From left to right: Professor of the Practice Stephen Wolgast, Career and Outreach Coordinator Steve Rottinghaus, Professor of the Practice Lisa McLendon, Dean Ann M. Brill, Director of Broadcast Operations Cade Cruickshank, Associate Dean for Student Success Scott Reinardy, Executive Assistant Suzy DePardo and Assistant Dean for Student Services Frances Lyons pose for a photo at the induction ceremony last Friday in Topeka. | Photo courtesy of Evert Nelson, Topeka Capital-Journal. 

Congratulations to Dean Ann M. Brill on being inducted into the Kansas Newspaper and Photojournalism Hall of Fame by the Kansas Press Association last Friday. View more photos of Brill at the ceremony in Topeka here.

Other Jayhawks inducted: Ben Marshall (retired editor-publisher, Sterling Bulletin), Eric Meyer (editor and publisher, Marion County Record), Sally Buzbee (former national news, wire service editor) and Barbara Kinney (USA Today, White House photographer).

Graduating seniors, graduate students and young professionals: Have you heard about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program? The program offers global learning opportunities for participants to pursue graduate study, conduct research or teach English abroad. Fulbrighters meet, work, live and learn with people of the host country, with the grant length, dates and experience based on the various awards. Interested students can learn more at the Going Abroad After Graduation: Fulbright Panel on Nov. 20 from 2-3 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. Learn more about the event here.

The Jayhawk Finances office is hosting a Budgeting Basics Workshop on Nov. 20 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union. This workshop will discuss the services provided by Jayhawk Finances and the basic process of creating and tracking a monthly budget.

Have you enrolled in Spring 2025 classes yet? All current students have now reached their enrollment appointment window and have had the opportunity to enroll, barring any enrollment holds. Do you need to speak with your academic advisor? Journalism and Mass Communications advisors are available for appointments in person or online. Schedule your appointment through JayhawkGPS. Drop by advising is also available Monday-Friday from 12:30-4:30 p.m. in 117 Stauffer-Flint Hall and virtually as well. Don’t delay! Enroll in your class now.

Want to participate in the Faces of the JMC School Instagram video series? Students, faculty and staff are all welcome! Email jschool@ku.edu for your chance to be featured on the JMC School Instagram.

Photo Courtesy of Baya Burgess

Student Baya Burgess attended the Mountain Workshop, a photojournalism workshop hosted by Western Kentucky University in October. Along with photographers from around the world, Burgess photographed small-town life while being coached by award-winning photographers and editors. Visit her story about a husband and wife dedicated to education in Williamsburg, the host city for the workshop.  

GMIC Anchors Shia Blackcloud and Allison Levering and Assistant Professor Melissa Greene-Blye were interviewed live on the air on KLWN last Friday. 

GMIC anchors. | Photo courtesy of Assistant Professor Melissa Greene-Blye. 

Professor of the Practice Lisa McLendon gives the Budig Lecture last week in the Clarkson Gallery. | Photo by JMC student Maya Smith. 

Professor of the Practice Lisa McLendon appeared on “According to the Record” with Kim Murphree on KLWN-FM on Tuesday morning to give a preview of her Budig lecture and discuss other topics. McLendon gave her Budig lecture “Soul of the Story: Writing in the Age of AI,” last week.

Assistant Professor Judy Watts recently published “Exposure to diverse ethnic-racial media: Black, Latinx, and White Parents’ attitudes toward media-based ethnic-racial socialization,” in Communication Research Reports. The project surveyed 367 Black, Latinx and White parents to assess their attitudes on using media with racially and/or ethnically diverse characters to help children learn about race/ethnic identity. This study was supported by the research cultivation grant from the National Communication Association. Read more. 

Assistant Professor Sarah Cavanah was part of a team that published the study “High School Journalism Field Trips: Post-Pandemic Barriers and Opportunities.” The study examined high school journalism educators’ perspectives on field trips to attend workshops and conferences sponsored by college and university journalism programs. Read more here.

JMC Ph.D. students Ekaterina Lisovskaia, Evelyn Burns and Saud Alotaibi will give their dissertation defenses this week. The full schedule and details on how to attend each is available here. 

Assistant Professor Steve Bien-Aime and Associate Professor Alyssa Appelman co-authored a new academic study, “Who Wrote it? News Readers’ Sensemaking of AI/Human Bylines.” This exploratory mixed methods study analyzes readers’ sensemaking of artificial intelligence’s role in journalistic writing. In this study, participants were randomly assigned to a byline condition that varied the stated role of AI in a news story. Read more. 

The JMC School hosted the Community-Engaged Scholarship on Misinformation last Friday. Associate Professor Alyssa Appelman, Professor of the Practice Patricia Gaston, Professor Hyunjin Seo and graduate students Macy Burkett and Olga Morales hosted the event along with University of Washington Professor Javin West, who is the founding director of the Center for an Informed Public. 

University of Washington Professor Javin West speaks at last Friday's Community-Engaged Scholarship on Misinformation. | Photo by JMC student Maya Smith.

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Dole Institute of Politics will host a discussion group event titled “The 2024 Post Election Conference: Kansas Panel,” which will feature the Kansas City Star’s lead political reporter, Jonathan Shorman. The event will cover the Kansas state and local elections from 2024, and further discuss how eastern Kansas has become a national battleground. Join us at the Dole Institute (2350 Petefish Dr.) at 4 p.m.

Cheers to Careers podcast: JMC alum Mick Shaffer, sports director at KSHB in Kansas City, Missouri, was a recent guest. 

Alums available to meet with students: JMC alums Julie Kellogg Breithaupt and John Hanna will be available this week to meet students on campus. Kellogg Breithaupt, internal communications manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, will be in the Stauffer-Flint lobby from 2:30-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Hanna, Kansas correspondent and political writer for The Associated Press, will be outside room 2000 at the Dole Human Development Center from 12:15-12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The informal meet-and-greets are great opportunities for students to learn more about the alums’ careers.

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Kenton Thomas died on Nov. 9 at age 92. Read his obituary. 

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