For us to equate the economic collapse of many major daily newspapers with the end of society's need for quality journalism or educated journalists is a bit like equating the economic crisis facing General Motors with the end of our dependence on the automobile for transportation.
Students become community journalists and an SJMC legacy grows with Brovald and Sim Community Journalism course.
by Kristen Anderson
Continue reading "Out of the classroom and into the newsroom" »
Audrey Kinney, the widow of SJMC alumnus James M. Kinney, recently made a generous $100,000 gift to establish the James M. and Audrey H. Kinney Scholarship. In addition, Kinney has designated the University of Minnesota as a beneficiary of her estate. The scholarship will support students interested in a career in community journalism.
by Jen Keavy
SJMC UNDERGRADUATES WON A NUMBER OF IMPRESSIVE AWARDS during the 2008-09 academic year, including a Scripps Howard "Top Ten" Scholarship, first place in the National Student Advertising Competition regional competition, several Hearst Awards finalist honors, 15 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards--two of which were first-place awards for The Minnesota Daily--a Sevareid Award from the Northwest Broadcast News Association as well as four College Emmy nominations and one College Emmy Award.
by Nora Paul and Karen Kloser
Continue reading "INMS research helps address newsroom challenges and media consumer engagement" »
In two events sponsored by the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law in spring 2009, guest speakers and panelists from law enforcement, journalism, and the academy addressed difficult and timely questions concerning the interrelations of technology, privacy and law enforcement, as well as health journalism in the midst of an imminent flu pandemic.
by Patrick File and Jacob Parsley
Continue reading "Silha Center Events Tackle Tough Topics in Media Ethics and Law" »
Editor's note: The SJMC is proud of The Minnesota Daily and its first place award for Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper in the 2008 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, Region 6, presented in March at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn. The Daily also took home seven other first place spots in various categories, continuing its tradition of excellence.
Continue reading "Daily Leadership Bolsters Paper's Offerings to Keep Pace with Changing Industry" »
by Michelle (Kibiger) Fure, President
Continue reading "Minnesota Daily Alumni Association Update" »
More than 250 people gathered on a warm, sunny evening at McNamara Alumni Center for the SJMC's annual Spring Celebration.
by Jen Keavy
Changing business models. The collapse of newspapers. The rise of the citizen journalist. The increasingly mobile news and information consumer. With the powerful impact of these significant trends, what will a career in media and communications look like in the next decade? In this new era of information consumption, the one thing that is constant is change. In response to the ongoing media maelstrom, the SJMC offered some twists on its traditional curriculum during the 2008-09 academic year.
by Jen Keavy
Continue reading "Innovative courses help students prepare for real-world challenges" »
Storytelling isn't dead. Spend some time at the National Scholastic Press Association's high school journalism convention and you'll find that to be true.
by Jen Keavy
SJMC director Albert Tims presented the 2008 Ralph D. Casey/Minnesota Award to Hearst Corporation executive George B. Irish during the Inland Press Association's annual meeting, held Oct. 28, 2008, in Chicago.
by Jen Keavy
Continue reading "Hearst executive George B. Irish receives 2008 Casey Award" »
You can be proud that your gifts made possible more than $335,000 in awards to undergraduate and graduate students benefiting nearly 100 students. And SJMC faculty received approximately $200,000 to support their research and teaching.
By Nora Paul and Karen Kloser
Continue reading "INMS Update: Current Research and Initiatives" »
By Sara Cannon
Minnesota's premier public affairs award competition expanded to include electronic and new media journalism.
By Jen Keavy
New leadership takes helm at the Daily.
Scholarship winners were all smiles after being acknowledged on the Memorial Hall stage at McNamara Alumni Center.
By Jen Keavy
College of Liberal Arts honors former SJMC students with Alumni of Notable Achievement Award.
By Jen Keavy
Forum to address freedom of the press and the state of journalism.
Watch the Minnesota Journalism Center Web site,
http://www.mjc.umn.edu, for updates on the symposium.
Libraries are dusty old places with nothing but books.
By Jen Keavy
Continue reading "University librarian Johan Oberg guides students through the information age" »
Pride and tradition have never occupied quiet houses in the story of American life. You can find them in our national monuments and war memorials. They're engraved on the sides of our most treasured sports trophies. They dance in wedding photographs on the walls of our grandparents' homes. Few things seem more urgent than our desire to commemorate, to crease every page and mark each chapter in our collective national youth. Enter the yearbook.
by Erik Ernest Martz
Continue reading "SJMC alumnus Tim Larson rises to the top at Jostens" »
Combining a student-centered philosophy with the resources of a major research university, the SJMC is working hard to give students opportunities not found elsewhere.
by Jen Keavy
Continue reading "Recent SJMC grads reflect on their undergraduate experience" »
by Dave Mona
Of all the nicknames and sobriquets that might be attached to Mitchell Charnley (and he hated labels), Mr. Accuracy would have been as apt as any other. It was his professional obsession that a writer's first job is to get the facts right.
by Phil Tichenor
In this issue of the Murphy Reporter, we've invited emeritus professor Phil Tichenor to reflect on the distinguished career and lasting legacy of professor Mitchell V. Charnley -- one of the nation's true pioneers in journalism education.
Francis Loren “Gus” Cooper (B.A. ’41), a lifetime journalist and civic activist, died Dec. 15, 2007, in Dunedin, Fla. He was 88 years old. He attended the University of Minnesota from 1937 to 1941, and was a reporter/editor for The Minnesota Daily, later becoming managing editor during his senior year. After graduating, he was a reporter for the Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin. Cooper was a World War II and Koren conflict veteran and served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for nearly 40 years.
Our goal is to raise an additional $200,000 over the next 12 months.
You can play an important part in helping us reach this goal!
Conference explores the economics of aging.
Minnesota Daily Alumni Association Update
By Eva Widder
Two underreported facts about the relationship between Morocco and the United States are the following, according to Mohamed Benaissa: "Morocco was the first country in 1777 to recognize the United States as an independent nation. The first treaty that the new American republic entered into was with Morocco, in 1787." This friendship treaty has never been broken.
By Nahid Khan
Alumnus Thomas DeFrank upsets the Conventional Wisdom on Gerald Ford
By Neal Karlen
The University of Minnesota is boldly moving forward with its goal to become one of the world's top three public research universities within the next decade--an institution with "a deep and abiding cultural commitment to excellence" in education and in the advancement of knowledge for the public good, as University president Robert Bruininks said in his 2007 State of the University address. Through its pioneering communications research, the SJMC is right in step with these strategic aspirations.
By Jen Keavy
"We've embraced the aspirations of the University of Minnesota to emerge over the coming decade as one of the top three public research universities in the world by providing world class support for faculty and graduate student research."
By Mary Hicks
Murphy Hall: The place where careers - and lives - take off
By Karen Kloser and Nora Paul
The Institute for New Media Studies celebrates Knight Foundation grant and soon-to-be released Eyetracking Project research.
By Christopher Gorman
Silha Forum examines media coverage of tragedies
By Rachel Johnson
The MJC's annual Premack Awards and Lecture celebrated Minnesota public affairs journalism and launched a new program format focusing on current issues in public affairs reporting.
There are many reasons for the Minnesota Daily staff to be proud as they review their improvements and celebrate their accomplishments.
Continue reading "New location, enhanced web presence highlights past year" »
By Natalie Johnson
Any discussion about diversity would be incomplete without adding student voices tot the mix. Students throughout the SJMC are not only learning about the importance of diversity, but are engaged and working hard to make sure the dialogue remains interesting and meaningful.
Continue reading "Students bring energy, strong voices to diversity dialogue" »
By Chris Ison
The Cowles family's commitment to racial and gender equality, combined with the power of the press, helped shape the course of history. This legacy, begun decades ago, lives on as a new generation continues to promote diversity and equality, and support journalism and journalism education.
By Rhoda Fukushima
Diversity is as close as a city bus or a college campus. Diversity is in the places we go and in the places we don't. Diversity is in how long we stay and how long we don't. Diversity invites us to come when we can and stay as long as possible.
By Natalie Johnson
The conversation about diversity takes on new intensity with the addition of the John and Elizabet h Bate s Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality to the SJMC faculty. This position will directly enhance the strategic plan of the SJMC and the University overall to build the nation’s pre-eminent program in communication education, research and practice.
Continue reading "New faculty position reflects University’s commitment to diversity" »
By Albert R. Tims
A core value of American journalism is to give voice to those sectors of society for whom the forces of inequality have muted or denied their voices. The vitality of the public sphere depends on these voices.
The SJMC celebrates student and alumni achievement
By Amanda Rider
Award Winners Celebrated and American Politics Discussed at Premack Lecture
The Daily, and editor-in-chief Jake Weyer, wrap up an award-winning year
By Amanda Rider
Three promising SJMC alums have found promising career paths in the advertising world.
by Ami Berger
Four SJMC faculty explore the connections between health and communication--and how those connections affect the public's health and well-being.
By Ami Berger
The SJMC is making its undergraduate curriculum one of the most dynamic and forward-thinking in the country. The result? Alumni who know how to make a difference in the real world.
The SJMC says a sad farewell to Bob Jones, former director and Professor Emeritus...and other passages.
By Mary Hicks
The first Star Tribune Scholars graduate...and more student news from the halls of Murphy Hall.
Every fall, the Minnesota Daily reinvents itself as a new group of leaders take over the paper's Office of the Publisher. This year, that group includes President Justin Scott, Business Manager Melissa Lappin, and Editor-in-Chief Britt Johnsen.
The Minnesota Journalism Center hosted events this past semester with a local, national, and international flair.
When temperatures are freezing and snow covers the University's campus, it's hard to believe that spring--and graduation--is only a few short months away. As they get ready for their last semester in the SJMC, five seniors talk about their course work (challenging but satisfying), their interests (all over the place), their free time (what there is of it), and their futures (very bright).
Continue reading "In their own words: Senior year in the SJMC" »
The SJMC has been the collegiate home of five generations of students, and some of those students have watched their own children come through the corridors of Murphy Hall. Call it a "family thing."
Professor Kathleen Hansen and Institute for New Media Studies director Nora Paul are exploring the use of computer games as effective tools in the classroom.
By Mary Hicks
The Star Tribune Scholars Program sees a big increase in funds...and more student news from Murphy Hall.
Recent awards, publications, presentations, and other accolades from the faculty in the SJMC.
Recent awards, publications, presentations, and other accolades from the faculty in the SJMC.
Floyd Abrams Delivers 20th Annual Silha Lecture
Recent awards, publications, presentations by SJMC faculty...and a few new faces coming to Murphy Hall.
By Andrew Deutsch
This spring, the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law highlighted two topics very much in the news. The Silha Forum held in March focused on the rights of privacy in the digital age, and the April forum looked at the ethical and legal issues reporters face when dealing with confidential sources.
By Ching Lo
The Institute for New Media Studies focuses on the future of gaming, blogs, and thinking digitally
By Albert R. Tims
The University of Minnesota is poised to embark on a bold new strategic plan for the coming decade. President Robert Bruininks' ultimate goal is to propel the University into the ranks of the top three research universities in the world.
The Institute for New Media Studies is spearheading projects on local, national and international levels.
By Albert R. Tims
Using virtually any metric you like, the University of Minnesota has entered an era of tranformational change.
By Mary Hicks
SJMC's students continue to win awards, grants, honors, and recognition for their work.
As the Daily prepares to move locations, the paper's 2005-06 leaders prepare for life after the Daily and look back over the year's challenges and accomplishments.
By Karen Kloser
Institute for New Media Studies director Nora Paul puts the U on the media world map with lectures in Mexico City, Caracas, New Delhi, and Chandigarh for the World Press Institute.
By Elaine Hargrove and Penelope Sheets
The Silha Center's two Spring Forums examine media objectivity and e-mail privacy
By Rachel Johnson
The MJC's annual Premack Awards and Lecture celebrated Minnesota public affairs journalism and examined the media's coverage of Hurricane Katrina with guest speaker Michele Norris.
By Ami Berger
The SJMC celebrates its scholars, donors, alumni, and 2006 graduates at a festive--and crowded!--Spring Celebration at McNamara Alumni Center.
By Ami Berger
The SJMC partners with the U.S. State Department on a new program to promote international understanding among journalists.
By Ami Berger
Graduate students in the SJMC's M.A. and Ph.D. programs are producing cutting-edge research on many of today's hot-button issues. They're also preparing to be leaders of the next generation of mass communication scholars.
By Ami Berger
For three SJMC faculty, history helps define the future of mass communication
Continue reading "Lessons from the Past: Historical Research" »
By Pamela Hill Nettleton
These three SJMC alumnae are making their mark on the strategic communictions industry--from the corner office.
By Ami Berger
SJMC’s award-winning student organizations are classrooms of their own, giving students a chance to learn from industry professionals and from each other.
Continue reading "Learning Outside the Classroom: SJMC's Student Organizations" »
By Albert R. Tims
By Mary Hicks
SJMC's students continue to win awards, grants, honors, and recognition for their work.
The Daily had a busy first semester, covering big news on campus (the University's new stadium) and off campus (the 2006 elections). The Office of the Publisher-- editor-in-chief Anna Weggel, business manager Scott Sailer, and administrative director Anna Leisa Sauser, also have big plans for the rest of their tenure, including expanding the Daily's web presence, updating the paper's technology, and fostering diversity.
The Institute for New Media Studies launches the year with a U-wide conference and the second phase of the Digital Storytelling Effects Lab.
Geoffrey Stone delivers 21st annual Silha Lecture: "The Freedom of the Press versus The National Security"
The Minnesota Journalism Center's outreach efforts took on some new dimensions this year, with programming for business journalists food writers, and the Korean Press Foundation.
By Ami Berger
The discipline of mass communication is evolving at light-speed, and graduates of the SJMC's doctoral program are leading that evolution.
By Albert R. Tims
