Students speak with an employer at last Thursday's JMC School Career Fair. | Photo by Evan Riggs.

Fifteen organizations shared internship and job opportunities, plus career advice, with 109 students at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications Career Fair on Thursday at Stauffer-Flint Hall. The LinkedIn photo booth attracted 65 students, two faculty members and a staff member. In addition to journalism and mass communication, other majors represented were English, accounting, film and media, business administration, finance and atmospheric sciences. On Wednesday, recruiters from KMBC, Gray TV, KAKE and FOX4 reviewed 29 student reels during 52 sessions.

Are you interested in traveling to London for KU Football’s game next fall? Applications are now being accepted for scholarships for students’ travel to London for the KU vs. Arizona State football game. Undergraduate students who will be enrolled as full-time students (12-credit hours) in Fall 2026 are eligible. The travel dates will likely be from Sept. 12 to Sept. 20 (although those dates may slightly change), and recipients agree to conduct work under the direction of JMC staff/faculty. As part of an eight-week, three-credit class, JMC 500 students will receive the opportunity to produce content for professional media organizations and meet and learn from communications professionals in London. Do not put off applying! Selections will be made by April 10. 

Full details and how to apply. For questions related to this fellowship application, contact Dr. Steve Bien-Aimé, interim Sports Media & Society chair, bienaime@ku.edu.

Emergency fund application: Current JMC students experiencing a financial emergency can apply for one-time grants up to $500. The funding does not have to be repaid. To be considered, students should go to ku.academicworks.com and complete the Emergency Grant Application. Information about what qualifies as an emergency and the application can also be found here.

JMC School student Hanna Meeks (left) is pictured with Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tammara Durham. | Photo by Evan Riggs.

Congratulations to Hanna Meeks for receiving the Kathryn Nemeth-Tuttle Award. This student scholar award was established in 2012 in honor of Kathryn Nemeth-Tuttle. The recipient is committed both to academic excellence and the cooperative ideal of the scholarship hall system at the University of Kansas.

Congratulations to Emily Sutter for receiving the Caryl K. Smith Student Leader Award. The Caryl K. Smith Student Leader Award was established in 1993 by the Panhellenic Association in honor of former Dean of Students, Caryl K. Smith. The award is presented to an outstanding Greek leader.

Call for Applications: 2026 Iles Award for Research in Editing: The Bremner Editing Center at the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications is pleased to announce the third annual Iles Award for Research in Editing. This award of $1,000 is intended to support research pertaining to the teaching or practice of editing written language. Projects are not limited to journalism; editing of any professionally published written content may be the subject of research. Application deadline is April 15; details about eligibility and the application process are on the Iles Award webpage.

Faculty and graduate students affiliated with the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas are conducting research to better understand how Generative AI tools are being used in workplaces like yours. 

If you are older than 18, work in a communication job, and would be willing to be interviewed over Zoom or Teams about this topic, please fill out this brief questionnaire. Interviews should take about 60 minutes. More information about this study can be found by contacting Assistant Professor Chris Etheridge at cetheridge@ku.edu. The researchers do not anticipate any risks to you by participating in this study.

The first workshop from the "Ideas in Action" series, titled "The Empathy Loop: Adapting Human-Centered Design for Complex Cultural, Social, and Professional Landscapes," will take place on April 15, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Clarkson Gallery. Curated by Professor Mugur Geana, the workshop brings together local and international specialists in Human Centered Design (HCD). Participants will have the opportunity to learn about HCD as a tool for research and positive social and community development. Open to KU undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and faculty. For planning purposes, please confirm your participation here.

Professor Teri Finneman was granted nearly $10,000 in Press Forward funding from the Wyoming Community Foundation for work to revamp the business model at the Pinedale Roundup in Wyoming.

Assistant Professor Judy Watts recently published "Interracial vs. Interspecies Interactions: Parent and Child Responses to Anthropomorphic vs. Human Characters Involving Racially Coded Themes" in Mass Communication and Society. The preregistered experiment examined parent and child (ages 4-7) responses to storybooks depicting helpful and harmful behaviors toward a protagonist with either human or animal characters. The storybooks featured interracial or interspecies interactions, and research findings suggest that socioemotional lessons embedded in children's entertainment are more likely to be effective for younger audiences with human rather than animal characters. The study was funded by the National Communication Association research cultivation grant. 

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