News & Events
Image
May 12, 2022
Students in the School of Media and Journalism recently received recognition from two prestigious student journalism competitions: The Hearst Journalism Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards.
Image
May 6, 2022
Each year, the School of Media and Journalism’s Diversity and Globalization Committee recognizes students and their work with The Robert G. McGruder Student Award for Diversity, in honor of the late Robert G McGruder, a 1963 º£½ÇÔ´´ graduate, and a trail-blazing…
Image
May 2, 2022
Two teams of º£½ÇÔ´´ Media and Journalism students are being honored nationally for their work building public relations campaigns for Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF).
Throughout the Spring 2022 semester, the students participated in the National Bateman Case Study…
Image
April 12, 2022
Assistant Professor Abraham Avnisan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is found at the intersection of image, text and code, often centering on culture and justice. His latest artistic development examines the incarceration business in the United States, specifically…
Image
March 10, 2022
Teams of º£½ÇÔ´´ Media and Journalism students have been spreading awareness and education about lymphoma this spring as part of a national public relations competition.
Image
March 7, 2022
In the United States, only about five percent of journalists are Black or African-American, according to Zippia.com.
Zaria Johnson, senior journalism major at º£½ÇÔ´´, is making history as the first Black female editor-in-chief of the º£½ÇÔ´´r and…
Image
March 3, 2022
The argument for studying journalism has never been stronger. Just a quick glance at the news makes the case. We’re training students who will graduate equipped with strong writing skills – still the number one most important skill set according to all employers with whom I…
Image
Feb. 28, 2022
For recent journalism graduates, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped their entry into the news industry. Young MDJ alumni have focused much of their professional careers on the pandemic, mostly with a Northeast Ohio angle — not just on case numbers or other statistics, but also on…
Image
Feb. 28, 2022
Public relations professionals are time and time again the backbone of communications and community building within their industries. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, º£½ÇÔ´´ alumni in healthcare fields have been put to the test to deliver important and timely responses to…
Image
Feb. 27, 2022
The journalism field is an open arena for experimentation. With the amount of storytelling mediums, there is always an opportunity to try something new and learn about different formats of stories, even when you are years into your journalism career.