Al Cross, director of the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, led a delegation of American newspaper editors to China recently to meet with their counterparts to discuss community journalism, a rising element of the trade in both countries.
University of Kentucky student Brady Trapnell, a journalism major in the College of Communication and Information, has received the Harry Barfield Scholarship from the Kentucky Broadcasters Association (KBA). Ethan Fedele, a digital media and design student in the College of Fine Arts, also had his Barfield Scholarship from the 2016-17 academic year renewed. Both students will receive $2,500 for the 2017-18 academic year.
University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media students in the UK College of Communication and Information brought home 10 awards, including the prestigious Tom Peterson Memorial Scholarship, at the 2017 Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards held in April.
The faculty of the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media in the College of Communication and Information has voted to annually recognize graduates of the school who have had outstanding careers and made significant contributions to their communities and professions.
University of Kentucky journalism majors will learn about “Taking the Right Steps to That First Job” on Thursday, April 6, at the annual Richard G. Wilson Journalism Alumni Symposium. Six graduates of the School of Journalism and Media in the College of Communication and Information will discuss their job search and their careers at the symposium, which begins at 6 p.m. today, in the UK Athletics Auditorium of the William T. Young Library.
Nine new members will join the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame Friday, April 28. They will be inducted at a luncheon ceremony sponsored by the University of Kentucky’s School of Journalism and Media and the UK School of Journalism Alumni Association.
Twelve students enrolled in the Chinese Media and Society course at the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media visited the Chinese capital city of Beijing from March 10 through March 20 as part of the study abroad requirement for the class. Students had the opportunity to visit and experience top media and high-tech venues, prominent college campuses, and world-renowned historical sites during the trip.
“How to Be Ethical in the Age of Fake News,” the next program in the “Challenges to Journalism” series created by the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media, will feature one of the profession’s most important voices on ethics.
Laura Ungar, an investigative journalist with 26 years of reporting experience, is coming to the University of Kentucky on Monday, March 20, to address students in the College of Communication and Information about the current journalistic climate and the need for more high-impact journalism.