Dunnigan: An Inspiration
A national media buzz that started in fall paused for a stop at the School of Journalism and Media during Black History Month to celebrate the life and hall-of-fame career of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the daughter of a Kentucky sharecropper who pawned her watch to make ends meet on her way to becoming the first African-American woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House and Congress. Students and faculty attended events surrounding a life-sized statue of Dunnigan that was on display for three weeks in the lobby of the W.T. Young Library.
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Midway Messenger
Students do a public service and get firsthand lessons in community journalism.
Film and Future
Thanks to Assistant Professor David Stephenson, students in the Spring 2019 semester will learn about journalism old school in a film series and new school through lessons in immersive journalism, which puts the audience in the story. The film series opens Jan. 31 with "Spotlight" and ends April 5 with "Good Night, and Good Luck."
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Journalism and Podcasting
Thanks to a team effort in the School of Journalism and Media led by multimedia professor Kakie Urch, students are learning how to produce one of the fastest-growing storytelling methods: podcasts. Working with technology coordinator Chris Larmour, Urch set up a facility for students to create pilot podcast programs in her JOU 498, Multimedia Storytelling, capstone course.
