninth annual Take It Easy Open July 18 at The Links golf club in New Palestine, Ind.

The golf outing benefits the John M. Jackson Memorial Scholarship established in honor of Jackson, an IU student who died in 1996 of a brain aneurysm. The IU senior had been IDS editor-in-chief the summer before his death.

Alumni, including JR Ross and other friends, started the outing in 2001 to keep Jackson’s memory alive. The outing in Jackson’s hometown of New Palestine has since raised more than $45,000 for scholarships.

Register by July 11, 2009.

To sign up or learn more:

Download the info sheet and entry forms here. (PDF format) You also can use this form to make a donation to the scholarship fund if you cannot attend the golf outing.
Visit the Take It Easy Open Web site for more info.
Contact JR Ross at takeiteasyopen@yahoo.com or (608)669-8418.
Contact School of Journalism Director of Communications Beth Moellers at (812) 855-6317.

Law, wine bring St. Louis alumni together (May 15)
Take It Easy Open July 28 (May 9)
Brinkman inducted into Kansas hall of fame (April 25)

Journal features Weaver article on journalism’s future

Gena Asher — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:43:38 +0000

Roy W. Howard Professor David Weaver’s article, “U.S. Journalism in the 21st Century—What Future?” has been published in the June issue of the journal Journalism.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

St. Meinrad names Dilts to board of trustees

Gena Asher — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:37 +0000

Professor Jon Dilts has been named to the Board of Trustees of the Saint Meinrad School of Theology, a Roman Catholic graduate-level seminary in southern Indiana. He will chair the Finance Committee beginning in July.

He also remains a member of the school’s Board of Overseers, an advisory group to the president/rector.

The School of Theology offers the Masters of Divinity, Masters of Arts and the Masters of Theological Studies degrees. The graduate program has slightly more than 5,000 alumni, mostly in North America and Europe.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Ogan paper on gender, gaming set for London conference

Gena Asher — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:38:50 +0000

Professor emerita Chris Ogan is part of the EU Kids Online Project and will present a paper at a London conference in June on "Gender and Computing Use and Gaming Activity in Turkey and the United States."

Ogan is the first author with Turkan Karakus and Yavuz Inal (doctoral students at Middle East Technical University in Ankara) and Kursat Cagiltay, associate professor at the same school.

Routledge publishes The Global Journalist (May 13)
School research group launches survey (May 10)
Faculty, student work set for AEJMC presentation (May 10)

Nation sponsoring essay contest

Gena Asher — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:28:39 +0000

PRSSA team submits Bateman competition entry (April 6)
Apply for Howard competition by Feb. 29 (Jan. 20)
School celebrates Hearst winners (April 27)

Apply now for the 2009 Nation Student Writing Contest, which awards one college and one high school winner with a $1,000 cash prize and Nation subscription. Deadline is May 31.

To apply, write an essay on “How has the recession affected you, your family or someone you know?” Essays should not exceed 800 words and should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates fresh, clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

The winning essays will be published in a special youth issue of the magazine in October and will be featured on the Nation’s Web site. Finalists will be awarded $250 each and subscriptions, and their entries will be published online. Send entries to studentprize@thenation.com. For more info, check directions on the Web site.

Two grad students in Bulgaria for reporting project

Riya V. Anandwala — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:02:52 +0000

Photo by Evan A. Martin

Graduate student Joseph Linstroth interviewed the consul general of the Bulgarian Consulate, Ivan Sotirov, in Chicago in April. He and photographer Evan Martin reporting in Bulgaria this summer.

When graduate students Joseph Linstroth and Evan Martin made a trip to Chicago this spring to cover the Bulgarian community in the city for their J560 International Reporting class, they had a bigger plan in mind. The two left for the Balkans May 11 for a specialized reporting project.

Aspiring to be international reporters, both have been keen on taking the leap from the academic institutions to the professional milieu. They will be in Bulgaria for the rest of the summer, studying its social structure and discovering various untold stories. Roy W. Howard Professional-in-Residence Joe Coleman, who taught the class in the spring, will be the adviser-cum-editor for their project.

“This will be a pretty intense project. We plan to do a lot of social networking to know the people and search for stories. I have already gotten in touch with my friends there,” said Linstroth. “This project will result in a number of stories and couple of photo stories by Evan.”

“I think there is a lot of uncovered newsworthy stuff in there,” said Martin.

The School of Journalism is providing some travel assistance, but the two also are using their own money and some graduate loans to pursue the project.

Linstroth has had few chances to bond with the Bulgarian culture before. After graduating in 1999, he went to Bulgaria for a short while to teach English in a high school.
It was the love for the place that he called him back, though this time it will be to write stories. For Martin, Bulgaria is the story which no one is telling. He has been reading about the country.

The two will focus on the Bulgarian wine industry, political corruption, the Muslim penetration in the villages and the rose oil industry. They will be hitting the Balkans at the right time as the Bulgarian elections will make waves this summer.

Coleman said the advantages of a place like Bulgaria is that it’s under-covered in the Western media. In this case, it gives students a clean slate for reporting, he said.

“Joe speaks some Bulgarian and knows the country pretty well, so that’s a plus. And in the end, a good story is a good story, and editors usually like unusual datelines, so if they can put together some nice pieces and try to sell them, they could meet with some success,” said Coleman in an e-mail.

While Linstroth will be writing the stories, Martin will invade all Bulgarian corners with his camera.

“But we might switch roles sometimes,” said Linstroth.

Linstroth has some connections in the country, which will help him get through. They also will hire a translator.

“We will not be following designed work,” said Martin. “What we will do now is what we want to do as international reporters.”

The two plan to attend the Bulgarian media conference, where they hope to network and build contacts.

While the students will be investigating, writing and shooting, Coleman will play the role of a demanding editor. Linstroth and Martin already have given a list of general story ideas to him, but he expects them to come up with much more while they are there.

“The hope for all of us is publication. Aside from that, this trip will give them a real taste of what it’s like to be a foreign correspondent,” said Coleman, who is former AP bureau chief in Tokyo and has worked as a correspondent.

Apart from that, Coleman thinks this trip will be valuable in the job market as the two will come away with on-the-ground reporting and writing experience that the classroom can’t provide.

“They will get experience in trying to get published, so there’s some entrepreneurship training involved, which is really essential for freelancers,” he said. “Then, if they get published, they’ll have clips, which are the first things any potential employer is going to ask for.”

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