College of Journalism and Mass Communications News

The Omaha World-Herald chose two students from the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications to work as reporting fellows at the newspaper for fall 2020. Will Bauer of Hawley, MN is this year’s Husker and Sports fellow, and Nick McConnell of Lincoln is the Breaking News fellow.

Keys? Check. Phone? Check. Mask? Check. 6 feet? Check. Hands? Check. That’s the motto for the new LNK is Greater Than campaign.

This six-week initiative, put on by Archrival and the Lincoln Community Foundation, is touching (socially distantly) students and young adults, alike.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s newest Recognized Student Organization (RSO) is called The Circle. A group of students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications (CoJMC) founded the club because they saw the need for raw and real conversations across UNL’s campus.

Associate Professors Valerie Jones and Bryan Wang were selected to join the inaugural class or the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center Faculty Fellows Program.

The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center studies the ever-changing relationship between law and technology, how the law can regulate technology and how new technologies affect what the law can do. 

Eight College of Journalism and Mass Communications students recently received college division awards at the 2020 Virtual Nebraska Broadcasters Association (NBA) Pinnacle Awards.

This year’s recipient is Professor Emeritus Alfred “Bud” Pagel, whose career at the university has spanned 28 years in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. To congratulate Bud and celebrate this amazing accomplishment you can mail cards to this address:

1840 Twin Ridge Road

Lincoln NE 68506

To Creighton, her social justice course is about helping her students see where they can fit in to make a better society and she feels so fulfilled in her teaching role when she hears them talking about being better citizens. Now Creighton is taking her tactics and applying them to the CoJMC faculty space. 

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications has started a new series to honor and celebrate some of our most distinguished alumni. The first video in the series recognizes the work Bev Keever did as a journalist during the Vietnam War.

Thanks to alumni and donors' generous contributions, the College of Journalism and Mass Communications expands emergency funding options for students.  

Beginning on Aug. 17, 2020, students can apply for emergency funding for "life interruptions." These interruptions might include a car breaking down, a laptop repair or replacement or an unexpected medical bill.