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2009-07-31T18:01:06+00:00text/html2009-07-23T16:44:21+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduKyle York <kyle_york@unc.edu>National magazine contest win
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<p>Students in the school have won first place in the AEJMC student magazine contest for a start-up magazine project by a team.</p><strong>Students win national magazine contest</strong><br /><br /><img src="http://jomc.unc.edu/images/emptynestcover.jpg" border="1" alt="Empty Nest cover" hspace="10" vspace="3" width="216" height="276" align="right" />Students in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication have won first place in the 2009 AEJMC student magazine contest for a start-up magazine project by a team.<br /><br />The magazine – “Empty Nest” – was produced by students in assistant professor Don Wittekind’s Magazine Design and associate professor Bill Cloud’s Magazine Writing and Editing classes. Another student, Robin Hilmantel, created a business plan for the magazine.<br /><br />Roger Tremblay, executive search consultant specializing in marketing communications for Allen Austin Global Executive Search / Advanced Leadership Communication in Dallas, judged the contest.<br /><br />“I thought the cover design and execution were excellent,” Tremblay said. “The business plan was well thought out,
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1103/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-07-13T14:11:57+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduKyle York <kyle_york@unc.edu>Getting Started in Business News
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<p>The school is organizing an October conference in New York for students interested in a career in business journalism.</p><p><strong>Getting Started in Business News</strong></p><p><img src="http://jomc.unc.edu/images/nyc2009unc.jpg" border="1" alt="Getting Started in Business News" hspace="10" vspace="3" width="216" height="276" align="right" />The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Carolina Business News Initiative are organizing a conference Oct. 22-24 in New York City for university students interested in a career in business journalism.</p><p>Getting Started in Business News – co-sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Washington & Lee University, the University of South Carolina, Baruch College and Progress Energy – is open to undergraduate and master’s students.</p><p>There is no registration fee to attend the workshop, and meals will be provided. Students living outside of the New York City area will receive lodging at the Courtyard Times Square South. Transportation costs and other incidental expenses are the responsibility of the student. </p><p>All students must
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1102/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-29T15:38:58+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduKyle York <kyle_york@unc.edu>Environmental Heroes
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<p>A documentary produced by the school's science documentary TV course will air Saturday, July 4 at 11 p.m. on UNC-TV. </p><strong>“Environmental Heroes” TV documentary to air on UNC-TV July 4</strong><br /><br /><img src="http://jomc.unc.edu/images/news/environmentalheroes.jpg" border="1" alt="Environmental heroes" hspace="10" vspace="3" width="288" height="288" align="right" />A documentary produced by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication science documentary television course will air Saturday, July 4 at 11 p.m. during the “North Carolina Visions” film festival on UNC-TV (North Carolina Public Television).<br /><br />The 22-minute program – “Environmental Heroes” – profiles three N.C. people who have worked to protect and improve the state’s environment. <br /><br />The three “environmental heroes” include Dean Brooks of Goldston, Gary Grant of Tillery, and Todd Miller of Newport.<br /><br />Brooks, a former dairy farmer, started and runs one of the largest compost businesses in the southeastern United States. He and his family turn organic waste into profit while reducing garbage
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1101/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-22T16:20:09+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduKyle York <kyle_york@unc.edu>Alumnus biking coast-to-coast to raise awareness of affordable housing crisis
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May 2009 school graduate Andy Ives of Efland, N.C., is biking from Nags Head, N.C., to San Diego, Calif. to raise awareness of the U.S. affordable housing crisis.<br /><br />Ives is a member of Bike and Build, which organizes cross-country bicycle trips to benefit affordable housing groups.<br /><br />Read more at <a href="http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A396728">indyweek.com</a> and <a href="http://bikeandbuild.org">bikeandbuild.org</a>.<br /><br />
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1100/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-17T15:53:23+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduMorgan Ellis <mbellis@email.unc.edu>Students to document Galapagos
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Twenty-one UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication students will travel to the Galapagos Islands June 18-July 17 to document the effects of the rapidly growing human population on the islands.<br /><br />Associate professor and executive producer Pat Davison is leading the project with four professional coaches, and students will spend two weeks gathering audio, video, still photographs and text on the three main islands of the Galapagos – San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Isabela. The team will create a multimedia Web site documenting sustainabilty, immigration, pollution, invasive species and traditional lifestyles on the islands.<br /><br />Davison said a common misconception of the Galapagos is that it is a “pristine laboratory of nature.” <br /><br />“There are 30,000 people who live there,” he said. “The hand of man has dramatically impacted the islands.”<br /><br />This trip will mark the first time anyone has approached the Galapagos from a multimedia standpoint,
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1096/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-16T15:27:16+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduKyle York <kyle_york@unc.edu>Atlanta Press Club honors 2003 graduate
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<p>The Atlanta Press Club named Joe Rauch, a 2003 graduate of the school its 2008 Journalist of the Year in the Small Print category. Rauch is a reporter for the Atlanta Business Chronicle.<br /><br />The club presented seven awards to journalists in print, television, radio, photojournalism, opinion and an overall Journalist of the Year award. <br /><br />Atlanta Press Club Journalist of the Year winners:<br /><br />Carrie Teegardin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br />Large Print Reporting<br />Joe Rauch, Atlanta Business Chronicle<br />Small Print Reporting<br />Richard Belcher, WSB-TV<br />Local News Reporting<br />Wes Sarginson, WXIA-TV<br />Feature News Reporting<br />Odette Yousef, Public Broadcasting Atlanta<br />Radio Reporting<br />Joeff Davis, Creative Loafing<br />Photojournalism<br />Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br />Opinion<br /><br />Teegardin won the overall Journalist of the Year award.</p><p>More information at <a href="http://www.atlantapressclub.org">www.atlantapressclub.org</a>. <br /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1095/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-09T14:00:09+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduMorgan Ellis <mbellis@email.unc.edu>Adkisson takes third in Hearst championship
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J-school junior John Adkisson placed third in the Hearst National Photojournalism Championship. Winners were announced June 6 at the final awards ceremony in San Francisco.<br /><br />From June 2-4, 24 finalists, who won monthly competitions, demonstrated their writing, photography, radio and television skills by participating in on-the-spot assignments. Assignments were chosen and judged by media professionals who judged the monthly competitions during the year.<br /><br />For his third-place finish, Adkisson received $3,000.<br /><br />Seniors Lauren Cowart and Carly Swain were semi-finalists in the photojournalism championship and television broadcast news championship, respectively, and each received a $1,000 scholarship. <br /><br />Carolina placed fifth overall in the intercollegiate competition – third in the photojournalism and broadcast news categories.<br /><br />The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.<br /><br />
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1093/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-04T23:19:50+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduKyle York <kyle_york@unc.edu>Vaccine campaign launched
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<p>Faculty and students in the school's health communication program help launch a campaign to reduce cervical cancer in North Carolina.</p><p><strong>Vaccine campaign launched </strong></p><p><img src="http://jomc.unc.edu/images/hpvcampaignposter.jpg" border="1" alt="HPV campaign poster" hspace="10" vspace="3" width="216" height="328" align="right" />Faculty and graduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Interdisciplinary Health Communication (IHC) seminar are working with the South Central North Carolina Partnership for Public Health (SCPPH) on an HPV vaccine campaign with the message, “Vaccinate today. Protect her tomorrow.” <br /><br />The campaign, launched June 1 in four N.C. counties, encourages mothers to take action against cervical cancer by getting their adolescent daughters vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) – a common virus that can cause cervical cancer.<br /><br />The school’s students and faculty designed a communication strategy for the campaign after conducting focus groups and surveys with mothers in Cumberland, Harnett, Richmond and Robeson counties. The school will remain involved by analyzing and evaluating
<p><a href="http://www.jomc.unc.edu/content/view/1092/2/">Read more...</a></p>text/html2009-06-02T19:35:41+00:00http://www.jomc.unc.eduMorgan Ellis <mbellis@email.unc.edu>School finishes fifth overall in Hearst
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<p>The school placed fifth overall in the 2008-2009 Hearst Journalism Awards Program, considered the Pulitzers of collegiate journalism. The school was third in the photojournalism and broadcast news categories.</p><p>The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the national championships in San Francisco at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Friday, June 5.<br /></p><p>Top student winners from the school in this year’s Hearst competition included Andrew Stiles, who finished third in editorial writing; John Adkisson, who finished second in news and sports photography; Lauren Cowart, who placed fourth in the picture stories/series category; and Carly Swain, who took home second place in the television features category.<br /></p><p>The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.<br /><br /></p>
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<p>The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication won four 2009 Horizon Interactive Awards for work on photojournalism and multimedia projects from the last year.</p><p>“<a href="http://www.carolinaphotojournalism.org/cpjw/2008">Cape Fear to Down Here</a>,” a multimedia Web site created during the 2008 Carolina Photojournalism Workshop that documented stories from Wilmington down the coast into South Carolina, won Best of Category in College and University.<br /></p><p>A multimedia documentary site about post-tsunami Thailand, “<a href="http://www.andamanrising.org">Andaman Rising</a>,” won a gold medal in the College and University category, and “<a href="http://www.carolinaphotojournalism.org/nuevasfronteras">Nuevas Fronteras: Stories of the Latino Experience in North Carolina</a>” won a silver medal in the same category.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.carolinaphotojournalism.org">CarolinaPhotojournalism.org</a> earned a gold medal in the blog category.<br /></p><p>In its eighth year, the Horizon Interactive Awards were created to recognize excellence in interactive media production worldwide. The judging process involves a Horizon Interactive Awards advisory panel, end user p