A variety of organizations will discuss jobs and internship opportunities, plus share career advice tips at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications Career Fair on Thursday, March 5, at Stauffer-Flint Hall. All students are welcome to attend between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. A professional photographer will be available between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Clarkson Gallery to take portraits, perfect for LinkedIn and student portfolios. Business casual is the preferred attire for the fair. 

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. 

Students: We want to hear from you and learn more about your experience in the SJMC. Complete this survey to help us build more programs and a supportive community for all our students. All responses are anonymous and will not be used beyond SJMC administration. Participation is voluntary. You can access the survey here. If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, please contact:
Impact Advisor Himée Kamatuka, Impact Advisor hkamatuka@ku.edu
Assistant Professor Sarah Cavanah, sarahcavanah@ku.edu. 

JMC Alumna Amy Lafferty speaks with a group of JMC 304 students. | Photo courtesy of Beth Randolph Taylor. 

Amy Lafferty, a 2002 JMC School graduate, was a guest speaker for Beth Randolph Taylor's social media writing lecture for JMC 304 (Media Writing for Audiences) last week. Lafferty, senior manager of communications for Kansas City nonprofit Heart to Heart International, shared with students her strategies for reaching donors through social media platforms. Students gathered around after the lecture to ask about her work. Lafferty is also on the JMC School’s DMC advisory council.

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 Chris Etheridge at cetheridge@ku.edu. The researchers do not anticipate any risks to you by participating in this study.

KCUR interim news director Madeline Fox guest-lectured in the sports media and society capstone class (pictured below) and delivered an audio storytelling presentation last Tuesday.

Photo courtesy of Steve Bien-Aimé. 

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.

Melissa Greene-Blye (left center) and Patricia Weems Gaston (center right) are pictured with a group of journalists from Latin America last Friday. | Photo courtesy of Fiona Maloney-McCrystle. 

Journalists from Latin America visited the JMC School last week to discuss how consumer interest and technology are changing journalism education. The U.S. State Department hosted the professionals, and faculty members presented to the group. Associate Professor Doug Ward presented on AI, and Assistant Professor Melissa Greene-Blye presented on the changing job market. View more photos. 

Associate professor Genelle Belmas was interviewed by the Associated Press about the demise of the last joint operating agreement in the United States, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun. This agreement permitted an exemption from antitrust enforcement to certain newspapers combining their business functions while keeping their editorial functions separate and competitive (codified in the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970). There have been 28 such agreements since 1933, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently invalidated the Las Vegas agreement, the last of its kind.

Professor of the Practice Angie Hendershot will share her research and teaching experiences with the KU community as part of a first-generation faculty, staff, and student panel on Mar. 31 at 1 p.m. Hendershot will be joined by Alejandra Hernandez-Castro, Associate Director of TRIO SES & STEM, and KU student Jorge Aragon, as keynote speakers for Belonging @ KU: First Generation Perspectives in Higher Education. The session is part of an ongoing educational programming series by the KU Office of Civil Rights & Title IX. 

Doctoral candidate Rim H. Chaif’s article, "More Like a Drug Cartel Than a Baby Plan": A Multimodal Analysis of Reproductive Narratives in Online Infertility Communities, has been published in Health. The study examines how people in online infertility communities construct and reclaim reproductive narratives through multimodal communication. Read the full article.

Doctoral candidate Rim H. Chaif and Assistant Professor Vaibhav Diwanji had their article, "It is Not Just a Joke: An Experimental Study on the Role of Feminist Humor Memes in Motivating Collective Action for Gender Equality in Algeria," accepted for publication in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. The study investigates how feminist humor memes function as a tool for mobilizing collective action around gender equality.

Pizza & Politics: Testing the Federal Reserve's Independence: KU students are invited to this event put on by the Dole Institute of Politics to discuss the independence of the Federal Reserve with Jerry Seib, former executive Washington editor for the Wall Street Journal. Don’t miss the chance to learn how the monetary policy is being influenced by the political process, all while enjoying free pizza. Come late, leave early, but don’t miss out!

Everyone is welcome to join the JMC 201 class, Journalism in the Movies, as we watch journalism-related movies all semester on Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. in Stauffer-Flint 100. The film for Monday, March 2, is “Shattered Glass” (2003), about how notorious fabricator Stephen Glass was finally found out. 

Internship and student jobs

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Cheers to Careers: JMC alums Chloe Anderson, communications specialist at Sealaska Heritage Institute, and John Taylor, copy chief at the Las Vegas Sun, were recent guests on the Cheers to Careers podcast. 

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