Strategic Communications

Eighteen members of the School of Communications Advisory Board met virtually on April 28 to discuss their professional industries, the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine and what future months will look like for businesses and organizations, and potential changes to the school’s curricula.

The assistant professor of strategic communications published an article addressing several precautions PR professionals can take to safeguard their organizations from monetary loss.

The Elon chapter will host four speakers to discuss maintaining mental health as reporters on Thursday, April 22, at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held in Schar Hall, room 212, with a virtual option also available.

Assistant professor Joel T. Shelton, associate professors Vanessa Bravo and Baris Kesgin, and associate director of the CREDE Sylvia Muñoz presented at the annual conference of the International Studies Association

The School of Communications has had nine LAGRANT scholars in the last five years.

Elon University students captured 12 awards in the Southeast Colloquium Creative Contest, a creative competition for members of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and Broadcast Education Association (BEA).

During the 2021 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium, Meg Boericke ’20, G’21 discussed her in-progress research on how to take advantage of the video-sharing platform’s interactivity and combine it with established norms to better pre-professional and professional streamers' practices.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Magazine reporter and 1619 Project founder spoke to participants about mentorship, the colloquium’s theme, as well as her journalistic career covering race, politics and launching the 1619 Project.

The three-day virtual event, which features numerous Elon faculty and students, kicked off with a moderated discussion with Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the 1619 project, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times Magazine reporter.

The associate professor of strategic communications examined the copywriting career of Margaret Fishback, a highly prolific writer of advertising copy, poems and magazine articles.