2014 News Archive

Doctoral students win three top paper awards

Building community, dodging debate and dealing facts, and truth and justice were themes of three top paper awards for mass communication doctoral students.

Diving into integrated communication

Kirstie Russell, a former collegiate diver who is pursuing a master's in mass communication, is using the integrated communication and management skills she's learning in the classroom to help promote the USC diving program and to support the recruitment of top athletes to the university.

This is Sports Center? Ranta spends summer vacation at ESPN

Jeff Ranta shares his two-week fellowship experience as a member of ESPN's communication department

New journalism school building

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Learning about the Affordable Care Act

Dr. Andrea Tanner is leading the University of South Carolina’s research into what people know, think they know and need to know about the new health care law.

Former professor’s book explains strategy behind burning of Columbia

A WIS TV interview with retired journalism professor Patricia McNeely whose new book, Sherman's Flame and Blame Campaign, explains a Sherman strategy that she says previous historians overlooked.

ESPN's Justin Connolly discusses the rise of conference networks

Football in the South is a pretty big deal. It is a religion, and the Southeastern Conference is its denomination. ESPN executive Justin Connolly discusses the rise of the SEC network in the Buchheit Lecture.

Broadcast journalism students sweep top reporting spots in RTDNA-C competition

Three students win top honors for news stories produced as part of their senior semester CarolinaNews course.

What's wrong with PR education? Students speak out

In her PRWeek column, USC's Dr. Shannon Bowen says schools must change the core competencies within the PR major to meet the challenges of this dynamic field.

Students named to American Advertising Federation's list of top 50 in the nation

Add Alexis Mood and Liana Miller to the list of USC students selected for a national honor: Both were named Most Promising Multicultural Students by the AAF - two of the 50 chosen nationwide.

Multimedia journalism students produce voter package for The State newspaper

Students developed a complete package of stories and multimedia elements addressing election issues, including Lexington County's proposed penny tax increase, roads, agriculture and traffic signals.

School of Journalism honors accomplished alumni

They hold a variety of jobs: director, coach, reporter, ad man and marketing executive. But they have at least one thing in common - a degree from the J-school.

From the Palmetto State to the Twin Cities

Alumnus Sid Bedingfield (Ph.D. 2014, M.A. 2010) heads north to pursue an academic career that began in Gamecock Country.

Graduate students meet mass communication research pioneer

To mass communications graduate students, Dr. Donald Shaw is as famous as a rock star. So it was thrilling to spend an afternoon with this pioneer in mass communications research.

Students get real-world exposure to academic interests through summer internships

This summer, students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications interned at companies nationwide, gaining out-of-classroom experiences crucial to their future success in the industry.

When media matters

When students signed up for a two-week trip to Africa, they thought they’d be roughing it without hairdryers and Facebook. What they got was a journey to the part of journalism that changes lives.

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