College of Journalism and Mass Communications News

Six students will lead UNL’s 2023 Bateman Competition Team

Dec 7 2022 - 3:45pm

Students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Journalism and Mass Communications will take part in the 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition. The 2023 challenge is in support of News Literacy Project. Teams across the U.S. will develop and execute integrated communications campaigns to raise awareness around the importance of knowing how to separate fact from fiction and become more informed, engaged and empowered citizens.

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Jacht Agency to Showcase Client Work in Nebraska

Dec 7 2022 - 11:45am

Jacht Agency will be hosting its biannual virtual final presentation on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 5p.m. via YouTube live stream.

UNL wins Student Best in Show at 2022 Paper Anvil Awards

Dec 6 2022 - 12:45pm

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students won six Paper Anvil Awards from the Nebraska chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The 2022 Bateman team won best of show in the student category, along with an award of excellence and the award for special achievement in public relations. Jacht, a full-service, student-led advertising agency won three awards of merit.

UNL SPJ to host destress event on Tuesday, Dec. 6

Dec 5 2022 - 8:00am

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s founding chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host a destress event in Andersen Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 6-9 p.m.

Obituary: Linda R. Beermann

Nov 28 2022 - 3:45pm

Linda R. Beermann of Lincoln, a pathbreaking television weather reporter and newscaster and community volunteer, died at home of natural causes on Nov. 25, 2022, after enjoying a Thanksgiving holiday with friends, family, a new kitten and FaceTiming with grandchildren. She was 76 years old.

Dean's Update: November 2022

Nov 22 2022 - 9:30am

We have so much to be thankful for in the CoJMC! Our Bateman Case Competition students received their first-place trophy at the International Public Relations Student Society of America Conference, Seaton Professor Valerie Jones won the university-wide research slam, we hosted the Flatwater Free Press Forum: Nebraska’s Prisons at a Crossroads, cut the ribbon on the Don and Lorena Meier Studio and launched the Only in Nebraska Campaign. And that was just last week!

Don and Lorena Meier Studio ribbon-cutting celebrates 'Wild Kingdom' legacy and the future of media

Nov 21 2022 - 1:00pm

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration for the Don and Lorena Meier Studio on Nov. 17 in Andersen Hall.

Flatwater Free Press hosts forum on Nebraska's Corrections Department

Nov 21 2022 - 12:45pm

The Flatwater Free Press and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications sponsored “Nebraska’s Prisons at a Crossroads”, a forum that discussed Nebraska’s Corrections Department on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Rabble Media Club gives high school students college-level experiences

Nov 21 2022 - 8:45am

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications has partnered with Bay High and the Cooper Foundation to host an after school program. Rabble Media Club meets every Tuesday and Thursday and had its first meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

Friends mourn the loss of Mike Stricklin, encourage others to contribute to the scholarship in his name

Nov 21 2022 - 8:00am

A group of College of Journalism and Mass Communications alumni wrote a letter to fellow alumni grieving the loss of professor and friend, Mike Stricklin, who passed away this September. The letter encouraged others to continue Stricklin’s legacy and give to the Michael Stricklin Scholarship Fund.

Killen to join CoJMC as an academic advisor on July 16

Six students will lead UNL’s 2023 Bateman Competition Team

Jacht Agency to Showcase Client Work in Nebraska

UNL wins Student Best in Show at 2022 Paper Anvil Awards

UNL SPJ to host destress event on Tuesday, Dec. 6

Obituary: Linda R. Beermann

Dean's Update: November 2022

Don and Lorena Meier Studio ribbon-cutting celebrates 'Wild Kingdom' legacy and the future of media

Flatwater Free Press hosts forum on Nebraska's Corrections Department

Rabble Media Club gives high school students college-level experiences

Friends mourn the loss of Mike Stricklin, encourage others to contribute to the scholarship in his name

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