College of Journalism and Mass Communications News

racine and bridget

College roommates turn co-authors with 'Upside Down is Right Side Up'

Jul 25 2024 - 3:00pm

A fifteen-minute conversation while taking the shuttle from East to City campus was all it took for Bridget Sims Lewis ('91, '12) and Racine Smith Williams ('89) to become fast friends.

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Journalism major Marissa Kraus from Columbia, Missouri

Graduation Spotlight: Marissa Kraus

May 16 2024 - 8:00am

After graduating from the CoJMC,  journalism major Marissa Kraus of Columbia, Missouri will move to Los Angeles, California to start her first post-grad role as a sports reporting intern with the LA Times. Read more about Marissa and her college experiences below!

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graduate students at Pinnacle Bank Arena

Graduate program awards 6 degrees at May commencement

May 16 2024 - 7:45am

Six College of Journalism and Mass Communications graduate students received their master of arts degrees during the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s graduate commencement on May 17, 2024 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

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Connor Clark

Graduation Spotlight: Connor Clark

May 14 2024 - 12:45pm

While at Nebraska, Connor Clark of Lake Bluff, Illinois, immersed himself in various hands-on experiences to further his learning in broadcasting and sports media. This summer, he'll start his first post-grad role as the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Lincoln Saltdogs baseball team.

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Lockyear (left) and Leach (right) hail from Lenexa, Kansas, and Lake Oswego, Oregon, respectively. As out of state students, they each have a special appreciation for NU’s campus that ‘The Final Syllabus’ has helped reinforce.

With ‘Final Syllabus,’ Leach, Lockyear make the most of last semester

May 14 2024 - 12:15pm

Creating a new syllabus wouldn’t typically be everyone’s idea of a perfect sendoff for your final semester in college. What began as an offhanded collection of fun activities became a semester-long challenge for CoJMC senior Katie Lockyear, CBA senior Sarah Leach and friends to end their time at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with intention and appreciation.

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Jay Quemado, a junior, is co-lead of Nebraska Nightly, a broadcasted program from the Experience Lab in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Through Nebraska Nightly, Quemado feels rush of live TV

May 14 2024 - 11:15am

Part of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ Experience Lab, Nebraska Nightly offers students the real-world experience of producing a live broadcast every week. For Jay Quemado, a junior from El Paso, Texas, the program solidified his calling in TV broadcasting.

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2024 Award Winners

CoJMC names 2024 faculty and staff award-winners

May 13 2024 - 10:30am

UNL’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications is proud to announce its faculty and staff award winners for the 2024 academic year. These outstanding individuals have been recognized for their exceptional achievements in teaching, research, industry or community engagement, student support or advocacy, staff excellence, inclusive excellence and going above and beyond expectations.

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Jacht students and faculty at the AMA Prism Awards in Lincoln, NE on May 9, 2024

Jacht wins 9 awards at 2024 AMA Prism Awards

May 13 2024 - 9:15am

The Lincoln chapter of the American Marketing Association held its annual Prism Awards on May 9, 2024. The Prism Awards celebrate the strength and innovation of Lincoln’s marketers. Jacht Agency, the College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s student-led agency, won five Prism Awards and four Sterling Awards.

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Shari Veil

Dean's Update: May 2024

May 9 2024 - 2:15pm

The end of the year provides a great opportunity to welcome our incredible alumni back to campus. In the last month we welcomed back MRM Global Creative Director Ronald Ng (’93) and New York Times Reporter Dionne Searcey (’93) to talk about their experience in global advertising and journalism. We also celebrated the opening of Joel Sartore’s (‘86) ‘Photo Ark’ exhibit at Morrill Hall and Vern Powers’ (’84) honor with the Jeff Vaske Service in Entrepreneurship Award.

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Nebraska's Cory Armstrong, a professor of journalism, is studying the effectiveness of severe weather alerts and how individuals respond to them. The work has included hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods and — with grant support from UNMC — drought.

Armstrong helping strengthen impact of severe weather alerts

May 9 2024 - 11:30am

Research by Nebraska’s Cory Armstrong is defining the effectiveness of the alerts, warnings and advisories that swirl around extreme weather events.

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Ronald Ng

Alumni discuss global journalism and advertising experience with students

May 1 2024 - 9:45am

College of Journalism and Mass Communications alumni Ronald Ng (‘93), MRM Global Creative Director and Dionne Searcey (‘93), New York Times Reporter zoomed in to talk with CoJMC students about their vast experience in the world of global advertising and journalism.

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