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Archive for May, 2009

Ogan paper on gender, gaming set for London conference »

Gena Asher | May 20, 2009
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 [...]

Nation sponsoring essay contest »

Gena Asher | May 20, 2009
RelatedPRSSA 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 [...]

Two grad students in Bulgaria for reporting project »

Riya V. Anandwala | May 18, 2009
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.

Hall of Fame coming to Bloomington »

SoJ Web Report | May 18, 2009
The Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame is moving to Indiana University’s School of Journalism in Bloomington July 1.

Dvorak article looks at minority students’ performance »

Gena Asher | May 17, 2009
Professor Jack Dvorak has written an article for the April/May 2009 edition of Quill & Scroll Magazine. Co-author is Candace Perkins Bowen of Kent State University. The article, “Minority J-Students Excel,” is based on a study of 5,369 minority college students who took ACT tests as high school seniors. Authors found that minority journalism students [...]

Sports Journalism Center to host APSE headquarters »

SoJ Web Report | May 14, 2009
The Associated Press Sports Editors, the nation’s largest professional sports journalism organization, is establishing its headquarters at Indiana University’s new National Sports Journalism Center.

Faculty, students to present work at ICA conference »

Gena Asher | May 10, 2009
Several faculty members’ and doctoral students’ work will be featured at the upcoming International Communication Association conference in Chicago May 21-25, and others will receive awards and chair panels. Here are some highlights: Associate professor Radhika Parameswaran is one of the organizers of a preconference program, India and Communication Studies, May 20-21. She also will [...]