October 2011
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“Despite our best hopes, good journalism remains hard, and there is no silver...”
– Jacob Harris, senior software architect and news hacker at The New York Times
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Journalism recruitment fair set for Oct. 26
You are invited to attend the annual U of M Journalism Recruitment Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Meeman Journalism Building lobby.
Professors will be available to answer questions about the journalism concentrations (advertising, news and public relations) and job prospects in media fields.
And, if you have classmates interested in journalism, you may also invite them to...
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Outstanding journalism alumni to be recognized...
The U of M Outstanding Journalism Alumni Awards Dinner will be held the evening of Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Tennessee Ballroom at the Holiday Inn on campus.
The Charles E. Thornton Award will be presented to Will King (B.A. ‘74) of CNN and journalist Richard Copley (B.S. ‘69).
The Herbert Lee Williams Award will be given to former professor L. Dupre Long.
Also, the inaugural...
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“Social media has transformed our world into one great big small town, dominated,...”
– Gary Vaynerchuk, from his 2011 book The Thank You Economy
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“Communication without a goal is nothing more than a collection of tactics.”
– Ed Cafasso, PR and strategic communications consultant
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PRWeek's student of the year competition
Could you be PRWeek’s 2012 Student of the Year?
Compete for $5,000 and an internship at Hill & Knowlton.
PRWeek’s Student of the Year competition was launched more than 10 years ago to encourage bright students to enter the PR profession and to celebrate creativity and strategic thinking around real-world communications topics.
The competition invites undergraduates from any...
“Not every reader is a leader, but every leader is a reader.”
– David Gergen, senior political analyst at CNN 