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Whither goes the Web?

Renovated Franklin Hall will serve as single, integrated home and symbol of JMC vision

Capturing an audience in an environment of proliferating digital media outlets is a challenge facing students in journalism and mass communication.

Showing students how new technologies and new media affect news, advertising, public relations and visual

journalism is a challenge facing faculty in journalism and mass communication.

Cutting-edge research and forward-looking teaching by faculty are essential to

prepare students for a rapidly, and ever-changing, media landscape.

Through their research and teaching practices, JMC faculty are preparing students for a world of exciting and challenging possibilities.

Kent State administrators are facilitating this teaching and research through their support and development of a

JMC Director Jeff Fruit in front of Franklin Hall, which is to be renovated for 2006 occupancy. Photo by Erin Galletta.

renovated and digitally sophisticated Franklin Hall, which should be ready for occupancy in fall 2006.

Students in the school's Collaborative Online Producing class have prepared a multimedia show on Franklin Hall and the JMC vision.

Story by Val Kelly

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Read about some of the work being done by JMC faculty to better understand the World Wide Web

Source credibility of Web sites can be a strange proposition, as design takes precedence over content.

Stan Wearden, professor, print news.

Writing news for online audiences is very different from writing for traditional newspaper readers.

Fred Endres, professor, print news.

Media convergence affects students and creates new business models in the industry.

Barb Hipsman, associate professor, print news.

Web technology can be a dynamic and effective teaching tool in the classroom.

Gary Hanson, assistant professor, broadcast news.

How valuable and productive are online news partnerships between papers and television?

Evonne Whitmore, assistant professor, broadcast news.

A renovated Franklin Hall will be JMC's home in Fall 2006, as well as a symbol of our commitment to preparing students for the digital future. View a multimedia story about our vision and the building.