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Grad School News :: PhD student Pamela Walck has two conference presentations (Grad School News)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:37:00 +0200

PhD student Pamela Walck has two conference papers to her credit this spring.

In March, she presented her paper “Selling a Double Victory: How the Pittsburgh Courier Campaigned to Change America and the World” to the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference in New York City.

In June, Walck will travel to Dublin, Ireland, to present a paper co-written with Assistant Professor Yusuf Kalyango and fellow PhD student Sally Ann Cruikshank, “The Future of Journalism Practice and Pedagogy in the Media Ecology of Mobile Communication.” The venue is the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research.

Grad School News :: PhD student Clay Carey has publication, three conference papers (Grad School News)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:31:00 +0200

PhD student Michael “Clay” Carey has been busy with research.

He has the lead article in the spring 2013 issue of Journalism History: “Community Journalism in a Secret City: The Oak Ridge Journal, 1943-48.” The article examines the community newspaper of the town that did much of the secret war work to develop the atomic bomb. The newspaper could not, and did not, talk about the single issue that brought everyone together in the newly formed town of Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Carey also will present two papers April 24-28 at the annual convention of the Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburgh. The papers are: “‘This is Not What Amish People Do’: Representations of Amish Crime Victims and Perpetrators in Mainstream News Coverage,” and “Role Development and Hostile Commentary in Online Community Newsgroups.”

The former examines media representations of Amish people who were involved in a series of attacks in northeastern Ohio in 2011. The attacks received widespread media attention because both the victims and perpetrators identified as Old Order Amish. A qualitative textual analysis of articles in two metropolitan daily newspapers explored stereotypes and the theoretical notion of an “other within the other,” which explains perceptions of deviance in “Othered” groups. The analysis identified oversimplified, homogeneous representations of Amish groups, iconography, and a dependence on non-Amish sources to explain Amish beliefs and practices. Attack victims were represented as both deviant and subjugated. Their attackers were represented as the more deviant “other within the other.” The study adds to the body of scholarly work on representations of Amish groups specifically, and of religious entities in general, in mainstream American media. It also expands the understanding of portrayals of “other within the other” in media.

The latter study examines the ways in which social roles develop to address disruption, aggression, hostile comments, insults, and other commentary that might be considered negative or detrimental to productive dialog in online settings. A qualitative textual analysis of 208 comment threads on a community newsgroup page hosted by Topix.com identified nine roles that developed when negative commentary was present in the online forum. In addition, a random subsample (N = 105) was drawn for an exploratory content analysis that examined the relationships between identified roles and the presence of impolite and/or uncivil comments on message threads. The quantitative analysis revealed that uncivil threads were less common than impolite threads. Message threads with negative (impolite or uncivil) posts were often shorter than threads that did not include negative posts. As message threads became longer, negative posts became less prevalent. The appearance of certain roles was associated with longer message threads.

In addition, Carey presented a paper in March at the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium in Tampa, Fla.: “Universal Invitations and Inexhaustible Resources: Portrayals of Rural Life in Popular Magazines of the Late 1800s.” This exploratory study examines the descriptions of rural situations, people and places that appeared in three popular magazines – Munsey’s, McClure’s, and Cosmpolitan – in the late 1800s and early 1900s. During the Progressive Era, industrial and financial growth were rapidly reshaping the American social landscape, contributing to the growth of large cities, increasing transportation opportunities, and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. This work suggests that three dominant frames emerge to orient coverage of rural America. A fourth frame, less common than the others but still relevant, is also discussed. The paper argues that the frames present an interesting and at times conflicting view of America’s rural communities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Rural areas were presented as lands of financial opportunity – places where, with the aid of cosmopolitan sophistication and science, wealth could be found and modern society could thrive. Stories also depicted rural America as a place to be admired, consumed, and sometimes distained. Its traditional values were lauded while its backwardness was chided. The paper argues that the dichotomies present in those frames – old and new, tradition and progress, work and leisure – are not unlike those evident when one considers the state of the magazine publishing industry, and in fact society as a whole, in the early 1900s.

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Grad School News :: Paper by two MS students to be given in London (Grad School News)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:11:00 +0200

E.W. Scripps School of Journalism master’s degree students Sagar Atre and Naubet Bissenov have co-authored a research paper, “Coverage of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Conflict of 2010 in selected American Newspapers,” accepted for presentation at the International Communication Association conference.

Bissenov will present the paper in London in June. The paper was written for Dr. Yusuf Kalyango’s graduate-level media and conflicts class.

Atre, from India, defended his thesis in April 2013. Bissenov, from Uzbekistan, defended his thesis earlier in the year.

Grad School News :: PhD student Ashley Furrow leads scholarly roundtable on sports news of a century ago (Grad School News)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:59:00 +0200

Two chapters of PhD student Ashley Furrow’s dissertation were accepted for presentation at the Sixth Summit on Communication and Sport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 22-24.

The planning committee cited both of her manuscripts as Distinguished Papers, and she was the only author to receive this honor.

The committee asked her to lead a scholarly conversation about some of the issues that my papers raised while at the conference in Austin. The titles of the papers were:
“Selling a National Influence: The Coverage of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the New York Times, 1906-1916,” and “Instilling a Rugged Manhood: The Framing of College Athletics in Popular Magazines,1896-1916.”

Furrow plans to defend her dissertation April 18. In fall, she will become an assistant professor at the University of Memphis.

Grad School News :: PhD student Amanda Weed publishes in Business Case Journal (Grad School News)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:56:00 +0200

E.W. Scripps School of Journalism doctoral student Amanda J. Weed is lead author of a case study published in the fall/winter 2013 issue of Business Case Journal.

The case, co-authored by Assistant Professor Craig Davis, is titled “American Apparel and the ‘XLent’ Contest.

It examines the unexpected consequences of a clothing company conducting an open call for a model with a “little extra wiggle room.”

Don't Forget About AM Radio - Give It A Chance (Hodson's WOUB blog)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:53:34 +0200

Tom Hodson

If you are looking for some variety in radio programming, don't forget about 1340 WOUB-AM. We launched a new schedule in January 2013. It is now about three months old and if you haven't found it, we want to give you a gentle reminder.

Every weekday morning from 6-9 a.m. you can start your day with Public Radio Re-mix. It is a series of short stories delivered in a fast-paced format. Some are done by professionals and some are done by just ordinary people with extraordinary audio stories to tell.

We also added the TED Radio Hour. It is a co-production of TED and NPR that presents an array of the world's most creative and provocative thinkers in short 18 minute presentations about a topic for the day. It airs on Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. and Mondays at noon.

On Tuesdays at noon, we present on WOUB-AM, Ask Me Another. It is a fast-paced hour of puzzles, word games and trivia played in front of a live audience. It is a cross between NPR's comedy hit Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and the Puzzle Segment of Weekend Edition with Will Shortz. The rest of the week at noon, you can listen to special shows from PRX: Backstory with the History Guys on Wednesday, Filmspotting on Thursdays and A Way with Words on Friday.

If you miss these shows live, you can listen to archived shows at woub.org. Here are the links for Filmspotting, A Way With Words and Backstory.

If you miss, Here and Now on WOUB-FM at noon, you can hear a replay on WOUB-AM at 1 p.m. each weekday.

Saturday evenings are for music on WOUB-AM. At 6 p.m. Stuck in the Psychedelic Era provides music from the late 1960's with some expansion into an eclectic blend of music not often heard on radio.

At 9 p.m. is a one-hour Latin Alternative exploring Latin rock, funk, and hip-hop.

And we round out Saturday evening with two hours of nowlikephotographs from Minneapolis, Minn. It is described as "the best epic instrumental post-rock, ambient, bedroom electronica, and neoclassical music."

Sunday evening we lead off at 6 p.m. with Global Village. It is described as "… a fresh, inventive musical mix, and welcoming presentation. Global Village is like nothing else on radio, offering a special kind of "go-to" program that speaks to the joys of musical discovery…" It features music from all over the world.

Then from 8 p.m. to midnight on Sundays we focus on jazz with 12th Street Jump from Kansas City from 8 to 9 p.m., Jazz Odyssey with modern jazz from 9 to 11 p.m. hosted by Ohio University alumnus Chris Kuborn and The New Jazz Archive from 11 p.m. to midnight. It is a collection of stories, interviews and music featuring the history of American jazz.

By listening to 1340 WOUB-AM you can add these new shows to your old favorites: Conversations from Studio B, Radio Free Athens, The Nightshift, BBC World Service, The Tavis Smiley Show, This American Life and others.

We provide alternative programming. You have choices to make in your radio listening patterns. Give our AM line-up a chance. We think you'll like it.

Tom Hodson is director and general manager of WOUB Public Media. Follow him on Twitter @thodson.

The Director :: ScrippsChat to engage students+alumni (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:33:00 +0100

This week’s Twitter chat (Wednesday, 7-8 p.m.) will connect current journalism students with Scripps alumni, as well as tips on how to use the Scripps Society of Alumni & Friends to network effectively. To join the chat, use the hash tag #ScrippsChat.

Alumni currently working as magazine editors, freelance journalists and public relations professionals will be participating.

The Director :: Schuneman Symposium speakers reflect on excellence, future (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:46:00 +0100

This year’s Schuneman Symposium on Photojournalism and New Media just wrapped up, leaving us with much to ponder, much to reflect on. In case you missed it, here are some highlights, as well as links to audio files of several of the presentations.

Gwen Ifill’s keynote address: “Why Journalism Isn’t Dead.”

Ifill interview with WOUB’s Tom Hodson.

Symposium speakers reflect on why journalism still matters.

Audio links to presentations:

Abrahm Lustgarten

Keith Jenkins

Michel du Cille

The Director :: Senior Saturday brings alums, seniors together in common goal (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:13:00 +0100

This past Saturday, Anderson Auditorium was full of students set to graduate this May, plus some alumni who want to help fellow Scripps Bobcats get a job.

It’s been an annual event for the past eleven years, and underscores the importance of the “cloud” that is the network of our alumni. Our Society of Alumni and Friends organizes the annual event, which includes a keynote speaker (Allie LaForce, BSJ ’11), and “senior” alumnus (Andy Alexander, BSJ ’72), and scores of panelists providing tips on their special areas of interest — breaking news, feature writing, broadcast news, and strategic communication.

See photos of the event:

The Director :: 2013 Schuneman Symposium to focus on excellence (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:23:00 +0100

Every year for the last five years we’ve been privileged to organize the Schuneman Symposium for Photojournalism and New Media. The theme of this year’s symposium, scheduled for Feb. 25-26, is “Excellence: Why it (still) matters.”

Speakers will include award-winning journalists, including three-time Pulitizer Prize-winning photojournalist (and alumnus of Ohio University) Michel du Cille of The Washington Post, ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten, Keith Jenkins and Kainaz Amaria of NPR, and Meghan Louttit (BSJ ’08) from The New York Times. Louttit and Amaria both studied at Ohio University — Louttit in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and Amaria in the School of Visual Communication.

Kicking off the program will be keynote speaker, Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. In her address Ifill will talk about why journalism is not dead (in spite of many rumors to the contrary). Ifill will receive the school’s Carr Van Anda award in recognition of her outstanding career as a journalist.

Ifill’s speech is co-sponsored by Ohio University’s Emeriti Association, and will be used to mark the 90th anniversary of journalism education at Ohio University.

The Schuneman Symposium is made possible with generous support from R. Smith and Patricia Schuneman, both graduates of Ohio University. Read more about their gift in this 2010 article from OHIO: Compass.

The full program is available online. All sessions are free and open to the public.

The Director :: Statehouse News Bureau capstone projects shine light on Obamacare, Ohio prisons (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:19:00 +0100

In case you missed them, the capstone projects produced by our three “fellows” taking part in the Statehouse News Bureau program this past fall are worthy of your attention.

Two of the three public affairs projects focused on issues related to Ohio prisons. Michael Locklear, a senior broadcast journalism major, looked at the slow pace of efforts to reduce the prison population in the state as a cost-saving measure.

“Ohio prison reform slower than expected,” by Michael Locklear, WOUB News

(December 13, 2012) — Decrease the number of inmates in Ohio’s prisons and save taxpayers money. That was the idea behind a sentencing reform law backed by state legislators on both sides of the aisle. It took effect last September, but more than a year later, WOUB’s Michael Locklear reports the legislation hasn’t worked as quickly as some had hoped.

Pamela Engel‘s front-page story in the December 30, 2012 Columbus Dispatch looked at the dangers inherent in the state’s facilities that house teenages.

“Ohio’s youngest inmates have become its most dangerous,” by Pamela Engel, The Columbus Dispatch

(December 30, 2012) — The most violent prisons in Ohio aren’t the maximum-security facilities or those housing Death Row inmates. They’re those holding teenager.

Kate Irby‘s Cleveland Plain Dealer report examined efforts by officials in Ohio to respond to mandates outlined in the Affordable Care Act.

“Ohio weighing lots of factors before deciding whether to expand Medicaid,” by Kate Irby, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

(December 24, 2013) — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Many major provisions in the federal Affordable Care Act — known as Obamacare — don’t kick in until 2014, but that doesn’t mean state officials can sit on their hands.

Now only in its second year, our Statehouse News Bureau is becoming a signature part of our public affairs reporting curriculum. I’m very proud of these three projects and what they represent: well-reported stories on important topics that matter to the taxpayers and residents of Ohio.

Hats off to Michael, Pamela and Kate, as well as to Tom Suddes, who supervises the students in this program. And we are grateful to all who support it, including the Scripps Howard Foundation, The Columbus Dispatch, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, WOUB and Ohio University’s Center for Public Media, the Statehouse News Bureau of Ohio’s public broadcast outlets, as well as our friends at Kent State University and the University of Cincinnati.

Kate Irby discusses her experience in the Statehouse News Bureau.

The Director :: Grad students return to campus with internship experience under their belt (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Masters students Lu Wu and Brendon Butler spent fall semester doing what they love: Covering news for media organizations. But their experiences could not have been more different.

Brendon Butler spent two months reporting from the west African nation of Senegal. The internship with a radio station was funded in part by the school’s John R. Wilhelm Foreign Correspondence Internship Program.

Here are some photos taken by Butler, set to music from the region.

Lu Wu, a student from China, recently completed an internship with CNN in Atlanta. One of the highlights was working for a major news organization during the 2012 election.

Fred Kight Retires After Three Decades At WOUB (Hodson's WOUB blog)

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:14:35 +0100

Tom Hodson

Photo Credit:

WOUB: Soozan Palsa

Longtime WOUB Newsman Fred Kight, who retired at the end of 2012.

As faithful listeners to WOUB radio over the years, you have become used to hearing a calm and deliberate voice saying: "This is Fred Kight, WOUB News."

When you heard that voice, you were reassured that you were getting accurate and dependable information from a professional newsman who understood your situation, your issues, and this region.

For almost 32 years, Fred's voice boomed out over our listening area of 55 counties and three states bringing you complete and detailed information about what was happening in our area that would affect your life.

As of December 31, Fred has officially retired. He and his talents will be missed by all of us. Not only did Fred report and deliver the news but he was an integral part of training generations of students at Ohio University and literally thousands of fledgling young reporters.

Many of our alumni have already sent us messages saying that the WOUB newsroom will not be the same without Fred's presence, vigilance and steady hand. We agree. He guided them, gave them constructive criticism, made sure they pronounced words and names properly, and made certain that their stories were accurate and thorough. He spent countless hours as their on-the-job teacher, editor and mentor.

Fred was never officially part of the faculty at Ohio University but I guarantee you that many of our alumni would say that they learned more from Fred than they did in many of their classes. He was tough and demanding but at the same time, patient and fair.

As a native of Parkersburg, WV, Fred knew the region and the problems faced by local governments, businesses and residents. He could identify easily with our listeners and the issues confronting them on a daily basis. That was projected in his broadcasts.

Not only did he excel at daily regional news, Fred's long-form feature stories added much needed texture and nuance to our broadcasts and brought attention and focus to the people and projects important to our region.

However, it would be wrong to say that Fred was parochial in his coverage because he also could identify stories that were interesting to a national audience. Often over the years, you could hear Fred's voice and stories on NPR's Morning Edition or All Things Considered. Through his keen news-eye and his own reporting prowess, Fred was an ambassador for our Appalachian region on a national stage. Simply put, he told our stories to the world.

Besides his reporting for WOUB and NPR, Fred was a contributor to The Environment Report, a service of Michigan Radio affiliated with the University of Michigan. There his focus was on major environmental issues important to all of us.

Fred's persona and talent will be missed by his colleagues, by his news sources, and by his listeners. We all, however, wish him well in his retirement. He has certainly earned it.

We hope that Fred will not be absent entirely from our airwaves. Soon, we will hear his voice again doing special projects for WOUB about the region he loves and the people who love him.

Will the next 10 years bring more of the same for journalists and journalism jobs? (Economics of Media)

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:21:00 +0100

A quick note on how wages might be affected as computers do more and more journalism jobs (Economics of Media)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:55:00 +0100

Why Google is almost finished building its computer program to do the jobs that journalists do (Economics of Media)

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:38:00 +0100

Inside the IIJ :: Cairo, Egypt conference accepting abstracts (IIJ News)

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:19:00 +0100

The Institute for International Journalism at Ohio University has joined the Faculty of Communication at Al-Azhar University to co-sponsor a conference that will take place in Cairo, Egypt.

The Media Professionalism and Democratization conference will be held at Al-Azhar University April 14- 17, 2013. One of the organizing committee members and chair of that conference is Dr. Ahmed S. Hammad, a 2011 alumnus of the Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media at Ohio University.

Ahmed Hammad presents during the 2011 Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media at OU.

Some of the main themes of the conference are media performance during democratic transition, peace journalism and crisis communication, and professionalism in new media, among other themes.

Abstracts can be submitted in either Arabic or English and should include the completed abstract and its title, as well as the names, titles and contact information of the paper’s authors and presenter. The organizing scientific research committee will review the abstracts and notify authors of acceptance on Jan. 15, 2013.

For more information, contact Ahmed Hammad at ahmadh30@gmail.com.

Inside the IIJ :: IIJ director presents at forum in Saudi Arabia (IIJ News)

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:40:00 +0100

In early December, professor Yusuf Kalyango, director of the Institute for International Journalism, attended an annual forum of media and communications research in Saudi Arabia.

The sixth annual forum, which focused on ‘New Media: Theoretical and Practical Challenges,’ was organized by the Saudi Association for Media and Communication (SAMC) from Dec. 1- Dec. 4 at Riyadh Palace Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SAMC is based at the King Saud University, one of three major national universities in Saudi Arabia.

The SAMC is a pioneering academic association in media and communication that works within Saudi Arabia and in other countries in the Middle East, Asia and northern Africa. The association, in conjunction with King Saud University, annually holds training sessions, offers media and communication academic consultations, and cooperates with media organizations to develop the professional practice for the Saudi journalism and communication workforce.

Some of the association’s main objectives are to raise media awareness, to develop media and communication academic processes, to cement ties with Arab and international media associations, and to grant accreditations to media associations and professionals.

The IIJ became involved with the SAMC because the latter often invites media experts from the Western world to its events to give speeches and lectures. The goal is to enrich the cultural exchange among Saudi Arabia and some Arab and Western countries: Westerners discuss the latest theoretical and applied developments in media, while members of the SAMC help explain Saudi Arabia’s political stances on national, regional and international issues to the world.

Kalyango’s presentation at the forum discussed the impact of social media on political mobilization in East and West Africa.

While in Saudi Arabia, Kalyango was able to meet with the president of King Saud University, as well as some of the professors and journalists. Two of the professors he met are alumni of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, including Dr. Ali Alkarni, professor at King Saud University and Chairman of SAMC. Kalyango was also given a special tour of the university’s main library, which has more than four million titles in Arabic, English and French.

Some other topics discussed during the forum included the role of Twitter on national identities and cultures, and Facebook use in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and the United States.

According to a tweet he sent during the conference Kalyango said it was impressive to witness many Saudi women professors and young women graduates engaged and participating in academic debates about social media. Also via Twitter, Kalyango said the university provided “excellent hospitality” during his time there.

Newspapers will put themselves out of business if they take advice from commentators who are telling them to become “more like” new media (Economics of Media)

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:32:00 +0100

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The Director :: Making the grade (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:24:00 +0100

It’s December and classes are still in session. What’s up with that?

One student organization has organized Christmas carols sung by candlelight in front of Scripps Hall this coming Sunday. That never happened on the quarter system. Change, change, change.

BREAKING: The School of Journalism has been included in the 2013 College Media Matters 50 Best Journalism Schools and Programs

Indeed, so much has changed since I arrived at Ohio University as an assistant professor in 1987. We’re on semesters for the first time since the 1970s. We have a dramatically updated curriculum — far more flexible, with many more cross-media opportunities for our students. And we’re in our last year of occupying Scripps Hall. And for good measure, we’re in the process of searching for a new dean of the Scripps College of Communication.

But in the midst of all of this unbridled change, I’m happy to report that one whole semester into this brave new world, I believe we are headed in the right direction.

The transition to semesters hasn’t been as bothersome as I thought it might be, probably because the university set up a long-range transition that helped us plan for just about every potential issue that might arise.

Our new curriculum has been accepted by students as logical (as well as flexible). Frankly, a lot was riding on the faculty of the school getting it right when it came to revamping the required course work. Does it mean that we won’t be tweaking a few things? No. In fact, the tweaking already is underway. But the changes are very minor, hardly perceptible.

Some rather significant (in fact, exciting) curriculum changes will be introduced for the Fall 2013 academic year, based on changes adopted by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the body that re-accredits the school every six years. Stay tuned for details on those changes.

Accreditation site visit coming up

I should mention that we are up for re-accreditation this year, and will host the site visit team the first week of Spring semester. As always, we look forward to getting the team’s feedback for how to make the school even better in the years to come.

In case you are a current student and didn’t receive this email from me, I’m including a copy here:

This year the School of Journalism is up for re-accreditation, a process that happens every six years. During the first week of Spring semester, a team of accreditation visitors will be on campus to meet with faculty and students about the school. You are invited to be part of that important process. There are two opportunities for students to meet with the accreditation team. Please consider attending one or both of these:

(1) On January 14 (Monday), the first day of Spring semester, the site team will meet with students from 9:40 to 10:35 a.m. in Bentley 227. This is when the JOUR 3200 (Ethics) class meets, so if you already are enrolled in that course, you will be taking part in this meeting. But we have plenty of room for other students to attend this session, so would like to invite all other journalism majors to attend.

(2) On January 15 (Tuesday), the site visit team will divide up into two groups to meet with students by track from 9:00-10:00 a.m. The News & Information track will meet in Scripps 114; the Strategic Communication track will meet in Scripps 116. If you can attend this “track” based session, please stop by Scripps 105 and sign-up so we can know how many to expect. There is space for 40 students in each of these “track” sessions.

The school is enjoying what appears to be a surge in applications, judging from the reports we are getting from the Office of Institutional Research. As of today, we have 74 more applications than we had exactly one year ago. That’s a remarkable increase, which says something about how we are perceived among high school graduating seniors interested in studying journalism. It may also be a measure of the success of the 2012 High School Journalism Workshop, which had 90 students, including 30 recipients of minority scholarships. This is change for the better, to be sure.

Let me close this post by thanking all of the alumni who have worked to make the school better, either by donating time, talent, or treasure. The gifts they’ve have given have made a difference, I assure you. As the director of the school, I know that I can call on any number of them to speak with out current students in a class, or help them out with job or internship advice.

The Director :: The real meaning of Homecoming (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:30:00 +0100

This week we’re enjoying a series of “homecomings” that make me appreciate the full meaning of the word.

Friday afternoon (Oct. 11), recent alums Ryan Lytle (BSJ ’08) and Evan Millward (BSJ ’11) return to campus to talk to freshmen about their careers. And Saturday’s reception at 11 a.m. in the Scripps Atrium no doubt will bring many alumni back into our midst.

Video playlist of alumni who returned for Homecoming.

But earlier this week the homecomings already got started. Tony Meale (MSJ ’08) was campus this past Tuesday to talk to 200+ freshmen in JOUR 1010 about his new book, “The Chosen Ones: The Team That Beat LeBron.” And yesterday we welcomed back to campus Ernest Waititu (MSJ ’07) as the Glidden Visiting Professor, marking the “Year for African Journalism“ on campus. Ernest will speak in JOUR 1010 later this semester after journalism in Africa. At the same time of Ernest’s reception, Lauren Corna (BSJ ’10) was talking to students in Ad Club. Today we’re hosting Dr. Hong Ji (Ph.D. ’05) from the Pew Research Center. She’s speaking in Prof. Hugh Martin’s Research Methods course as well as in my JOUR 1010 class.

Earlier this semester we’ve hosted alums Jeff Howe, who teaches at Northeastern University in Boston, as well as Sara Schonhardt, freelancer for the New York Times in Jakarta.

Many, many alums share generously of their time and talents. Homecoming is a time when we focus on this great gift. This weekend, one of our own is being honored by the university with the Medal of Merit for his distinguished career in journalism. Sid Davis graduated in 1952 — 60 years ago for those keeping score — and went on to a career with NBC news where he served as a reporter, White House Correspondent and ultimately vice president. Congratulations, Sid.

Finally, let me close by acknowledging that the support we get from alumni takes place all year-round, and as the director of the school, I’m very grateful for it.

The Director :: Costanzo (BSJ ’77) discusses career, education, branding (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:57:00 +0100

When Pete Costanzo Jr. graduated from the School of Journalism back in 1977, he wanted nothing more than to go to Madison Avenue and write advertising copy.

In this video, Pete describes a journey that started in Cleveland, and ends up in Cincinnati — both interesting cities, to be sure. But so were many of the stops along the way.

Pete’s been kind enough to agree to serve on our Professional Advisory Board, and will help the faculty work on a new mission statement.

Inside the IIJ :: Experts unveil cyber security threats (IIJ News)

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:33:00 +0100

By Morgan Sigrist

Technology has improved the way people communicate and socialize, but it has also created a way for hackers to infiltrate the most personal aspects of technology users. This stern warning was delivered by leading experts of cyber security at an event held in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

Cyber security experts Danny O’Brien and Andrew Lewman have made full time professions out of their mission to protect both journalists and technology users from the threat of hackers.

The two leading experts — hosted by the Institute for International Journalism on Nov. 8 — addressed the virtual online and mobile technology challenges to different forums during a cyber security panel.

“(Spyware) records everything you do, every mouse click, every key log, every snapshot, every 30 seconds so they have an exact trail of what you’ve done,” said Lewman, the executive director of a technology protection-developing group known as the Tor Project.

He explained that the Tor Project was created as a way for all technology users to protect their information, especially when using unsecured connections such as those found in Internet cafes.

O’Brien is the Internet Advocacy Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, which protects journalists around the world. The CPJ is a nonprofit organization that works to protect the freedom of communication and journalism from security threats. O’Brien said cyber attacks often come from repressive governments, organized crime or the subjects of stories.

Ohio University visiting professor Andy Alexander also shared his experiences of working as a correspondent and as a free press advocate. Alexander talked about the threats and challenges foreign correspondents faced, then and now, regarding both from tyrannical governments and by warring parties in armed conflicts. He said that today’s journalists face a different and very dangerous type of threat.

Meanwhile, O’Brien said, “It’s important for journalists to keep themselves anonymous, it’s important to tell the sources to protect themselves, and, finally, it’s important for readers and journalists to learn ways of getting around censorship.”

Students and faculty members asked several questions about how they can protect themselves, and about how far they should go to protect themselves.

Inside the IIJ :: Cairo, Egypt conference accepting abstracts (IIJ News)

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:22:00 +0100

The Institute for International Journalism at Ohio University has joined the Faculty of Communication at Al-Azhar University to co-sponsor a conference that will take place in Cairo, Egypt.

Ahmed Hammad presents during the 2011 Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media at OU.

Some of the main themes of the conference are media performance during democratic transition, peace journalism and crisis communication, and professionalism in new media, among other themes.

For more information, contact Ahmed Hammad at ahmadh30@gmail.com.

Inside the IIJ :: Panel discusses aspects of working with development agencies (IIJ News)

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:53:00 +0100

On Friday, Oct. 26, a four-member panel discussed the various aspects and types of work that Ohio University has done with development agencies throughout the United States and around the world.

The panel was part of a program celebrating the Communication and Development Studies program’s 25th anniversary. David Mould, former director of Communication and Development Studies, organized, introduced and moderated the panel.

Panel members included Yusuf Kalyango, director of the Institute for International Journalism; Rafael Obregon, Chief of the Communication for Development Unit at UNICEF; Lauren Brown Vulanovic, a graduate of the Communication and Development Studies program and an employee at Pan American Health Organization, and visiting professor Karen Greiner.

The panel session kicked off with Obregon — also a former director of the Communication and Development Studies program — speaking primarily about the noticeable impact that communication and development studies has had within UNICEF and other agencies. He said that UNICEF has benefitted from many ever-changing communication and development strategies.

David Mould introduces the panel.

Kalyango first discussed the evolution of the Institute of International Journalism since 2008, the year he became director.

Today, he explained, the IIJ has enough money to fund student employees, international conferences and trainings, the publishing and production of research, foreign correspondence internships, and travel scholarships for students to present research around the world.

“If you have a very small program, you have to figure out how to market that and brand it, and find a way of showing that it can manage finances,” he said.

According to Kalyango, that was all possible primarily because of partnerships he worked to establish at the university level and beyond, including one with the Communication and Development Studies program.

For example, the IIJ was approved for one of its grants — the Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media grant — after the U.S. State Department learned of some of the projects the IIJ and the Communication Development Studies program had done or had in the works.

IIJ conferences and trainings have occurred in countries such as India and Turkey, and students have presented research in countries such as Singapore. The IIJ’s ever-expanding international network includes scholars from more than 50 countries.

According to Greiner, there are many windows of opportunity for various research projects as long as graduate students know where to look and what to do.

In the Communication and Development Studies program, she explained that a group she is part of has started to organize a database of past grant proposals that successfully acquired funded.

Greiner encouraged students interested in consultation or grants, quite simply, to ask about them. When pitching an organization, Greiner emphasized that students should be specific and ready to prove they have done their homework.

She suggested that students should consider proposing research fellowships rather than internships because many organizations do not conduct their own research. She also said students should work to self-finance via grants and funding so the organization will not have to worry about paying them much, if at all.

“There are organizations working in development and social change that don’t have a lot of time to investigate or document or evaluate what they’re doing,” she said. “Many of them evaluate, because if you don’t evaluate and show impact, then you can’t get more funding. But oftentimes they don’t document in the day-to-day.”

Greiner said, in addition to typical communication and development studies skill sets, it is important for students to be able to help an organization explain its actions in terms of theory and research methods, as well as in layman’s terms.

“Communication theory is something that I was surprised that people wanted from me,” she said. “I’ve been flown places to sit in front of USAID and talk fancy.”

Vulanovic, who graduated in 2008, gave advice about some of the things she said she wished she had learned in college.

In addition to knowing methodology and research, Vulanovic said students should learn finance skills such as grant writing, budget planning and evaluation skills. Regarding the latter, she said many people are not able to write appropriate indicators for what they are trying to measure, and explained that having that skill would therefore give students an edge.

“The number one recommendation that I would have for everyone is learn to write grants,” she said. “If you can bring in funding, you can bring in a job.”

During internships, Vulanovic said students should not be afraid to be aggressive, especially if they feel as though they are not being challenged enough or are being ignored.

“Real world experience is so, so valuable,” she said.

Vulanovic added that communication and development skills are important, too, including the use of social networks.

“A lot of the concepts that you’re learning now…are absolutely, 100 percent applicable to stuff that we’re doing in WHO,” she said. “So, don’t lose heart on that — it still works.”

Inside the IIJ :: Glidden Visiting Professor delivers lectures, speeches at several events (IIJ News)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 06:48:00 +0100

Since his arrival at Ohio University in early October, Glidden Visiting Professor Ernest Waititu has spoken in several classes and panels, as well as at other events.

Waititu’s professorship is just one aspect of the 2012-13 Year for African Journalism, which will include other speakers and events throughout the year. The program is a joint effort between the African Studies Program and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism’s Institute for International Journalism.

Currently, Waititu is teaching Foreign Correspondence, a journalism course consisting mostly of senior undergraduate and graduate students. So far, he has led discussions about embedded journalism, criticisms of U.S. media’s international coverage, and reporting humanitarian crises.

Additionally, he has spoken in classes such as Community Journalism and Modern Africa.

Other events where Waititu has made appearances include a program called Africa Crossroads and a program celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Communication and Development Studies program. During the latter, Waititu presented about one of his papers.

Some of the topics Waititu’s lectures and public events have covered are international media, digital journalism, social media storytelling, long-form storytelling and data journalism.

On Oct. 24, just two days after the presidential debate on foreign policy, Waititu spoke at a Students for Global Media and Diversity meeting about some of the perceptions of U.S. foreign policy held by citizens in developing nations in Africa.

Waititu explained that he typically sets up his lectures in a way that encourages student participation, and said the method has been successful so far.

“Lectures have been great because the students, especially in the Foreign Correspondence class, have been very passionate about their work,” he said. “I am learning a lot from them.”

Waititu said he has received “tremendous support” from the African Studies Program and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

He described his professorship as a cycle of sorts, because, although he has been regularly teaching and mentoring students, he has also been receiving mentoring from Yusuf Kalyango, director of the Institute for International Journalism, and Steve Howard, director of the African Studies Program.

Waititu said he has enjoyed both the teaching and learning aspects of his time as the Glidden Visiting Professor.

“My time here has given me a great chance to share my knowledge, but also to learn, reflect and write,” he said.

Inside the IIJ :: Year for African Journalism kicks off with arrival of Glidden Visiting Professor (IIJ News)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 06:33:00 +0100

The Year for African Journalism, a joint effort between the Institute for International Journalism and the African Studies Program, has kicked off at Ohio University with the arrival of Glidden Visiting ProfessorErnest Waititu.

On Oct. 10, Students for Global Media and Diversity and the African Studies Program co-hosted a welcome reception for Waititu in Scripps Hall. Speakers included Bob Stewart, director of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Steve Howard, director of the African Studies Program at OU, and Waititu himself.

Waititu is an OU alumnus who participated in the graduate programs of both the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the African Studies Program from 2003 to 2006, obtaining master’s degrees in both. Additionally, he is a past recipient of the Institute for International Journalism’s John R. Wilhelm Foreign Correspondence Internship.

Currently, Waititu is the program director of health and digital media at Internews, an NGO in Nairobi that is supported by the U.S. government, provides training for journalists throughout Africa and has a goal of promoting freedom of expression.

Throughout Fall Semester, Waititu will teach the Foreign Correspondence course and will assist with International Media Systems course lectures. He will also deliver a public lecture about his work at Internews.

Ernest Waititu poses with people affiliated with the IIJ and the African Studies Program after the welcome reception.

Additionally, Waititu will advise students about international opportunities, help create and launch the Scripps College of Communication’s New African Media for Social Change conference, and help plan an IIJ study abroad program.

The Glidden Visiting Professor is hosted by the African Studies Program and by the IIJ. Those organizations will combine to pay for event hospitality and incidentals for Waititu.

Ultimately, the Year for African Journalism aims to capitalize on a noticeable increase of student interest in Africa by teaching students more about African journalism. During Spring Semester, another African media scholar — Kojo Yankah — will come to OU for the African Studies Program’s West African Research Association Residency. Additional events and conferences will be held throughout the year.

The Director :: Students’ report on Ohio voters featured on PBS website (Prof. Tom Hodson)

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:25:00 +0100

A video report by students in Professor Mary Rogus’ “TV and Digital Media Election Coverage” course is featured on Washington Week’s website starting today.

The story, produced by Sandhya Kambhampati, Keara Vickers and Seaira Christian-Daniels, looks at some voters in southeast Ohio feel left out of the process.

The story is one of four featured on Washington Week’s home page over the weekend.

Join Us in Covering Tuesday's Election (Hodson's WOUB blog)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:22:28 +0100

Tom Hodson

Covering major news events such as big storms or elections used to be one-sided. News organizations such as WOUB gathered the news, packaged it, and then delivered it to you by television or radio only.

But, times have changed. News is no longer a monologue. It is no longer one dimensional.

It is now a dialogue between the media and the news consumer. It is a conversation involving traditional television and radio and also online sources and multiple forms of social media. It also is mobile -- news where you want it and how you want it.

Covering major news events is now the result of collaborations between our audience and our reporters, writers, and editors.

With that said, we have a major news event heading our way on Tuesday, November 6. It is Election Day and not only will we be electing the president of the United States, but dozens of state, regional and local candidates will be selected and local and statewide issues will be decided.

To give you the best Election Night coverage possible, we will need your help. We want you to be part of our news conversation.

We want to hear from you about your experiences in voting; your feelings about the process and the outcomes; and your on-the-scene observations. We want you to help us report and to send us pictures or videos to share with our wider audience.

WOUB touches 55 different counties in three states: Ohio, West Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky and we want everyone represented in the conversation. That is where you can help us and your fellow news consumers. Give us your reports from your area. You can do it by email or Twitter.

Please send your emails, videos or pictures to me and I will get them to our newsroom to be posted on our elections website.

You can email them to hodson@ohio.edu or you can tweet them to me at my Twitter account @thodson.

Let’s join together to give our region the best ever election coverage

WOUB Mourns The Death of Connie Stevens (Hodson's WOUB blog)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:20:45 +0200

Tom Hodson

Occasionally in life, you cross paths with someone who serendipitously makes a mark on your life, leaves a lasting impression and actually alters your future. Such was the case with me and Connie Stevens – a long time WOUB employee.

Connie spent more than 20 years at WOUB from November 1979 through June 2001 and most of that time as WOUB AM Program Coordinator. I am sure most of you remember her voice and her easy-going “on-air” style as she greeted you every weekday morning for a number of years.

Yesterday, we received word from her daughter that Connie died last Thursday at her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she had resided since 2002. According to her daughter, Connie passed away surrounded by her daughter Katherine, her cat Bojangles, and her dog Dillon.

The news has profoundly saddened me. The WOUB family has lost a great colleague and I have lost a longtime friend and a radio mentor.

I remember first meeting Connie when she was a waitress at the old Oak Room in Athens. I was a young attorney and she was a working mom. I next encountered her when she worked at WATH radio and was an on-air personality. Her dulcet tones were always calming and she always seemed to have something interesting to say.

Then in 1979 she started working at WOUB – the same year I got elected Athens County Municipal Court judge. We both had new jobs but our paths crossed again. After I complained to her that public radio had information about politics, health, gardening and but no tips or information about courts or the law, she asked me to talk with her.

When I arrived, her office was filled with plants since Connie also was an avid gardener. She invited me to create a series of one minute audio explanations of law and the legal process. “Legal Reminders” was born. We did almost 500 different scripts and it aired for about three-years.

Simultaneously, Connie started a community-based program called “In Conversation.” It was the precursor to our current “Conversations from Studio B.” She invited me to do a talk-show about the law featuring attorneys and others involved with the legal systems in our region.

Not only did we have substantial audiences for both programs but the radio exposure got me noticed on a national level – thanks to Connie. Soon I was invited to speak across the country and internationally to judges about media. I taught media relations to judges and court administrators for more than three decades.

My media relations teaching also enabled me to win a Judicial Fellowship at the Supreme Court of the United States where I worked in the administrative office of the Chief Justice and with the national news media covering the Supreme Court.

Connie gave me my first chance at radio and followed-up with constant encouragement. She inspired me to continue and to grow professionally.

She always was a true friend. Every Christmas and sometimes at random times during the year, I would receive a hand-written card from her with one of her beautiful watercolors. She always had words of praise and true caring.

When I became Director and General Manager here at WOUB, Connie sent one of the first notes of congratulations and a vote of confidence.

I will miss her talent, her warmth, and her true caring. She loved WOUB and we loved her. Her death leaves us with a hole that, right now, seems impossible to fill.

A memorial service for Connie will be held at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, November 3. In addition to the ceremony, Connie’s watercolors will be on display. More details will follow.

WOUB Mourns The Death of Connie Stevens (Hodson's WOUB blog)

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:29:31 +0200

Tom Hodson

The news has profoundly saddened me. The WOUB family has lost a great colleague and I have lost a longtime friend and a radio mentor.

Connie gave me my first chance at radio and followed-up with constant encouragement. She inspired me to continue and to grow professionally.

When I became Director and General Manager here at WOUB, Connie sent one of the first notes of congratulations and a vote of confidence.

I will miss her talent, her warmth, and her true caring. She loved WOUB and we loved her. Her death leaves us with a hole that, right now, seems impossible to fill.

Grad School News :: Meet new PhD student Ashley Evans (Grad School News)

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:11:00 +0200

Ashley Evans attended James Madison University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in media arts and design with a concentration in print journalism and a minor in creative writing. She then took a job as a social media specialist for Search Mojo, a search engine optimization company based in Charlottesville, Va., before moving to Chicago, where she attended Northwestern University and earned a master’s degree in journalism with a concentration in magazine writing.

Upon graduating, she moved to Miami, where she gained experience as a county reporter and copy editor for Miami Today, South Florida’s leading business weekly.

Ashley looks forward to researching mass communication law, as well as the influence that media have on segments of society, while pursuing her doctorate at Ohio University.

In her spare time she enjoys biking, attending concerts and coming home to a sweet blue Chihuahua named Yoga and a husband who is pursuing a degree in music production.

(Written by MS student Jennifer Doyle)

Grad School News :: Meet new PhD student Amanda Weed (Grad School News)

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:57:00 +0200

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Amanda Weed has worked in the radio industry as a producer for multiple stations in the Columbus market, including WTVN, WCOL and WHOK. She also has experience in public relations and owned her own business, Sweet Dreams Chocolatier, before deciding to attend graduate school.

Weed’s main research interest is the field of strategic communication. She is researching how social media positively and negatively influence brand reputation. Her paper, “American Apparel and the ‘XLent’ Contest,” which she co-authored with Assistant Professor Craig Davis, won a scholarship for top student paper at the Society for Case Research conference in summer 2012.

Weed is a senator in the Ohio University Graduate Student Senate and membership chair for the Graduate Student Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC). She has held committee positions with numerous non-profit organizations in central Ohio.

She attended the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism for her master’s degree and received her bachelor’s degree in broadcasting, public relations and organizational communication from Otterbein University in 2011.

(Written by master’s student Jennifer Doyle)

Grad School News :: Meet new PhD student Pamela Walck (Grad School News)

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:21:00 +0200

A native of Allentown, Pa., Pamela E. Walck graduated from Liberty University in 1995 with a degree in journalism. She spent 15 years working in newsrooms – three years in Pennsylvania and 12 in Savannah, Ga., where she enjoyed some of her most rewarding years as a journalist covering the military and the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division for the Savannah Morning News.

In 2010, Walck decided to leave the newspaper trenches and return to the classroom. She moved to Pittsburgh to attend Point Park University, where she received her master’s degree in journalism and mass communication. As a student she worked as a graduate assistant, advised the campus newspaper, and wrote freelance stories for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Walck’s current research interests include journalism history, particularly the role that the black press in America has played in integrating the armed forces, as well as society as a whole. She is also interested in the women of the black press and the roles they have played compared with their white counterparts.

In her spare time, Walck enjoys taking her dog, Kaiyo, for walks (especially when lakes or the ocean are involved), spending time with family, running, traveling abroad, taking pictures and camping with her best friend and family at Lake Pymatuning.

(Written by MS student Jennifer Doyle)

Grad School News :: Meet new PhD student Allison Hunter (Grad School News)

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:35:00 +0200

Allison Hunter is an Emmy-award winning producer who started her broadcast journalism career right here at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

Highlights of Hunter’s professional experience include the creation and supervision of local news broadcasts for several start-ups, as well as work with established television stations including WXIX in Cincinnati, WGN-TV in Chicago and KTLA in Los Angeles. She has also spent time producing independent films and commercials.

It was the idea of mentoring journalism students and young professionals that prompted her transition from the control room to the classroom. Hunter is particularly interested in researching youth-centric media as an agent for social change, the news media’s relationships with community stakeholders and the political economic analysis of news content.

(written by MS student Jennifer Doyle)

Grad School News :: Meet new PhD student Jeremy Saks (Grad School News)

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:23:00 +0200

Jeremy Saks, who entered the E.W. Scripps master’s degree program in 2011 and now pursues his PhD, received his bachelor’s degree in communication from Denison University in 2007.

After four years of working as a web designer, he decided to return to school to pursue a master’s in journalism.

Jeremy’s research interests include mass communication and political communication in general and media effects in particular; his paper on media convergence focusing on The New York Times and the blog FiveThirtyEight.com won the top student paper in the Electronic News Division at the 2012 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in Chicago in August.

When he’s not working on finishing his master’s thesis, Jeremy enjoys running, playing video games, hanging out with friends and colleagues, following sports teams (including the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds, Columbus Crew, and Aston Villa Football Club, an English professional soccer team), playing drums when the opportunity presents itself, keeping up on the news, and listening to podcasts.

(MS student Jen Doyle wrote this post.)

WOUB Becomes More Mobile To Meet Needs (Hodson's WOUB blog)

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:49:22 +0200

Tom Hodson

Change is a cornerstone of any media enterprise today and WOUB Public Media is no exception.

Sometimes, it's difficult for any of us to change routines or ways to which we are accustomed. However, over the past year, we have embraced change at WOUB and made it our friend.

But it hasn’t been just change for change’s sake. Instead, we have attempted to bring changes to WOUB that benefit our audiences and our members -- changes that you have wanted. We started last year with a brand new website. You have embraced that change and our visitors and page views have tripled during the past 12 months.

We also know that our audience is getting younger and far more mobile than in the past.

Over the past year, we have become a dynamic, digital source of news, music and arts information and sports at woub.org. But, you want our information when you want it, how you want it, and where you want it.

In short, you want to take us with you through your mobile devices so we can constantly keep you up-to-date.

Therefore, we have now made it easier for you to use our website on your smartphone. You can now get news and sports information, watch videos, and listen to our live streams through your phone.

With our partners at Eden Marketing, we have launched a "responsive design" which takes our normal website at woub.org and collapses it down to fit the face of your smartphone. It is easy to read and easy to use.

No longer do you need to expand or contract the image on the screen – it is done automatically for you. You can glance at the top headlines or drill down into our content with clarity and ease.

This is just the first of a series of changes we will be announcing over the next few months to provide you with top quality content, timely information, and interesting features.

We take our role seriously in keeping you informed whether you are sitting at your desk-top, listening to your radio, watching your television or whether you are "on the go."

We want to be your primary source for local and regional news, music, arts, and sports and we are changing to meet your needs.

Change is a good thing -- stay with us as we un-roll more improvements over the next few months.

Grad School News :: PhD student Sally Ann Cruikshank takes top poster award at AEJMC (Grad School News)

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:34:00 +0200

Sally Ann Cruikshank, a PhD student in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, took top honors for her informational poster the August conference of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication in Chicago.

Cruikshank’s poster, “‘A Slogan of Mockery:’ Never Again and the Unnamed Genocide in Southern Sudan, 1989-2005,” was named best poster in the History Division of AEJMC.

The poster summarized her study of how eight U.S. media outlets framed the conflict in southern Sudan. Cruikshank’s textual analysis revealed that, contrary to previous studies concerning U.S. media coverage of Africa, southern Sudan received steady coverage. Three dominant themes emerged in the coverage: famine, slavery, and oil. Despite the details of the civil war being a veritable checklist for genocide, the media failed to realize it. The implications of these findings were discussed at length.

Poster judges Lisa Burns told Cruikshank, “On behalf of my fellow judges, Ann Thorne and Tim Vos, I want to express how impressed we were with your ability to capture the essence of your research project in your poster. Your decision to use the famous photo [Kevin Carter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a vulture stalking a starving girl] as a background was brilliant. But the rest of the material was presented in an equally compelling way, which can sometimes be tough with this type of research.”

Grad School News :: PhD student Jeremy Saks wins award for top student paper in AEJMC division (Grad School News)

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:08:00 +0200

Jeremy Saks, a PhD student in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, has won the top student paper award in the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.

Saks will give the paper, “Changes in Content Characteristics of Nontraditional Media after Partnering with Traditional News Providers,” in Chicago in August at the annual AEJMC convention. The award comes with a check for $102, one dollar for every year of the existence of the Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honors society.

Saks’ paper, written when he was a Scripps master’s student last year, is “Changes in Content Characteristics of Nontraditional Media after Partnering with Traditional News Providers.” It is a content analysis of the website FiveThirtyEight.com examining how its content changed after it converged with The New York Times. The study found that the website changed in multiple ways after the partnership, including a smaller variety of topics, fewer authors, longer articles, and more hyperlinks and multimedia per article.

Inside the IIJ :: Two Nigerian scholars visit OU for journalism residency (IIJ News)

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:24:00 +0200

Two Nigerian scholars have spent almost three weeks in the United States learning about journalism as part of the International Journalism Educator-in-Residence Program.

The scholars, Godfrey Danaan and Taye Obateru, are both professors at the University of Jos in Nigeria. They arrived at Ohio University on July 28, and will depart for Nigeria from Washington, D.C. on August 17.

Though the program was primarily hosted at OU by the Institute for International Journalism, the residence program also included trips to Chicago, Ill. and Washington D.C.

In Chicago, Obateru and Danaan attended the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2012 Conference that occurred mid-August. There, they went to a variety of teaching and research panels, presentations and sessions.

Additionally, they spent five days in Washington, D.C. visiting several media outlets and cultural locations, including National Public Radio, The National Geographic, Voice of America, Smithsonian museums, national monuments and more.

The primary purposes of the residency program are to bolster the participants’ professional development, to teach them journalism techniques and to give them new tools and methods to apply to their careers.

Obateru described the program as “quite diverse” because he has had many different opportunities. Some of those included interacting with international journalism scholars who are participating in the Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media, listening to lectures from professors from various universities, and learning some digital editing techniques.

“I’ve found it very enriching,” Obateru said of the residence program. “It has broadened my horizon in terms of exposure to things and seeing new things, new situations, new circumstances.”

Professors Taye Obateru and Godfrey Danaan share a laugh during an International Mass Media class led by 2012 SUSI scholars Trang Nguyen and Alexandre Twizeyumukiza.

Danaan, who is visiting the United States for the first time, said he has enjoyed not only learning about the 2012 SUSI scholars’ diverse international perspectives, but also being able to share his own perspectives with others.

“I’ve interacted with so many scholars who have come from all parts of the world to share what they teach and to share what they experience and practice,” he said. “To me, it is the most enriching experience I’ve had because it crosses beyond borders.”

Obateru, too, said that conversations with the 2012 SUSI scholars have been one of his favorite parts of the residence.

Both scholars expressed a desire to practice and teach what they learned at OU upon their return to Nigeria. Danaan said that he believes his students will truly benefit from his international exposure when he shares it with them.

“I know I’ve learned a lot and I’m going back with so much,” he said. “My program should be broadened in the perspectives that have been shared here.”

Obateru said that he is interested in looking into possibilities of partnerships between OU and the University of Jos.

Additionally, they each expressed a desire to one day attend the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Ph.D. program.

“I’ve fallen in love with the school, with the facilities,” Obateru said.

Both Obateru and Danaan heard about the program from one of their colleagues, Nancy Katu-Ogundimu, who is currently a doctoral graduate student in the School of Media Arts and Studies of the Scripps College of Communication at OU.

Danaan said he was “enticed” when she explained the prospects of programs at OU. According to Danaan, she spoke with Dr. Yusuf Kalyango, Director of the Institute for International Journalism, who agreed to get Obateru and Danaan involved in the International Journalism Educator-in-Residence Program.

Because the program is a cost-share program, it was funded partly by the Institute for International Journalism at Ohio University, and partly by the University of Jos.

SUSI SPSS workshop survey (Graphics & Audiences)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:08:00 +0200

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Please click on the following link to go to the spreadsheet with the data:

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Click on the following link to get the powerpoint

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Lj0r6p6qwUuBV0AE9t4QbJwZiRlBzMxZ_fqILF2ZHCo/edit

Inside the IIJ :: Int’l Conference on Global Health & Crisis Communication: Call for Abstracts (IIJ News)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:15:00 +0200

The 2012 International Conference on Global Health and Crisis Communication invites submissions of abstracts related to health or crisis communication and media, technology, public and health policy communication. The conference will take place in Eskisehir, Turkey from June 19 to 21, 2012.

Participants in this conference will focus on how mass media are currently used for health and crisis communication, how mass media could be utilized better in the future, and how technological developments affect the public and communicators.

Please click here for detailed information about the conference themes.

Dr. Erol Nezih Orhon, a 2011 SUSI scholar, is the dean of and a professor in the School of Communication Sciences at Andola University, and helped organize the conference.

The conference is sponsored by the Institute for International Journalism in the Scripps College of Communication at OHIO University; Anadolu University (host of the 2012 conference) in Eskisehir, TURKEY; and the University of Iowa.

Mass media play a crucial role in health and crisis communication. Much of today’s society-level communication happens through mass media channels, such as television, radio, newspapers. Increasingly, communication among individuals or between organizations and their supporters or clients occurs through new media and social media, such as mobile phones, social networking sites, micro blogging sites, and others.

For more information, contact one of the organizing committee members HERE.

Inside the IIJ :: IIJ, African Studies Program anticipate “Year for African Journalism” (IIJ News)

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:01:00 +0200

In recent years, the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the African Studies Program at Ohio University have gradually expanded their collaboration with each other. To showcase that expansion, the two groups have decided to hold a “Year for African Journalism” during the 2012-13 school year.

The abstract program aims to capitalize on a noticeable increase in student interest in Africa by teaching students more about African journalism. It will do so primarily by bringing two prominent African media scholars to the OU campus — one during Fall Semester and one during Spring Semester. Additional events and conferences will be held as well.

One major part of the Year for African Journalism is that Ernest Waititu will be the Glidden Visiting Professor during Fall Semester. Waititu is an OU alumnus who participated in the graduate programs of both the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the African Studies Program from 2003 to 2006, obtaining master’s degrees in both. He is currently the program director of health and digital media at Internews in Nairobi.

Internews is a U.S. government-supported NGO that provides training for journalists throughout Africa and has a goal of promoting freedom of expression. In addition to his work with that organization, Waititu founded an online news digest called Afrikanews, and has contributed to various publications in Kenya.

When he was a student at OU, he covered international news for the Athens News and was able to obtain an internship at CNN. Recently, Waititu hosted a workshop for East African journalists at his Internews offices. The workshop focused on health issues, taught techniques in digital journalism and archival research, and encouraged discussion about ethics and other contemporary issues.

As the Glidden Visiting Professor at OU, Waititu will teach the Foreign Correspondence course, and will assist with International Media Systems course lectures. He will also deliver a public lecture about his work at Internews.

Waititu will have many additional responsibilities. He will offer students advice about international opportunities. He will assist members of the African Studies Program and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism’s Institute for International Journalism with creating and launching the Scripps College of Communication’s New African Media for Social Change conference. Finally, Waititu will help plan the annual IIJ study abroad program, which will ideally take place in Ghana during the 2013-14 school year.

For Spring Semester, Kojo Yankah has agreed to come to OU for the African Studies Program’s West African Research Association Residency. Yankah, who has established himself as a prominent and award-winning media figure in West Africa, has also been a minister in the government of Ghana, and is the founder and president of the African University College of Communication (AUCC). Additionally, Yankah has established his own marketing communications consultancy, Yankah and Associates, is currently a fellow of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana, and has spent time as its president in the past.

Collaboration between AUCC and OU has increased in recent years with the hope of educating more OU students in communications-related majors about Africa. In the past, OU President Roderick McDavis has given a commencement speech at AUCC, and senior E.W. Scripps School of Journalism faculty member Dr. Ralph Izard has taught classes there. Additionally, the two universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding when Yankah visited the OU campus in August of 2011.

During his month-long residency, Yankah will host a public lecture series about African media issues, which will be streamed on multiple university-related websites. He will also speak to Scripps College of Communication student organizations, sit for interviews with student journalists, speak with local media about African economic and political progress, and be interviewed for the West African Research Association Bulletin.

The Glidden Visiting Professor is hosted by the African Studies Program and by the IIJ. Those organizations will combine to pay for event hospitality and incidentals for Waititu. The West African Research Association residency is sponsored by the African Studies Program, which provides housing for Yankah during his residency.

The IIJ strives to prepare students to work as international journalists and to increase overall international communication. The African Studies Program at OU is one of 10 National Resource Centers for African Studies in the U.S.

Grad School News :: PhD student Clay Carey wins top student paper award at AEJMC (Grad School News)

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:41:00 +0200

Clay Carey, a PhD student in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, has been named the winner of the top student paper competition in the Community Journalism Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.

Carey will present the paper, “Conversation Starters: Interactivity and Content on Community Press-Supported Facebook Pages,” at the AEJMC conference in August in Chicago.

Carey wrote the paper in a winter quarter graduate class in computer mediated communication taught by Dr. Hans Meyer.

The paper uses Sheizaf Rafaeli’s three-level approach to online interactivity as a foundation to examine possible relationships between some basic elements on the social networking website Facebook and the propensity of readers to engage in interactivity on Facebook pages maintained by community newspapers.

Ten community newspapers were analyzed because personal familiarity and engagement tend to be more common among their readers. Carey’s content analysis suggests connections between interactivity and the phrasing and subjects of Facebook posts.

Bobcat Bucket List, How to Ohio U showcase Scripps’ online ability (Give the 'Net credit)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:49:53 +0200

Bobcat Bucket List, a site containing tips on the things everyone needs to do before leaving Ohio University, and How to Ohio U, a site explaining the ins and outs of life in Athens, Ohio, demonstrate students ability to maximize the Web to share important and interesting information. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

First off, my apologies for not updating more frequently. I have an excuse, I hate to call it a good one, that I’ve been meaning to explain for a while now. One of these days, I’ll finish that draft.

Until then, I’ll showcase the work that students in my classes have accomplished this quarter, the last at Ohio University, and last.

This is just one of the stories featured on Bobcat Bucket List.org, a site designed by students in my JOUR415/515 class.

Just yesterday, students in my Online Journalism Practicum class completed the Bobcat Bucket List, a site containing tips on the things everyone needs to do before leaving Ohio University. I really like the look, feel, and content of the site. A special tip of the hat to my lead designers Brenda Evans and Ashley Novack!

Last quarter, students in the same class got all the content ready for How to Ohio U, a site explaining the ins and outs of life in Athens, Ohio. Unfortunately, I dropped the ball on publishing this site, but this quarter, our lead designer Dylan Souhrada (He’s also a Web developer behind Project C) completed and posted the site.

Please check the sites out and let me know what you think.

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Grad School News :: Grad students to present 19 (!!) papers at AEJMC (Grad School News)

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:31:00 +0200

Graduate students enrolled in Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism boast an astounding 19 academic papers accepted to the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.

Papers are double-blind reviewed, with submissions by students and professors judged without author identification.

The grad students had 14 AEJMC papers last year — and that was considered a lot at the time.

A paper by PhD student Ashley Furrow, “A Balancing Act: The Rhetorical Vision of Champion Magazine,” was named second-place student paper by the Magazine Division.

Students wrote the papers for classes or as independent study projects conducted with Scripps faculty. They will present their findings Aug. 9-12 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown. The Scripps School provides grants to help defray the costs of travel to the convention.

The papers accepted for presentation are:

Sagar Atre, “Pre-9/11 Stains on Pakistan’s Character: American and British Newspaper Coverage of the Kargil War of 1999.” This is a qualitative study, a textual analysis of two U.S. and two British newspapers and their coverage of the India-Pakistan War of 1999, the two countries’ first battle after acquisition of nuclear weapons. The study specifically studied the coverage of Pakistan as a representative of the Muslim world, the religion with which the West has had a turbulent relationship.

Sagar Atre, “Press Censorship of the Indian Emergency of 1975-1977: The Response of the Underground Movement.” This is a historical, qualitative study of the Indian Emergency of 1975-77, when Indira Gandhi, India’s erstwhile Prime Minister imposed an authoritarian rule with “press censorship to “maintain internal security.” The study specifically looks at the underground press and bulletins, established clandestinely all over the country by various political and social organizations, opposition leaders and social workers.

P. Vijayalakshmi, Sagar Atre, and Yusuf Kalyango, “Online Social Networking Profiles and Self-presentation of Indian Youths.” This is a quantitative study of social media profiles of Indian youths between the ages of 13 and 20. It studied aspects such as self-presentation, privacy settings and sharing activities done on these social media websites by young Indian boys and girls. Atre contributed to this paper as a research assistant to Dr. Kalyango.

Clay Carey, “Who Are Journalists? Presentation of Self on the Microblog ‘We Are Journalists.’” This textual analysis explores the presentations of self that emerge in the writings of journalists who blog at the Tumblr microblog “We Are Journalists.”

Clay Carey, “Creating Conversation: Interactivity on Community Press-Supported Facebook Pages.” This paper explores interactivity among readers who visited the Facebook pages of 10 community newspapers. it found correlations between interactivity and certain post topics as well as other aspects of Facebook posts, such as the inclusion of links.

Lena Chapin,, “Fighting to be Heard: The Homeless Grapevine’s Battle to Provide and Protect the Freedom of Speech for Cleveland’s Homeless Citizens.” In 1993, the first issue of The New Homeless Grapevine hit the streets, a place where its writers, editors and contributors felt at home. The Grapevine was the first modern street paper in Ohio. Focusing on the plight of the homeless of Cleveland, The Grapevine helped spread awareness and change throughout Cleveland and much of Ohio for more than fifteen years. One of the main goals of The Grapevine was to provide a voice for the homeless, an often marginalized and forgotten group of society. The Grapevine not only succeeded in this mission by providing an outlet for homeless individuals to voice their opinions but by defending that voice through legal battles and amplifying it to a state and national level until the end of publication in 2009.

Sally Ann Cruikshank, “A Slogan of Mockery:” Never Again and the Unnamed Genocide in Southern Sudan, 1989-2005.” This study examines how eight U.S. media outlets framed the conflict in southern Sudan. A textual analysis revealed that, contrary to previous studies concerning U.S. media coverage of Africa, southern Sudan received steady coverage. Three dominant themes emerged in the coverage: famine, slavery, and oil. Despite the details of the civil war being a veritable checklist for genocide, the media failed to realize it.

Sally Ann Cruikshank, “The Victim and the Trickster in the Other World: Myth in CNN’s Coverage of the Rwandan Genocide.” This study examined coverage of the Rwandan genocide on CNN from the start of the genocide, April 6, 1994, through the next six months. It analyzed CNN’s coverage from the perspective of myth, using three master myths, the Other World, the Victim, and the Trickster. Evidence of all three myths was found in CNN’s coverage. Rwanda was routinely depicted as a dark and forbidding place, while Rwandans themselves were portrayed as both Victims and animals, or the Trickster. The author argues that the adherence to these myths by journalists created a narrative that failed to depict the true nature of the genocide.

Sally Ann Cruikshank and Joachim Hechinger, University of Leipzig, “Covering the Veil: France 24.com and CNN.com’s Framing of the French Burqa Ban.” This study examines how France24.com and the U.S. edition of CNN.com framed France’s burqa ban, which went into effect on April 11, 2011. Results showed that both websites primarily framed the ban as a human rights issue. France 24 covered the ban in a negative tone in two-thirds of its stories, while CNN’s coverage of the issue was mainly neutral. The findings contradict the propaganda model, which suggests media coverage often reflects the policies of their government.

Jim DeBrosse, “Taking Back the Streets: A Reporter Strategy for Challenging Access Barriers at Shopping Malls.” This paper instructs journalists in ways that they can push back against restrictions on customer interviews at large regional malls and suggests how media lawyers might frame a legal challenge to access barriers by citing civil rights precedents and the growing use of public funds by private mall developers.

Jim DeBrosse, “Are Wikimedia Less Susceptible to Censorship than Mainstream Media? A Case Study Comparison of the Top 10 Censored Stories of 2010-2011.” This paper finds that, while Wikipedia and Wikinews escape the commercial pressures of private ownership, their reliance on “reliable, published sources” and their lesser valuation of alternative evidence condemn them to an unquestioning repetition of what the mainstream media and government officials have already supplied them.

Ashley Furrow, “Mary Garber: A Woman in a Man’s World.” Mary Garber was one of the first full-time sportswriters at a daily newspaper in the country and became the oldest living female sportswriter. This is the story of a female pioneer who through courage, persistence, and most importantly, a fundamental love of journalism and sports, became a trailblazer for women in her field.

Ashley Furrow, “A Balancing Act: The Rhetorical Vision of Champion Magazine.” This paper examines the rhetorical strategies employed by Champion magazine, the membership publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), in its quest to accomplish its mission and goals. Utilizing the critical method of fantasy theme analysis and symbolic convergence theory in the study of the text and photographs, it will explore whether a shared rhetorical community has been established within Champion magazine as well as identify four fantasy types found in the magazine’s pages.

Kerry Kubilius, “Out of the Mists of Time: Newspaper Coverage of Travel to Lithuania 1988-1993.” The paper looks at how travel to Lithuania was covered in American newspapers prior to, during, and after the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.

Young Joon Lim and Michael S. Sweeney, “Lasting Scars of the JFK Assassination: The Tragedy and PTSD-like Trauma of Merriman Smith.” This paper uses a wealth of primary documents to argue that Merriman Smith, who witnessed the assassination of President Kennedy and saw his body at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, suffered from symptoms that match those of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Charlie Martinez, “More Diverse Images of Women Found in Smaller Niche Magazine: Diverse Feminine Images Presented in Christian Teen Magazines.” Martinez conducted a content analysis of images within Christian magazines for teenage girls and found a wider understanding of feminine beauty than is portrayed in consumer magazines for teenage girls.

Jeremy Saks, “Changes in Content Characteristics of Nontraditional Media after Partnering with Traditional News Providers.” The study is a content analysis of the website FiveThirtyEight.com examining how its content changed after it converged with The New York Times. The study found that the website changed in multiple ways after the partnership, including a smaller variety of topics, fewer authors, longer articles, and more hyperlinks and multimedia per article.

Molly Yanity, “Fine and Punishment: James Harrison, NFL fines and USA Today’s construction of black masculinity.” This is a textual analysis of USA Today’s coverage of the NFL’s fines levied to Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison for tackles deemed impermissible. The coverage appeared to construct Harrison as what the theoretical literature describes as a “bad Black man” and his tackling in criminal/racial terms.

Molly Yanity and Ashley Furrow, “Local or National?: An Examination of Fans’ Perceptions of College Football Scandal Coverage.” Two and a half years ago, the authors surveyed college football fans to learn where they go for college sports scandal coverage and what factors they consider in making the decision to turn to local or national sources. Given the onslaught of college football scandals that have shaken the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its fans in the last two and a half years, we revisited the survey. The fans’ perceptions of scandal coverage from local and national media outlets – and the difference two and a half years make – are the subject of this study.

A 20th paper co-authored by Quan Xie, a master’s student in the School of Media Arts and Studies, was written in a Scripps School graduate-level content analysis class. The paper, “Not Just a Pretty Face: Changing K-pop Idol Imagery from 2005 to 2012,” was written with PhD student Mark Walters of The University of Southern Illinois-Carbondale. Their study explored the shifting media images that Korean pop music (K-pop) idol groups. The researchers conducted a content analysis of the universe of album covers of 20 representative K-pop groups during this period of time. Five hypotheses were proposed to answer how groups’ dominant images changed from the mid-2000s to convey attractiveness to a transnational audience. The results shine a light on Westernization, Asianization, and gender presentations.

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Grad School News :: Chinese MS students get VOA, Hollywood Reporter Internships (Grad School News)

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:15:00 +0200

The opportunity to work as an intern with American media is one of the attractions of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism to international graduate students.

Case in point: MS student Sijie Wang, from China, interviewed for and was just announced as the recipient of a summer 2012 internship with The Hollywood Reporter.

In addition, MS student Jiang “River” Zhong, also from China, is currently interning at the Voice of American in Washington, D.C.

International grad students also have recently interned at CNN and the National Geographic.