- School of Communications Hiring for Coordinator of Interactive Media Projects
Elon University is seeking a Coordinator of Interactive Media Projects for its brand new Interactive Media master's program.
- Powell Construction Update: Week Two
The new M.A. in Interactive Media program begins this summer with Media Writing, Media Law and Ethics and Digital Media Convergence workshops before the start of the regular fall semester. The program will be housed on the second floor of Powell, which is being renovated this summer.
- Intern Insider: Journalism Student Paves Her Own Path through the Internet
Like so many other students, she knew she wanted to intern this summer, she just didn't know where. She looked and looked. She met with Internship Director Nagatha Tonkins. She did all she could to find something, some place that would be an ideal fit.
- Intern Insider: Hoping Behind-the-Camera Education Leads to On-Camera Career
Mike Feldman wants to be the next Mel Kiper Jr. Feldman already studies the NFL draft and the college football players likely to be selected by professional teams every year. He already has experience on and behind the camera. And he already has a love of sports broadcasting. Seems like the only thing he's missing is a replication of Kiper's patented black, slicked back pompadour. But, hey, there's still time for that.
- Intern Insider: Shandler Gets Inside Scoop at Valhalla Motion Pictures
Oh, he could tell you, but if he did, he'd probably have to ... Wait, haven't we heard this before? Sounds like an old film and TV character cliché, uttered by some "government man" with secret knowledge of some-such goings-on. The idiom is predictably vague because, quite frankly, you don't get to know the insider knowledge.
- Intern Insider: Tucker Makes an Online 'Discovery'
Three weeks in, and she's already been christened with a nickname. Her bosses call her Flash because she finishes her assigned tasks so much faster than they anticipate. But the name is perhaps more appropriate because of the multimedia training she is receiving on the job.
- Lee Bush Publishes Paper in Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
Assistant Professor of Communications Lee Bush had her paper "Student Public Relations Agencies: A Qualitative Study of the Pedagogical Benefits, Risks and a Framework for Success" published in the spring 2009 issue of Journalism and Mass Communication Educator.
- Intern Insider: Gyllenhaal Keeps Moving at WTTG
Doing an internship at a bustling local television news station in a large metropolitan market can shock some students. They have to love the fast pace and the quick deadlines to be successful. What's the old saying? Stand to the right, walk to the left.
- Intern Insider: Frenzied Start Highlights MTV Intern's Experiene in L.A.
Forget about orientation. Forget about easing into an internship. Lauren Murphy didn't dip in a toe to test the waters. Instead, she was thrust shoulders deep into her internship with MTV in Los Angeles: She had to work the MTV Movie Awards.
- Linda Gretton Publishes Article in Business Communication Quarterly
Linda Gretton, an instructor in the School of Communications, had an article titled "The Rhetorical Helix" published in this month's Business Communication Quarterly.
- Elon hosts DTV call center for state residents
The national switch to digital television broadcasting on Friday spurred hundreds of calls to a phone bank at Elon University, where students and staff from the Federal Communications Commission assisted North Carolina viewers with complaints of lost TV signals or requests for analog-to-digital converter box coupons.
- Broadcast Student Named Best Collegiate TV Journalist in Nation
The Hearst Foundation named Elon University senior Randy Gyllenhaal the best collegiate television journalist in the nation on June 6, 2009, at its annual awards ceremony in San Francisco.
- Harlen Makemson studies media, NASA relationship in new book
ABC News journalist Jules Bergman filled the TV screen to give an update on the Apollo 13 space mission. Bergman had been covering the space program since before the Gemini missions, so he had become a signature personality in media coverage of lunar events. On this day, Bergman had bad news.
- Take 2: Elon in Los Angeles Gears Up for Its Second Year
The Elon in Los Angeles program, a nine-week experience during which students live and intern in L.A., started its second year May 30 with a more ambitious structure and more enthusiasm from the students.
