January 2008
Upcoming Events | SJMC Media Hits | Awards and Kudos |
Publications, Presentations, and Research | Murphy Hall Happenings
Book signing/discussion
Hated Ideas and the American Civil War Press
Hazel Dicken-Garcia and Giovanna Dell'Orto
Tuesday, January 29, 4:00 p.m.
University Bookstore, Coffman Memorial Union
SJMC Professor Hazel Dicken-Garcia, a media historian, explores one of the most cherished principles of American Journalism—that unpopular and hated ideas deserve First-Amendment protection and fair-handed treatment from journalists. In Hated Ideas and the American Civil War, Dicken-Garcia analyzed newspaper coverage of hated ideas—such as abolitionism and slavery—during the American Civil War to see how these principles were supported or ignored during a “highly abnormal national crisis." The book illustrates that despite intolerance by journalists of certain ideas, the First Amendment has continued to sustain civil liberties. Dicken-Garcia will be joined by her co-author Giovanna Dell’Orto, an SJMC alumna.
2007 Twin Cities Media Stars Quiz Bowl
Tuesday, January 29, 7:00 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center, A.I. Johnson Great Room
The SJMC Alumni Board's annual Quiz Bowl will pit teams from leading media organizations against each other, answering questions about Minnesota politics, sports, arts and entertainment, and more. This year’s competition, hosted by "Stretch" from the KQRS-FM morning show, will feature teams from MPR, WCCO-TV, Risdall Advertising, Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and more! $5 suggested donation at the door will help fund the Alumni Board's mentor program. For more information, e-mail Jen Keavy.
Global Media-Diasporic Cultures Series
Lecture/discussion: Newspaper Coverage of the Immigrant Rights Movement 2006
Richard Martinez, assistant professor, Chicano Studies, University of Minnesota
Friday, February 1, 12:00 p.m.
Murphy Hall, room 228
Co-sponsored by SJMC; SJMC Diversity Initiatives Committee; Department of African American and African Studies; Office of the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity; Departments of American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, English, and Sociology; Asian American Studies program; Chicano Studies program; Global Studies and the Immigration History Research Center.
For more information, email Catherine Squires.
Silha Center director and professor Jane Kirtley was interviewed by several Twin Cities media outlets (Minnpost, KARE 11, Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, and Fox 9) regarding the Saint Paul Police Department's decision to search the cell phone records of a Twin Cities television reporter after he obtained a detailed arrest report from a public official that wasn't public data. Kirtley explained that Minnesota state law makes it difficult for police to force reporters to reveal their sources. In an interview with the Star Tribune, Kirtley said, "In this case you've got a journalists shield law in this state that provides great protection to the press, and yet effectively what the government has done is done an end run around the shield law by going to the telephone company rather than the journalist. Had they gone to the journalist the news organization could have contested the subpoena in court and had a full hearing. This was done in a very sneaky and in my opinion very inappropriate way." In January, she was quoted in a Newsday article titled "Bloomberg campaign would challenge Bloomberg News," which discussed the impact that Michael Bloomberg's possible run for president might have on Bloomberg News, the international news organization that's part of the media empire that he created.
Assistant professor Michael Stamm was interviewed for an article by the Star Tribune's Neal Justin titled "FCC Loosens the Rules on Co-Ownership of Newspapers and Broadcast Outlets." The article ran in the December 19 edition.
SJMC lecturer Gayle “GG” Golden was awarded a 2007 Minnesota Magazine and Publications Association (MMPA) Best Feature Story Silver Award for her story “The Short Life and Sudden Death of Germain Vigeant.” The story was about the death of University of Minnesota student Germain Vigeant in the Bunge grain elevators north of campus and was published in Mpls.St.Paul Magazine in October 2006. The MMPA is the organization for magazine professionals. It serves as a resource and a voice for magazine publishing in Minnesota, while advancing and recognizing the professional development of its members. It is comprised of approximately 100 magazine publishing companies in Minnesota and represents approximately 1,000 magazine professionals.
Assistant professor Jisu Huh has been awarded a $2500 grant from the American Academy of Advertising Research Fellowship Competition. The Competition promotes the continued scholarship of professors and advertising professionals. Awards are based on a competitive review of research proposals. Submitted proposals are blind-reviewed by at least two reviewers and an award recipient is selected by the AAA Research Committee. Her research proposal was co-authored with Dr. Denise DeLorme (University of Central Florida) and Dr. Leonard Reid (University of Georgia). The grant will fund data collection for her research on Asian-targeted direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising campaigns. To gain a better understanding of the Asian American market segment and help develop more effective health communication strategies specifically targeting this group, this study will investigate Asian Americans’ prescription drug information seeking, communication with physicians, and DTC advertising exposure and responses, and compare the findings with those from the non-Hispanic White population.
Associate professor Mark Pedelty's semi-satirical commentary "Academic Travel Causes Global Warming" was published in the January 21 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
"Adapting Jane" by adjunct instructor Dan Sullivan ran in the December issue of "Applause," the Denver Performing Arts Center's magazine, in conjunction with its stage version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."
This spring semester, the SJMC is expanding its practicum offerings to magazine publishing. In an unprecedented collaboration among 13 Twin Cities magazines or magazine companies, the three-credit JOUR 4992 class is designed to give students experience in and knowledge about magazine publishing through hands-on experience and thoughtful weekly discussions with professionals. Students will work for 14 hours a week at one of the magazines. That experience will be complemented by weekly course readings, writing assignments and a class session with magazine editors, executives and writers. Participants include Minnesota Monthly, Midwest Home, Greenspring Media Company's custom publications, Metro, Meetings & Events, The Rake, Metropolitan Media Group publications, IFAI publications, Utne, Lavender, Need Magazine, Minnesota Parent and Good Age. On Thursday, Jan. 10, the editors gathered for an orientation breakfast to discuss the class and their collaboration with the instructor, Gayle Golden. The practicum is one of several offered at SJMC, including courses held at the Pioneer Press and the Star Tribune.
Students in Mark Pedelty's Jour 3745 Mass Media and Popular Culture produced a successful benefit concert on the evening of December 7. Romantica, Breanne Dureneberger, Will Hutchinson, and Ari Herstand performed to a crowd of 75 people who braved one of the coldest nights of the winter to hear these great local musicians play well into the evening. 110 people "purchased" tickets by pledging to take part in Beautiful U Day or one of two other Earth Day clean-up opportunities in Minneapolis. Students chose to take on a specific role in one of the following teams: booking agents, organizational relations, public relations, media outreach, venue staff, marketing, promotions, graphic arts, tech, photography, videography, sponsorship, and MC's. Congratulations to the students for putting on a successful concert and contributing to the local community in the process!
Last semester, students in Gayle Golden's Jour 3121 welcomed Star Tribune senior editor James Shiffer, who oversaw the papers' multimedia project on the 35W Bridge Collapse, and Twin Cities Daily Planet editor Mary Turck. The journalists discussed citizen journalism and developing diverse sources.
Alums: Alumni societies offer ways for you to stay active
For more information on how to become involved with the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumni Society, contact Erica Giorgi in the CLA External Relations office at giorg003@umn.edu or 612-625-8837.
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Deadline for publication is Friday, February 8, 2008.
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