College of Journalism and Mass Communications News

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.

The Circle's first meeting outside Andersen Hall

UNL's newest club "The Circle" seeks to foster a sense of community on campus

Sep 15 2020 - 2:30pm

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s newest Recognized Student Organization (RSO) is called The Circle. A group of students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications (CoJMC) founded the club because they saw the need for raw and real conversations across UNL’s campus.

Wang and Jones selected for NGTC Faculty Fellows Program

Sep 12 2020 - 6:45am

Associate Professors Valerie Jones and Bryan Wang were selected to join the inaugural class or the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center Faculty Fellows Program.

The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center studies the ever-changing relationship between law and technology, how the law can regulate technology and how new technologies affect what the law can do.

Dean's Update August

Aug 26 2020 - 12:15pm

Dear Alumni and Friends of CoJMC, Students are back on campus and the fall semester is officially underway! This semester is a little different with an array of class formats and everyone in masks, but you can still feel the energy and excitement of starting a new year throughout Andersen Hall. I am proud of our dedicated faculty and staff who have put in an incredible amount of time and effort planning and preparing for this fall.

Eight Husker journalism students receive Pinnacle Awards

Aug 26 2020 - 11:45am

Eight College of Journalism and Mass Communications students recently received college division awards at the 2020 Virtual Nebraska Broadcasters Association (NBA) Pinnacle Awards.

Obituary: William P. "Bill" Eddy

Aug 25 2020 - 11:30am

June 10, 1946 - August 6, 2020

Obituary: Mary Jane McCullough Meehan

Aug 25 2020 - 9:15am

April 22, 1932 - August 6, 2020

Obituary: Julie Schmit-Albin

Aug 25 2020 - 8:45am

A force in Nebraska's anti-abortion movement, Nebraska Right to Life Executive Director Julie Schmit-Albin, died Saturday following a prolonged illness, one day short of her 64th birthday. She graduated from the college in 1979 with a journalism degree.

CoJMC Professor Emeritus Bud Pagel receives the Nebraska Alumni Association's Doc Elliott Award

Aug 24 2020 - 5:45pm

This year’s recipient is Professor Emeritus Alfred “Bud” Pagel, whose career at the university has spanned 28 years in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. To congratulate Bud and celebrate this amazing accomplishment you can mail cards to this address:

1840 Twin Ridge Road

Lincoln NE 68506

Trina Creighton facilitates conversation about race with CoJMC students, faculty and staff

Aug 24 2020 - 5:15pm

To Creighton, her social justice course is about helping her students see where they can fit in to make a better society and she feels so fulfilled in her teaching role when she hears them talking about being better citizens. Now Creighton is taking her tactics and applying them to the CoJMC faculty space.

CoJMC Distinguished Alumni Series: Bev Keever

Aug 24 2020 - 2:45pm

The College of Journalism and Mass Communications has started a new series to honor and celebrate some of our most distinguished alumni. The first video in the series recognizes the work Bev Keever did as a journalist during the Vietnam War.

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