Congratulations to Dean Ann Brill on being named Administrator of the Year by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). During her time as dean, Brill has guided the school through three successful ACEJMC re-accreditations, grown research, endowment, scholarships and enrollment, and created a culture of excellence and achievement.

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Looking for a job or internship? Don't miss the chance to network and find your next opportunity at the career fair on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Stauffer-Flint Hall. If you're all set for the summer, stop by for a professional resume and portfolio review from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Austin Seminar Room and a professional headshot from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the third floor of Stauffer-Flint Hall.

The New York Times is now available to read for free by using your KU online ID and password. Follow the directions for the New York Times (Academic Site License) to set up your account. The KU community also has access to the Wall Street Journal. 

Former and current Eudora Times reporters gathered Saturday for the newspaper’s fifth birthday. Keep up with the work that current KU students are doing with the Eudora Times here. 

Current and former Eudora Times reporters. Photo courtesy of Teri Finneman. 

JMC School students joined JSchoolTech last Wednesday for a conversation about skills and technology at the Student Internship Panel. Journalism students Nnamdi Anyanike, Hannah Brown, Prescott Deckinger, Mya Peterson, Lane Rozin Phifer, Rachel Mallory and Elizabeth Walters discussed their internships and other experiences. Follow @jschooltech on TikTok and Instagram for announcements, tutorials, and a behind the scenes look at what labbies do. 

The American Advertising Foundation (AAF) has introduced the Sean Finnegan Memorial Scholarship this year. This scholarship includes $10,000 as well as registration and travel accommodations to ADMERICA, AAF's national conference in June. The scholarship is for a college sophomore, junior or senior. The deadline for this scholarship application is March 1.

Fellowship deadline March 4: The deadline to apply for the Allbritton Journalism Institute ’s 2024-2026 Reporting Fellowship is March 4. Here is the application form. AJI — a nonprofit organization backed by a $20 million grant from Robert Allbritton, the founding publisher of POLITICO — is offering $60,000 annual stipends to aspiring or early-career reporters to spend up to two years in Washington studying journalism and writing for NOTUS, a new, nonpartisan publication covering government, policy and politics.

Graduation application deadline March 1: Don't forget to apply for graduation by this Friday! Visit this website to apply and for more information pertaining to graduation.  

March 9 deadline to apply for Society of Professional Journalists scholarships: The Kansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has $10,500 available in scholarship opportunities for sophomores, juniors and seniors for the 2024-25 academic year. The deadline to apply is March 9. Visit this website for more information.

The KC Ad Club’s 2024-25 Foundation Scholarship application is now open. The scholarship has been awarded for over 30 years and helps students set themselves apart from their peers and get involved in the thriving Kansas City advertising community. Current sophomores and juniors interested in marketing, graphic arts and related fields are encouraged to apply. If selected, you will receive a $2,500 scholarship, a dedicated mentor and free membership to KC Ad Club events for a year. Deadline is March 15. Learn more and apply.

School of Business DEIB team hosts conference designed to prepare students to effectively engage with a diverse workforce: The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Leadership Summit (IDEALS) is for all KU students and features workshops, networking and panel discussions to 

view diversity through its numerous lenses. The summit will be from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Capitol Federal Hall. There is no cost to attend, and meals will be provided. Register today. 

Register for March Podcast Workshop: Learn podcasting basics from social media to recording at the workshop on Friday, March 1 at the Dole Human Development Center in Room 2051A. Sign up here.

Lost and Found Alert: Your Missing Items Might Be Waiting for You!

Are you missing something? Perhaps your favorite jacket, a trusty water bottle, a cherished notebook or that elusive SD card? Before you give up hope, we encourage you to check out our Lost and Found collection at the Resource Center front desk! 

Remember, it's always a good idea to check in periodically, as our Lost and Found inventory is constantly evolving. And if you find an item that doesn't belong to you, please consider turning it in so we can continue to facilitate happy reunions.

Assistant Professor Chris Etheridge and a team of researchers across four other universities recently published a study in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science titled "Who Will Tell the Stories of Health Inequities? Platform Challenges (and Opportunities) in Local Civic Information Infrastructure." In the piece they argue that despite shrinking newsrooms, news outlets are still leading the way in raising uncomfortable health and race questions, while other community organizations are still shying away from these kinds of topics online. Read more in KU Today.

Associate Professor Mugur Geana invites all those interested in psychophysiology and it's application in media effects research to attend the Wednesday, 2/28 session of the Experimental Research Group. The meeting will include a lecture by Professor Paul Bolls, Washington State University. The meeting is facilitated by the Center for Excellence in Health Communication to Underserved Populations. Mark your calendars: Feb. 28, 4-6 p.m., 2001 Dole Center for Human Development.

Associate Professor of the Practice Lisa McLendon presented February’s ACES Academy webinar, “Nuts and Bolts Punctuation.” It’s her third contribution to the ACES Academy, a bank of online training courses for editors.

A manuscript coauthored by Doctoral Candidate Yiwen Wu from the School of Public Affairs and Administration, JMC School Doctoral Student Hannah Ha, Associate Professor Hong Vu, and Doctoral Student Giang Truong Nguyen from University of Tennessee has been accepted for presentation at the West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference. The study, which is titled “Compassionate Communication by NGOs? A Quantitative Evaluation of NGO’s Messages on Climate Impacts,” uses machine learning techniques to investigate several aspects of compassionate communication on social media by environmental NGOs across the United States.

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Cheers to Careers podcast: JMC School alum Jill Dorsey Hall, sales development manager at Boston Scientific and freelance color analyst, was a recent guest on Cheers to Careers. Watch the full episode.

Hank Cavagnaro, j’16, is joining the faculty for the National Press Photographers Association Workshop held in Norman. Cavagnaro is currently the multimedia storytelling supervisor at News9 (KWTV) in Oklahoma City.

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Marian Cromley died Feb. 9 at age 96. Read her obituary. She was the managing editor of the University Daily Kansan and graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She wrote food and lifestyle features for The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and other publications.  

Margaret Spencer died January 17 at age 67. Read her obituary.

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