CoJMC News

Gary Kebbel will teach in Nigeria for two weeks in January as a consultant for the U.S. State Department. He will conduct training sessions for 50 reporters in the northern city of Kaduna and 30 media executives in the southern coastal city of Lagos.

Kaylee Everly of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications placed second in the first of two photo competitions of the 2014-2015 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. 

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications received 11 Paper Anvil Awards, including Best of Show, four Awards of Excellence and six Awards of Merit, at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Nebraska Chapter’s 2014 Gala.

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications will host a discussion about the growing national problem of cyberbullying on Jan. 28 at the Nebraska Union. 

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars has awarded Sriyani Tidball a Fulbright Specialist grant. She will serve as a communication specialist in communications and journalism with the Centre for Women’s Research in Sri Lanka beginning in January.

Media outlets across the nation featured and cited the CoJMC on a number of occasions in November. University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty, administration, student and staff appearances in the national media are logged at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln newsroom.

Students in the advertising and public relations campaigns courses will be presenting their integrated marketing communications plans on Dec. 8 and 9. All presentations will be streamed live at http://journalism.unl.edu.

The CoJMC is one of six schools across the country to participate in the AT&T Campus Brand Challenge. The winner will present an integrated marketing campaign to AT&T executives.

Matt Waite is one of 90 individuals chosen to participate in a media innovation hackathon sponsored by Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar. Waite was one of 1,000 applicants and learned of his acceptance in late October.

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.