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Take It Easy Open July 28

SoJ Web Report — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:19:27 +0000

Work on your golf swing in time for the 12th annual Take It Easy Open July 28 at Arrowhead Golf Course in Greenfield.

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 as a way to support a scholarship in Jackson's memory. The outing has since raised more than $50,000 for scholarships.

In addition to golf, the day includes raffle prizes, including signed balls by IU coaches Tom Crean, Kevin WIlson and Todd Yeagley, and tickets to the BMW Championship Sept. 6-9 at Crooked Stick Golf Course in Indianapolis. The lunch is open to family and non-golfers as well.

The details:

Download the info sheet/entry form here (PDF format). Register by July 15.
Can't attend? You also may use this form to make a donation to the scholarship fund.
Contact JR Ross at takeiteasyopen@yahoo.com or (608)669-8418.
Contact School of Journalism Director of Communications Beth Moellers at (812) 855-6317.

Register by July 15.

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Weaver, five others join Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame

mslaby — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:23:37 +0000

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Professor Emeritus David Weaver was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame Saturday.

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School of Journalism Professor Emeritus David Weaver was among six people honored at the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday at the Indiana Memorial Union.

“It’s amazing to me that I’ve been so lucky to be associated with so many great people,” Weaver told the crowd of fellow inductees, family and friends in the Tudor Room. “I am very fortunate to be supported by great journalists in this state.”

In its 47th annual induction ceremony, the hall of fame also welcomed new four other members to its roster of more than 200 Hoosier journalists:

Mark Ferree, Scripps Howard executive and president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association;
Skip Hess, longtime investigative reporter at the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News;
Steve Kroft, CBS 60 Minutes correspondent;
Kate Milner Rabb, early 20th century columnist for The Indianapolis Star.

The hall of fame presented its inaugural Distinguished Service Award to Walt Tabak of The Associated Press for his 25 years of keeping member newspapers online and up-to-date with ever changing technology.

For nearly 40 years, Weaver dedicated his career to journalistic teaching and research. Although he has a long list of works and accomplishments, he is most known for his work in agenda setting and the 1982, 1992 and 2002 American Journalist series of surveys. Later this year, the 2012 study, The Global Journalist in the 21st Century, will be published.

Last year, IU named Weaver “distinguished professor,” the only professor from the School of Journalism in the journalism school’s 100-year history to earn the title.

Weaver, though, downplayed these accomplishments as he addressed the audience Saturday.

“I think the title of Wells’s biography is Being Lucky,” he said. “And I can relate to that.”

Weaver also credited his mentor and American Journalists collaborator Professor Emeritus Cleve Wilhoit and his three “bosses” at the school, deans Richard Gray, Trevor Brown and Brad Hamm. He also acknowledged colleagues in the audience.

Other inductees or their families also made remarks, sometimes sharing personal stories or anecdotes.

Walt Tabak provided technical support to Associated Press members from 1961 to 1986, and many journalists remembered him as someone who was always there to fix problems no matter the time or the weather. His family remembered the same qualities.

“My dad’s commitment, dedication, pride to do the best job he could at one in the afternoon or one in the morning,” said his son, Ron Tabak, who accepted the award for his father.

Mark Ferree was a classmate of Ernie Pyle and Nelson Poynter at IU and the two helped him to land a job selling advertisement for the Washington Daily News in 1932, starting his long career as an executive with Scripps-Howard Newspapers.

His great-great nephew Kevin Harris accepted the award and said his uncle had a high view of journalism and loved to see young people join the profession and succeed.

Skip Hess spent 50 years with the two Indianapolis newspapers, writing investigative stories that brought down politicians and sparked government and institutional reform. He said his induction isn’t about one story, but about the thousands of stories, years of reporting, all the people he interviewed and the editors who helped him.

“It’s been a fun, 50-year ride,” he told the crowd, which included former colleagues, family and friends. “I can’t remember one day that I didn’t want to go to work.”

Photo by Ann Schertz

60 Minutes' Steve Kroft, a native of Kokomo, said he was honored to be part of the state's history.

Steve Kroft has been in the business nearly as long as Hess. The Kokomo native spent 40 years in broadcast journalism, and since 1989 has been at 60 Minutes. His work has earned five Peabodys, 10 Emmys and two Dupont awards.

Kroft said his Midwestern roots have taught him hard work, to be friendly and to have a healthy distrust of people in power.

With all of his awards, he said he was especially appreciative of Saturday’s honor.

“There’s nothing more satisfying in life than being recognized among the people and place where you grew up,” he said. “I want to tell you how much of a privilege it is to be a small part of the state’s history.”

Kate Milner Rabb was most famous for her columns about Indiana’s history and people in the Indianapolis Star. One, “A Hoosier Listening Post,” ran daily from 1920 to 1937. She also authored several books and was an avid Hoosier historian.

Her great-granddaughter, Julia Rabb Whitley, said her grandmother talked often about Rabb and her amazing career.

The Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame is housed at IU’s Ernie Pyle Hall, where placards in the rear room of the library list members.

The hall now is taking nominations for the 2013 class of inductees. All materials are on the group’s website.

Brinkman inducted into Kansas hall of fame

SoJ Web Report — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:24:07 +0000

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From left, Carolyn and Del Brinkman, and Ron and Betty Johnson, celebrated Del Brinkman's induction into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame.

Del Brinkman, MA'64, PhD'71, was inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame April 21 in ceremonies in Overland Park, Kan.

Brinkman served as dean of the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and as vice chancellor for academic affairs at Kansas. Prior to that, the Olpe, Kan., native worked in community journalism and scholastic journalism in Kansas, and at Kansas State. He left Kansas in 1993 and served seven years with the Knight Foundation before finishing his career at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

He is the only educator inducted into this group of newspaper leaders.

IU Director of Student Media Ron Johnson and Paul Stevens, former vice president and Kansas City bureau chief for the Associated Press, nominated Brinkman.

Brinkman now lives in Bloomington and is active in School of Journalism and community activities.

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Massa, BA’83, appointed to Indiana Supreme Court

SoJ Web Report — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:37:45 +0000

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Mark Massa, BA'83, is the newest member of the Indiana Supreme Court.

Mark S. Massa, BA’83, is the newest member of the Indiana Supreme Court, appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels March 23.

Massa will fill a seat vacated by Chief Justice Randall Shepard, who retired from the court. Justice Brent E. Dickson will serve as acting chief justice until the state Judicial Nominating Committee selects a new chief justice, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

Massa served as Shepard’s law clerk from 1991 to 1993. He researched and wrote legal briefs and assisted with the drafting of Supreme Court decisions. He is currently the executive director of the Criminal Justice Institute. He has prosecuted charges ranging from misdemeanors to capital murder cases and has handled complex civil litigation, real estate transactions and contract disputes in private practice. He has had several stints as a prosecutor, including U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, chief counsel in the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office (twice), and deputy prosecuting attorney in Marion County.

In addition to his degree in journalism, Massa earned his law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1989.

Learn more:

See Massa’s biography.
Hear an audio clip of the announcement.

Young alumni discuss long hours, thrill of deadlines, love of work

M. Jessica Contrera — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:16:09 +0000

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From left, Michael Sanserino, Mallory Simon and Matt Dollinger participated in a live blog with Ernie Pyle Scholars and other readers through Cover It Live.

Working long hours, taking on any assignment that comes your way and learning to use new technology are sure-fire ways to succeed in those first jobs, recent young journalism graduates advised their audience in a live blog Tuesday.

Matt Dollinger, BAJ’10, associate producer at SI.com; Michael Sanserino, BAJ’09, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Mallory Simon, BAJ’07, of This Just In, the breaking news blog for CNN Digital participated in a Cover It Live event facilitated by Ernie Pyle Scholars spending spring break at the Poynter Institute in Florida.

Cover It Live is Web-based software that allows any reader to post comments and ask questions. Producers manage the conversation and may add quizzes or polls, photos or questions as the talk goes along. The Ernie Pyle Scholars class of 2014 produced the one-hour program, “Lessons from My First year in Journalism.”

Poynter produces these live blogs regularly so that journalists anywhere can participate. Sara Quinn, a member of the Poynter faculty and the director of its college partnership program, said for this event, she sought alumni who were working in a variety of media. Simon, for example, worked at then-Court TV (now Tru) as her first job, then moved to CNN in Atlanta. Dollinger works for Sports Illustrated’s online component and Sanserino works in print and Web at the newspaper.

The panelists and participants discussed student media and internships as central to building a portfolio and experience. One student asked about the advantages of internships at small organizations or well-known, large groups.

Photo by Haley Nelson

Ernie Pyle Scholar Charlie Scudder was one of the student producers. He and other scholars were spending the week at the Poynter Institute.

“But you don't get a big-name internship without working at a smaller place,” Sanserino wrote. “My recommendation would be to try to land both in college. Working at a big-name place will get you a look from future employers, but having the clips from a smaller place will get you a job.”

All three had numerous internships in college, and they worked in student media. Sanserino signed up to work at the IDS a few days before his freshman semester even started.

Landing the “real” job out of college is built on what you do before you graduate in other ways as well. Building the portfolio of clips, for example, starts early. Then, there’s networking.

“During my last semester, I started to let professors and friends at former internships know that I was looking for a job,” Dollinger wrote. “I utilized every contact I had. Eventually, someone let me know of an opening and I was able to get an interview. While the interview went well, I ultimately wouldn’t have gotten the job without recommendations from people I’d networked with.”

Once on the job, be ready to work hard. Really hard.

“Never say no to an opportunity,” Sanserino said. “When you are getting your start, you want to be the one your bosses turn to because you are always game for a challenge. If you are always willing to take on an assignment, you will eventually work assignments usually reserved for more veteran reporters.”

And don’t plan on getting rich, at least not right away.

“Be willing to do what you love for free (or almost free),” Dollinger wrote. “I moved to Atlanta to take a part-time job at SI.com because I knew it was what I wanted to do. It took me six (broke) months to become full time, but it was worth it.”

Students asked about rewards on the job, and the panelists shared highlights, such as Simon breaking news of Bin Laden's death and jumpstarting a national conversation with her coverage of Personhood. Sanserino's response was one any journalist — student or long-time pro — could understand.

"Nothing beats breaking a big story," he wrote. "You’re filled with this rush of adrenaline and a hint of nervousness. It’s a chase and a thrill."

Photo by Haley Nelson

Sophomore Kourtney Liepelt also worked as a producer. Students organized the materials, developed questions and monitored the process during the one-hour Cover It Live chat.

While learning from the expertise of the panelists, student producers at Poynter gained their own experience in producing a live chat. They had prepared the day before, with Quinn leading the students through the process of coming up with questions, preparing an introduction and structuring the order and pace of the chat.

“It’s a great way for journalists to interact and discuss important topics without ever having to leave their desks,” Quinn said.

Sophomore scholar Charlie Scudder, multimedia editor of the Indiana Daily Student, said he came to understand the difference between print and interactive reporting.

“Sometimes print deals with issues after the fact, but working with a live audience one-on-one can be even more informative,” Scudder said.

Associate professor and Ernie Pyle Scholars program director Jim Kelly said the live chat format could be incorporated into classes and events at the School of Journalism.

“Just as the Poynter Institute regularly puts on live chats featuring visitors to the institute, the school could possibly do live chats that feature the prominent visitors we often host,” Kelly said.

Experts Workshop features Oloffson, Scholder

Amie Sites — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:25:43 +0000

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Kristi Oloffson, BAJ'09, talked to several students about their portfolios and career goals. She was on campus as a mentor for the latest Experts Workshop.

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By Amie Sites

Two alumni visited campus Friday to share their expertise with students looking to improve their portfolios and hear advice about jobs and internships.

This semester’s Experts Workshop guests, Kristi Oloffson, BAJ’09, and Adam Scholder, BAJ’94, received clips and portfolios from about 15 students a week in advance so they could make the most of their 20 minute, one-on-one sessions.

They brought with them years of experience in media. Oloffson is an online editor, working with a team of editors to edit the website as a whole and make news judgment decisions about what goes on the home page and other online pages. The team sends news alerts and puts breaking news headlines at the top of WSJ.com when news breaks, and edits headlines and copy.

Scholder is vice president of Olson Communications, where he oversees the Miller/Coors account. He also works with consumer clients and helps with new business and staffing.

Both Oloffson and Scholder said they returned to campus as a way to help students, but also as a chance to return to the university where they have lasting memories.

“I love Bloomington and IU,” Oloffson said. “I love the chance to talk with students about what they want to do in journalism in the future and what they are doing now.”

Scholder remembers going to Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium for game days, and recalled several projects from his journalism years.

“Your formative years are spent in college, and that time really shapes and molds you into the person you become when you graduate,” Scholder said. “I have nothing but fondness for the time I spent at IU and the School of Journalism. “

Sophomore Michela Tindera met with Oloffson and discussed not only her clips but also her career goals.

“Kristi was very helpful,” Tindera said. “It was great to see a younger expert who is so successful. She gave great advice about getting an internship in the future.”

Photo by Nicholas Demille

Adam Scholder, BAJ'94, works for Olson Communications and talked with several students interested in public relations.

Oloffson, Scholder and the students joined some of the school’s faculty and Career Services director Marcia Debnam, who arranges the Experts Workshop, for lunch in the Indiana Memorial Union and for dinner the night before the sessions. The group conversation at both events centered on careers and goals. At lunch, Oloffson sat with students interested in online and multimedia, and Scholder at a table with students interested in public relations.

Junior Samantha Kirby said not only did Scholder look over her portfolio, but he also suggested Kirby send him a resume.

“People like Adam are willing to help,” Kirby said. “I would love to do this again.”

Scholder said this type of networking can be as important as any other job or internship search technique, and it’s something he enjoys.

“A lot of people I’ve met with are graduating soon, so it’s less critiquing and more of networking and helping out,” Scholder said. “It’s been a really great experience.”

Cohen advises keeping ‘open mind’ about career fields

Belle Kim — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:15:27 +0000

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Jonathan Cohen, BAJ'98, was in Indiana this week with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which is broadcasting from Indianapolis. Cohen talked to several groups of students Tuesday.

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Journalism alumnus Jonathan Cohen, now in his second year as music booker for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show, told students to keep an open mind about their career fields.

“I was so tunnel-vision focused on writing and reporting that I didn’t imagine I’d have to know other skills,” Cohen, BAJ’98, told a group of about 25 students over an informal lunch in the Ernie Pyle Hall lounge Tuesday. “Looking back, I wish I had taken some classes on multimedia and TV.”

Cohen was in Indiana with Fallon’s show, which is broadcasting from Indianapolis this week as part of the lead up to Sunday’s Super Bowl game. Fallon’s network, NBC, will broadcast the game live from Indy.

He said he relies on his journalism skills every day. He spent countless hours at the Indiana Daily Student as reporter, writer and editor. The experience taught him how to cultivate sources, cover events and view things from multiple perspectives, as well as helped launch his career.

“It’s really important to get as much experience as you can. Blogging and writing locally helps you build a nice repertoire of clips,” he said.

After graduating, Cohen moved to New York for an internship and ended up working as a music journalist at Billboard for nine years. Out of curiosity, he applied to Jimmy Fallon’s show after a friend told him about an open position.

He never thought he would get it.

“I had never worked in TV before,” he said. “There was a ton of learning experience on the job.”

Cohen learned to scout for musicians for the show by attending music festivals and following prominent music blogs and magazines. He learned to set his personal tastes in music aside in order to recruit musicians whom he wouldn’t necessarily listen to in his spare time.
He also learned to work closely with public relations representatives of musicians he was interested in recruiting.

Photo by Nick Demille

Cohen spoke to two classes and to a group over lunch. Here, he wraps up a talk in EP 157.

“Staying in touch with PR representatives that I worked with for Billboard made it easier,” he said. “Keeping up good relationships like that is really important in this field.”

He became proficient in utilizing multimedia, such as videos and podcasts, to generate input from the audience.

“When people see bands on our website that they like, good conversation will get started that might be important to the artist and good for the show, too,” he said. “It hits the younger demographic who are very active in Web, so it can be used as a stick to determine whether our idea was worthwhile.”

Cohen said he enjoys working for Fallon’s show because it provides him with special opportunities, such as traveling. He attends a couple of music festivals a year for scouting. This year, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was nominated for an Emmy, so he attended the awards ceremony. He will attend the Grammy awards as well.

He also used his writing skills to write a book about his favorite band. Pearl Jam 20 took over a year to write, he said. Although it started out as just a biography, it turned into a year-by-year account of the band’s journey through obscurity, fame and comeback.

“It was an awesome experience. I had to take the fan part out of it, which was really hard,” he said. “I would totally do it again.”

While in Bloomington for the day, Cohen also spoke to two classes. When he realized he would be in Indiana this week, he contacted School of Journalism Career Services director Marcia Debnam.

“He said he wanted to reach out and talk to journalism students,” Debnam said. “There was a great turnout. I thought it was wonderful to learn about his work.”

Listening to Cohen’s accomplishments was inspiring to senior Carly Bassen.

“I liked that you get to hear about someone who has a great career that we’re all striving to achieve,” she said after the lunch. “It’s interesting to see what we could potentially become with the right hard work, dedication and passion. It shows me I can do it. It was very motivational.”

Hamm speaks to Naples alumni group

SoJ Web Report — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:54:15 +0000

Dean Brad Hamm took the IU School of Journalism’s story to Naples, Fla., recently to talk to alumni there about student activities and journalism education.

The Southwest Florida Indiana University Alumni Association invited Hamm to speak at its monthly brunch Jan. 15. The group hosts four brunches each winter, each with an IU professor or leader as speaker.

Hamm said because this was an alumni audience representing many IU degrees and programs, he talked about the program’s place in IU’s development over the decades.

But the crowd of 50 people, among them some journalism majors, also wanted to know about news media in general and the future of journalism.

“They were curious to know how IU programs are responding to the changing world,” Hamm said.

The Naples group has about 2,000 members, said Dave Spencer, who organizes the events. He works with IUAA in Bloomington to learn about IU professors and others who already are in Florida and may be open to speaking.

“Most of our members are retired, and it has been years since they were on campus, but they want to know what’s going on now,” he said. “We were really excited to have Dean Hamm speak when we heard about the journalism program being 100 years old.”

Spencer said Hamm engaged the audience by talking about newspaper and magazine circulation, then about student activities and experiences at the school.

“We always have a question-and-answer session afterward, and the audience really had a lot of comments and questions for him,” he said. “Our goal with these brunches is to get more people engaged with our group and to stay connected to IU. Speakers like this help us do just that.”

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Students to cover Super Bowl events

Gena Asher — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:10:38 +0000

A media team from the National Sports Journalism Center will cover many of the activities surrounding the Super Bowl in Indianapolis, including community events, Media Day and, for one student, the game itself.

“Right now, the students are generating story ideas to prepare for the week,” said assistant professor Pam Laucella, who also is academic director at the NSJC. “We opened up the slots to students from both IUPUI and Bloomington for the credentials we were able to secure, but we also think other students can cover events for which reporters don’t need credentials.”

Indianapolis is hosting Super Bowl XLVI Feb. 5, but the week leading up to the game is full of events in the downtown area, just a mile from the IUPUI campus, and the NSJC and School of Journalism. Laucella said she worked with the NFL to get credentials, or passes, for the students for Media Day, which is Jan. 31, and Associated Press Sports Editors’ president Michael Anastasi supplied a credential for one student for game day.

“Brian Burnsed, a graduate assistant, will cover the game for Anastasi, who is managing editor at the Salt Lake Tribune,” Laucella said. “Brian came to us from U.S. News and World Report and is an intern at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. He’ll cover the game alongside a Tribune columnist.” Burnsed also will contribute stories to the NSJC website, which already has featured his work in the last few months.

Others with credentials are Bloomington undergraduates Avi Zaleon, Nathan Brown and Jeremy Smith, and IUPUI graduate students Jason Bailey, Josh Weinfuss and Andrew Crum. They are pitching story ideas to a committee made up of Laucella, Bloomington student media director Ron Johnson and NSJC Web editor Larra Overton. Laucella and Overton will accompany the students to Media Day.

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Assistant professor Pam Laucella is overseeing students' coverage of Super Bowl Week in Indianapolis. One student will cover the game Feb. 5.

“We’re encouraging other students who don’t have credentials to cover events during the week, and there are many of those,” Laucella said. These events will be in the Super Bowl Village near Lucas Oil Stadium, which opens opens Jan. 27. On the schedule are parades, festivals, performances, exhibits and even a zipline between two tall downtown buildings.

Laucella said she is working with the NFL for additional access after Media Day to enable students to interview officials and organizers, but some stories won’t require anything but reporters’ curiosity and interviewing skills. For example, visitors and tourists, food vendors, local businesses or members of the Indianapolis committee who oversee the Super Bowl “experience” all have stories to tell.

One special event is open to all the students: a town hall-style meeting with veteran broadcaster Bob Costas is set for Thursday evening.

“The whole week offers great opportunities for any of our students as well as exposure for our program,” Laucella said. Student work will be featured on the NSJC website, for example, already one of the most-visited sports journalism websites in the country.

The center has sent students to many Indianapolis events, such as the Indianapolis 500, NCAA men’s and women's basketball Final Fours, and Big Ten football championship game, where they worked as teams to generate stories, video and photos.

“We have so many opportunities in Indianapolis and often are able to include Bloomington students,” Laucella said. “We glad to be able to offer these experiences to all the students.”

Alumni photo auction supports equipment purchase

Amie Sites — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:12:37 +0000

Photo by Steve Raymer

Student Zach Hetrick shows associate professor Jim Kelly, right, some of the features of the new lighting equipment. An auction of alumni photos last fall helped fund the purchase.

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Thanks to alumni, the School of Journalism had the funds to purchase new equipment for the multimedia lab just in time for spring semester.

Just before classes started, associate professor Jim Kelly and multimedia lab director Allen Major brought the new lighting equipment into the multimedia lab inventory. The AlienBees light kits include three studio flash heads and a camera strobe, each with a stand umbrella or light box. The kits also include grid reflectors, triggers, and accessories.

The new accessories may enable photojournalism students to enhance their skills or even go on to award-winning careers, following many alumni who made the funds possible. During last fall’s centennial celebration, the school staged a silent auction. Photojournalism alumni donated prints of their best work or favorite photos, then attendees to the Centennial Weekend in September bid on the photos, with proceeds going to purchase equipment.

“This opportunity enhances the connection between alumni and current students,” said Kelly, who conceived the auction with communications director Beth Moellers. “Students get to see great photographs and through them feel connection to photographers who worked out of Ernie Pyle in the past.”

Donors included John Ahlhauser, IU Professor Emeritus; Pulitzer Prize winner Michel du Cille, BA’85; and even a couple of more recent graduates. Some alumni turned in prints showing pride in Indiana. Joe Young, BA'56, donated a picture of President John F. Kennedy during the late president’s visit to the Indiana State Fair, and Angela Gottschalk, BA'86, donated a photograph of former men’s basketball coach Bobby Knight throwing a chair during a basketball game.

Photo by Jim Kelly

See copies of the photos that were in the auction on the first floor of Ernie Pyle Hall near the IDS and multimedia lab wing.

Copies of all 33 prints are exhibited on the first floor hallway walls in Ernie Pyle Hall.

Student Zach Hetrick has used the brand AlienBees for several years and conducted a tutorial for professor Steve Raymer and Jim Kelly shortly after the equipment arrived. He is a student in Words and Pictures, a pair of classes taught by Kelly and visiting professor Tom French in which two classes combine for one lecture each week.

Kelly said the new lighting equipment enhances the other assets in the multimedia lab to support classes such as this one, as well as students’ individual projects.

“We were overwhelmed with the generosity of so many of our journalism alumni,” Kelly said. “Students today now see more clearly how they can follow in the foot steps of so many of the country’s great photographers.”

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