“We turn passions into professions” is the new, fitting motto for the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information. The college — which houses the Department of Communication, the School of Journalism and Media, the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication, the School of Information Science, and the Graduate Program in Communication — provides the building blocks for its students, faculty and staff to be lifelong learners.
Journalism students in the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media have always worked hard to produce, anchor and edit a daily 30-minute live newscast that airs live Monday-Thursday as part of the Student News Network on Spectrum cable channel 184.
Journalism students in the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media have always worked hard to produce, anchor and edit a daily 30-minute live newscast that airs live Monday–Thursday as part of the Student News Network on Spectrum cable channel 184.
Journalism senior Lauryn Haas has been accepted to Fulbright Germany’s Berlin Capital Program, a weeklong experience that gives 15 young journalists the opportunity to take a closer look at the German media landscape and gain a deeper awareness of the political, economic and cultural environment in Germany and Europe. This year’s participants will explore the role of the media in nurturing democracy.
University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information students earned real-life experience during a 24-hour crisis simulation. Students from the School of Journalism and Media became the Global News Network (GNN), acting and reacting as media would in a time of crisis. Much like real life, global news is fast paced and sometimes high stress, but the role of the media is paramount for information sharing.
David Stephenson, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media in the College of Communication and Information, has been awarded a Telly Award Bronze in the category of Branded Content Non-Scripted Documentary for his “Pigeon Beat” web series pilot video.
One of the nation’s leading political journalists and commentators will deliver the 42nd Joe Creason Lecture in Journalism at the University of Kentucky on the evening of Tuesday, April 16.
The University of Kentucky’s Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society’s Nu Circle will host its annual Transformational Leadership Seminar with keynote speaker Terry A. Anderson, a former Associated Press journalist and UK faculty member. This event will begin 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in the Worsham Cinema located in the Gatton Student Center.
In David Stephenson's drone journalism class, in the School of Journalism and Media within the College of Communication and Information, students are learning to use new technology for news gathering purposes. As a photographer and film maker himself, Stephenson wanted to add drone experience to his arsenal and help students do the same.