College of Journalism and Mass Communications News

Faiz Siddiqui finishes first in Hearst feature writing competition

Faiz Siddiqui placed first in the Hearst feature writing competition for his story titled, "Saving Sisay." This represents Siddiqui’s fourth top-five Hearst award. He was a runner-up in the national writing championship in 2013.

Larry Walklin to receive Journalism Educator Award

Larry Walklin, a longtime professor at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will receive the Omaha Press Club Foundation’s Journalism Educator Award.

CoJMC recognizes Omaha's top high school communicators

Omaha’s best and brightest aspiring high school communicators were honored Nov. 11 at a recognition event sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications and The Omaha World-Herald.

Klein to return to University of Nebraska–Lincoln for Alumni Masters Week

Angie Klein, vice president of Northeast Sales and Marketing for Verizon, is the 2014 CoJMC alumni master. She joins nine other outstanding alumni and 56 past alumni masters for campus visits Nov. 19-21.

CoJMC announces 2015 NSAC team

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications announced today 21 students will compete in the 2015 National Student Advertising Competition. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln team will compete against 150 colleges from across the U.S. for the top prize.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln PRSSA wins Star Chapter Award

University of Nebraska-Lincoln PRSSA chapter received the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) Star Chapter Award for the first time in the chapter’s history

Two ADPR students selected for MPMS Program

The American Advertising Federation has selected two advertising and public relations students — Miles Ukaoma of Overland Park, Kansas, and Maritza Hayes of O’Fallon, Missouri — for its Most Promising Minority Student Program.

Students to present multimedia project on Indonesia Nov. 6

College of Journalism students to cover Election Day 2014

More than 50 students from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications will be joining forces to bring an extensive day and night of election coverage to television, radio and the Web.

Student broadcasting work earns national NCAA honors

Michael Shively, Bailey Neel, Ryan Swanigan and Jon Kipper have earned "Student Radio Call of the Week" honors. The NCAA selects the best radio calls of the college football season and features them on the NCAA.com website.