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JMC students win Knight scholarships
Kent
JMC students won five of the six John S. Knight Scholarships
presented by the Akron Press Club. Winners included Erin Galletta,
Kathryn Hilbert, Shannon Peluso and Tara Pringle. Elizabeth
Baldwin won the Ludel Sauvageot Scholarship. They received
their $3,000 scholarships at a luncheon in late spring.
More
honors for
JMC student, PAB
Chuck
Thornton, senior broadcast news major, won second place in
the Student Video Production competition sponsored by the
Broadcast Education Association. His video was entitled "Playing
the Odds." The award was presented at the BEA convention
in Las Vegas.
In
addition, Walt Tiburski, former vice president and general
manager of Infiniti Broadcasting and a member of our Professional
Advisory Board, has been inducted into the NE Ohio Broadcasting
Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
Stater
gets first
outdoor
advertising
Lori
Cantor, manager of the Office of Student Media, tells us that
the Daily Kent Stater has its first major piece of "outdoor
advertising." That's a billboard to most of us. It's
strategically located facing east on St. Rt. 59 at St. Rt.
261.
'77
graduate gets
journalism award
Jeannine
Guttman, editor and vice president of the Portland Press Herald/Maine
Sunday Telegram has won the Judith W. Brown Spirit of Journalism
Award.
The
award is given annually to an outstanding woman in journalism.
It is named for Judy Brown, longtime publisher and editor
of the New Britain (Conn.) Herald and NESNE's first female
president.
Jeannine,
a 1977 graduate of JMC and a former Stater editor, heads a
news staff of 110. The paper is the largest in Maine, and
the Telegram is the only statewide paper.
Al
Fitzpatrick wins
award from AJHA
JMC
graduate and Adjunct Professor, Al Fitzpatrick, has received
the Local Journalists Award given by the American Journalism
Historians' Association for outstanding career contributions
to journalism. The presentation was made at a special luncheon
of the AJHA, meeting in Cleveland for its annual national
convention. Fitzpatrick had a long, productive career with
Knight-Ridder and the Akron Beacon Journal. He teaches a course
in Managing Diversity at Kent State.
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JMC faculty win
teaching honors |
| Kent
JMC prides itself on providing quality classroom education.
This semester, six full- and part-time faculty have been
honored by their students. They received Graduate's Applause
awards after being named by graduating seniors as faculty
who made a difference in their academic careers. Awards
went to Candace Bowen, Kim Colebrooke, Michele Ewing,
Gary Hanson, William Sledzik and Davis Young. |
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| The
Burr has won three major awards in the 2004 AEJMC Magazine
contest. The Spring 2004 issue, edited by Steven Harbaugh,
won first place in two categories: Single Issues of Ongoing
Print Magazine: Editorial and Single Issues of Ongoing
Print Magazine: General Excellence. The CyBurr took second
place in the Online Magazine competition. Jamie Carracher
was editor and Meranda Watling webmaster. Prof. Ann Schierhorn
is adviser to the publications. |
Flash
Communications
wins CASE award
Flash
Communications has won a prestigious award from CASE, the
Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The entry
-- "Flash Communications - Linking the Classroom with
Professional Experience" -- has been awarded a silver
medal in the 2004 Circle of Excellence Awards
competition. Flash Communications is a partnership between
the Office of University Communication and Marketing and JMC.
To read a feature on Flash Communications, click
here.
Gannett
Foundation renews Producing class grant
The
Gannett Foundation has provided another $18,000 in grant money
to continue its support of the Advanced News Producing class.
The course, in partnership with Gannett-owned Cleveland station,
WKYC, provides advanced instruction in television news producing,
with strong emphasis on professional presentations by Channel
3 staffers under the direction of Executive Producer Rita
Adelson.
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