Indiana University School of Journalism » Notices http://journalism.indiana.edu The IU School of Journalism has been a leader in journalism education and research for nearly 100 years. Our students take a rigorous curriculum of journalism skills courses and liberal arts classes to give them a well-rounded view of the world. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:26:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fulbright chair Johnson busy with conferences http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/fulbright-chair-johnson-busy-with-conferences/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/fulbright-chair-johnson-busy-with-conferences/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:20:49 +0000 Gena Asher http://journalism.indiana.edu/?p=4630 This content copyright © Indiana University School of Journalism 2009

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Associate professor Owen V. Johnson has been busy as he has spent the semester in Poland as part of his duties as Fulbright Distinguished Chair in East European Studies at the University of Warsaw.

Nov. 18, he chaired a panel on "Polish-U.S. Academic Partnership Programs: State of the Art & Perspectives" at the Perspectives in Polish-U.S. Academic Exchanges conference organized by the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, Warsaw. (Connect here to see a photo report.)

His paper, "Journalism in Slovakia 1948-68: A Force for Change," will be presented at Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Nov. 24.

He also will give the keynote address, "Defining the People, Serving the State: Slovak Mass Media, 1989-2009," for the Transformation of Media in Slovakia & the Countries of Central & Eastern Europe After 1989 conference Nov. 26-27 held in conjunction with the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Bratislava School of Law.

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The IU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Ernie Pyle Hall auditorium (EP 220) to discuss "Event Planning 101: You think you know but you have no idea."

Guest speaker will be Valerie Pena, executive director and chief of staff for the Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations at Indiana University.

For more information, e-mail PRSSA member Darcy Marlett.

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Three faculty members and seven graduate students head to Chicago Friday and Saturday to attend the 2009 Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research conference in Chicago.

Roy W. Howard Professor David Weaver said this is the highest number of journalism researchers to attend the conference in his 33 years of participation.

Here’s the line up:
  • Weaver is one of the judges of the MAPOR Fellows Student Paper Competition and is attending the meeting.
  • Professor Lars Willnat will present a paper entitled “How the World Sees America: Political and Cultural Dimensions of Anti-Americanism.”
  • Assistant professor Joann Wong will present a paper entitled “How Newspapers and Voter Contact Impact Voters: Testing a Model of Political Knowledge and Voter Turnout.”
  • Doctoral student Jason Martin’s paper is "Predicting Political Knowledge from Online Media Use and Discussion." He also will moderate a paper session on political participation and public opinion that includes Wong’s paper.
  • Doctoral student Lanier Holt will present two papers: “Ladies First? Did Gender and Incumbency Make a Difference in the Newspaper Coverage of Two 2006 Senate Elections?” and “Black Like Me? Comparing and Contrasting How the Media Framed the Campaign Coverage of Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama.” He also will moderate a research paper session on views of country, home and abroad that includes papers by Willnat and Yunjuan Luo.
  • Doctoral students Seong Choul Hong and Chang Hee Choi will present a jointly authored paper, “Inter-Media Frame Building: The U.S. Beef Import Case in South Korea.”
  • Doctoral student Mohammed al-Azdee’s paper is "Agenda-Setting Theory in 2008 when President Bush was in His Last Year in Office."
  • Doctoral student Yunjuan Luo’s paper is "International News Exposure and the American Public’s Perceptions of China." Yunjuan Luo also is moderating a paper session on international public opinion.
  • Master’s student Shin Haeng Lee’s paper is "Selective Exposure to News Media: Individual Predispositions and Online News Consumption." The paper was based on a final paper for J660 Public Opinion. Lee said professor Lars Willnat’s comments on the paper helped shape the final product.
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Doctoral student Jason Martin’s article, "When It Comes to Headlines, Winning Really is Everything," was published in the fall 2009 edition of the Newspaper Research Journal.

The article examines the visibility of college football coaches in newspaper sports journalism. A survey of national print media found strong correlations between a coach’s career longevity, his won-loss record, and the number of his team’s appearances in the Associated Press poll rating the top 25 college football teams and the number of times that coach was mentioned in newspaper and wire reports.

The article began as Martin’s master’s thesis under the direction of Roy Howard Professor David Weaver.

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Both the library and multimedia lab at the School of Journalism will be closed over the Thanksgiving break, Nov. 25-29.

The library is closed Nov. 25-29 and reopens with regular hours Nov. 30.

As for the multimedia lab, the last chance for over-the-break checkouts is Monday, Nov. 23, first come, first served. If you need equipment over break, go to the lab as early as possible this day. Equipment is due back to the lab Nov. 30 at noon.

The lab will be closed for checkouts Tuesday, Nov. 24. Students still may use computers in the lab. The lab will be closed completely Nov. 25-29 and reopens with regular hours Monday, Nov. 30.
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Get your materials together in time for the Jan. 27 deadline to apply for the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.

The contest recognizes exceptional work by student journalists in print, radio, television, photography and online media. The contest is open to anyone enrolled in a college or university in the U.S. and studying for an academic degree in 2009.

To be eligible, work must have been published or broadcast during the 2009 calendar year.

For more information, visit the SPJ Web site or contact awards coordinator Lauren Rochester at (317) 927-8000 ext. 210 or awards@spj.org.
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Sarah Hutchins won second place in the Keating feature writing contest over the weekend. She is shown at her desk during her internship in London last summer.

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Journalism senior and INside magazine features editor Sarah Hutchins placed second and received $1,250 for her work in the 23rd Annual Thomas R. Keating Feature Writing Program in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday.

Margaret Sutherlin of DePauw University won first place. Five other IU students competed, including Natalie Avon, Lauren Clason, Stephanie Doctrow, Sean Morrison and John Seasly.

The Indianapolis Press Club Foundation-sponsored Keating writing challenge annually features 10 finalists representing Indiana’s best college journalism students, according to the Indianapolis Star’s new release.

Judges chose the 10 who competed from a record number of 61 entrants from Indiana colleges. The 10 finalists were dropped off at the Indianapolis convention center Saturday morning and given four hours to develop and write a feature story on the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. The Indianapolis Star provided space in its newsroom for the finalists to write their stories.

The program is named in honor of Tom Keating, a former Indianapolis Star columnist and Lilly Endowment executive who died in 1985 at age 45.

Hutchins and IU student Courtney Miller won two of the four scholarships the foundation presents during the Keating weekend.

Hutchins won one of two Maurice and Robert Early Scholarships worth $1,000 for what judges cited as her “especially impressive work record that showed her dedication to journalism.” Hutchins has worked at the IDS, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis and other publications. Judges said her clips interested them most because of her writing style.

Miller won the Walter E. and Mary E. Hemphill Scholarship of $1,750 for her work in video, including her work in South Africa. Judges said they were impressed with her goals to create films and documentaries focusing on human rights and post-conflict reconstruction. They also lauded Miller’s essay, which said she approaches these topics “as a journalist, not an activist.”


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Doctoral student Ammina Kothari’s paper "Framing of Darfur Conflict in The New York Times: 2003-2006,” has been accepted for publication for the April 2010 issue of the Journalism Studies journal.

The paper, which won second top student award in the International Communications Division at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference last summer, is based on research from Kothari’s master’s thesis completed at the University of Oregon and revised during an independent study with associate professor Amy Reynolds.

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Adjunct lecturers Steve Higgs and Gena Asher are authors of two feature stories in the November/December issue of the Indiana Alumni Magazine, a publication of the IU Alumni Association.

Asher’s article, "Preservation All," reports on IU’s efforts to digitally preserve fragile recordings that range from audio of now-extinct languages to music from many cultures. She teaches J200 Reporting, Writing and Editing I and is the editor of the School of Journalism Web site.

Higgs’ article is "Tidal Wave of Autism," which looks at recent research and theories on the rising rates of autism. He teaches J155 Research Techniques for Journalists and J201 Reporting, Writing and Editing II. Higgs publishes The Alternative weekly Web magazine.

Higgs also is author of "Autism Spikes, Toxins Suspected," CounterPunch’s lead story last week.



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Associate professor Claude Cookman’s use of technology in teaching is featured in the current "Faculty Showcase" on the Oncourse portal. See it at this link, where you’ll find an intro at the bottom of the page, with a link to the PDF document that discusses using technology as a tool to solve real-world problems in J210 Visual Communications and J464 Informational Graphics. Several projects by students in both classes are featured.

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