College of Journalism and Mass Communications News

CoJMC alumna finds success

by Jessica Fowler  

Mics are pinned to blazers, clarity and volume are checked. The producer in a separate room speaks into a mic connected to an earpiece. “30 seconds,” he says.

CoJMC alumna uses experience from journalism capstone to research immigrant communities

by Anika Zempleni

Flora Zempleni, a 2016 CoJMC grad, had never heard of language brokers until she took professor Tim Anderson's Mosaic class.

Two CoJMC alumni part of Pulitzer winning teams

by Alli Inglebright

Two alumni from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications were part of Pulitzer prize winning teams. Chris Graves was part of the Cincinnati Enquirer’s “Seven Days of Heroin” team, which examined the impact of heroin on the community through immersive storytelling. Nate Kelly was part of The Arizona Republic’s “The Wall: Unknown stories, Unintended consequences” team, which was a special report from 2017 looking at President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.

UNL CoJMC public relations students earn top-20 recognition for childhood cancer campaign

by Molly Chapple

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) announced April 24 five University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College of Journalism and Mass Communications (CoJMC) students received an honorable mention for their “Stack the Odds– Unite With Purpose to Conquer Childhood Cancer” campaign.

College to host Mobile Me & You in October

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications is hosting the national Mobile Me and You 2018 Conference Oct. 26-27. The conference is focused on new ideas and best practices for mobile media.

Three CoJMC students receive Fulbright awards

by Alli Inglebright

Three students graduating from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications received Fulbright Scholarships to study and work abroad upon graduation. The program offers research, study and teaching opportunities in over 140 countries to recent graduates and graduate students. The program allows them to gain an appreciation for others’ viewpoints through interaction with those in their host country.

CoJMC students create campaign to spread kindness

by Alli Inglebright

Students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications have been working to spread kindness on campus this semester. The students in assistant professor Valerie Jones’ ADPR 361 Connecting Thought Owned, Earned and Paid Media class spent the semester conducting research and a executing smaller campaign that will culminate in a kindness event. The event is Thursday, April 26 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the UNL Union Plaza.

CoJMC faculty receive Nebraska System Science grant

Faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications (CoJMC) have been awarded a $20,000 System Science Planning grant from the University of Nebraska for a project titled “A health system level approach to integrate weight management, obesity care coordination, patient engagement and clinical trial recruitment.”

Black Jack Pershing wins Sigma Delta Chi Award

On Monday, April 23, the Society of Professional Journalists announced that Bernard "Barney" McCoy, Luis-Peon Casanova, Paul Pytlowany, and Christine Lesiak are recipients of this year's national Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism for the documentary "Black Jack Pershing: Love and War." 

CoJMC students take national and regional journalism awards

by Molly Chapple

Several CoJMC students recently won various national and regional awards. Two CoJMC students won Hearst Journalism Awards, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. In the Sports Writing Competition, senior journalism and ADPR double-major Cody Nagel took 10th place. There were a total of 122 entries in the competition from 66 schools.