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Bogard places in Hearst Audio Competition

Mar 28 2024 - 1:45pm

Chloe Bogard placed 16th in the Hearst Journalism Awards Audio Competition on Feb. 21 for her work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

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UNL junior champions campus inclusion and diversity

Apr 26 2021 - 2:15pm

BL congratulates UNL Ad/PR student Carina Collins, the first winner of the Bailey Lauerman Fund for Student Opportunity $5,000 scholarship which recognizes commitment to her craft and her efforts to cultivate a rich UNL campus environment by helping special needs students.

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Huskers selected as a finalist in the Bateman Case Study Competition

Apr 25 2021 - 7:45am

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ Bateman team was announced as a finalist in the Public Relations Student Society of America Bateman Case Study Competition. 

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Three seniors win Student Luminary Awards

Apr 23 2021 - 4:15pm

Congratulations to senior advertising and public relations major Collin Fink, senior advertising and public relations and dance major Thao Duong and senior journalism and political science major Jared Long on receiving 2021 Student Luminary Awards from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

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Huskers place second in regional National Student Advertising Competition

Apr 23 2021 - 9:15am

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln took second place in District 9 of the American Advertising Federation’s Virtual National Student Advertising Competition on April 16, 2021. District 9 includes colleges and universities in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. This year had the largest pool of competitors with a total of 10 teams. The five judges, who represented various disciplines in advertising, were from North Dakota, Arizona, Missouri, Texas and Colorado. UNL’s team lost by one tenth of a point to long-standing rival, Mizzou.

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Alumni Spotlight: Megan Crain '19

Apr 19 2021 - 4:15pm

I am currently the digital media graduate assistant with the West Virginia University (WVU) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. This year, I've been focusing on photography, videography, video editing, and social media for our women's basketball team.

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Model behavior: Waite teaching machine learning via March Madness

Apr 19 2021 - 4:00pm

While out walking his dog, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Matt Waite realized that the annual rite of spring and college basketball was also an ideal opportunity to apply some lessons he was teaching in Sports Media and Communication 460: Advanced Sports Data Analysis. Some of the 19 undergrads in the class might be unfamiliar with, if not openly wary of, the quantitative realm, but most were already planning to fill out brackets. So he decided to turn the ritual exercise into a class exercise.

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‘Go fast, take chances’: Sheppard moonlights as competitive racer

Apr 19 2021 - 2:45pm

Jenn Sheppard feels most at home on two wheels and open trails. As a sponsored off-road motorcycle athlete, she’s competed in countless races over the past three decades. She’s equally as passionate about her role as assistant professor of practice in sports media and communication at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she strives to bring lessons from the racetrack into the classroom.

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Joe Weber

Nebraska journalism professor investigates the lure of extremism

Apr 19 2021 - 2:15pm

About five years ago, Nebraska journalism professor Joseph Weber became intrigued by news accounts of young Somali Americans in Minnesota accused in a plot to join ISIS. In May 2016, he traveled to Minneapolis to attend the lengthy trial of three Somali-American men. That launched three years of research, including lengthy interviews with star witness Abdirahman Abdirashid Bashir, a 20-year-old diverted from the plot in the nick of time by his father and other relatives. Bashir became an FBI informant and avoided the harsh fates of some among a dozen who were once his friends: lengthy prison sentences or death in the Middle East.

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Karissa Schmidt

Alumni Spotlight: Karissa Schmidt '20

Apr 19 2021 - 7:45am

Grad Year: 2020
Program: Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Sports Media and Communication
Current Position: Communication & Events Coordinator, Grand Island Chamber of Commerces
Current Location: Grand Island, Nebraska 

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Advising team receives Savage Visual Communications Fellowship

Apr 18 2021 - 11:00am

The CoJMC advising team will receive the 2021 John Savage Visual Communications Fellowship from the Omaha Press Club and Omaha Press Club Foundation. The advising team includes Assistant Director of Advising Andrea Gaghagen, Academic Adviser Anne McConkey, Academic Adviser Karez Hassan and Academic Adviser Bridgett Grant.

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