Students help viewers following state DTV tests

January 26, 2009

North Carolina television viewers flooded the School of Communications with phone calls Thursday as Elon students manned a call center to answer questions about a nationwide conversion to digital television. Regional stations alerted viewers to the DTV change on Feb. 17, 2009, with two “soft tests” that interrupted regular programming for people who rely on antennas to get reception.

Future of information tackled in WT Phoenix Futurama trivia challenge

January 24, 2009

What is the Phoenix Futurama? It’s a trivia contest tied to the future of information and communication technologies. Nearly 90 students from four different winter term courses with communications themes and a futures focus gathered together Jan. 22 to enjoy competing in this test of their knowledge.

WFMY News 2 reports on Elon student journalists at Inauguration

January 21, 2009

Elon University students who reported from the Inauguration of President Barack Obama found themselves in the news on January 21 in a feature segment for WFMY News 2 reported by Mac Ingraham.

Student Media Members Spend Weekend Covering Inauguration

January 20, 2009

Eight student media leaders from Phoenix14News and The Pendulum have spent the last four days in Washington, D.C., covering the historic inauguration of Barack Obama.

Phoenix14, Pendulum Reporting from Inauguration

January 16, 2009

School of Communications Faculty Meeting May 5

January 15, 2009

The School of Communications is holding its monthly faculty meeting.

School of Communications Faculty Meeting March 3

January 15, 2009

The School of Communications is holding its monthly faculty meeting.

School of Communications Faculty Meeting Feb. 3

January 15, 2009

The School of Communications is holding its monthly faculty meeting.

Elon students prepare for their role in statewide DTV test

January 13, 2009

About 25 students gathered Jan. 12 for training in preparation for this week's digital television transition test in North Carolina. The Elon students will staff the statewide hotline phone bank which will be headquartered in the TV studio at Elon's School of Communications.

Story of German POWs shared in forthcoming film

January 12, 2009

During World War Two, many captured German soldiers were transferred overseas to prison camps in the United States. After discovering an unlikely connection to one of these POWs, Tom Nelson, an associate professor of communications, began work on "Prisoners of Plenty," a documentary that tells the Germans' stories due out this year.