Annalynn Phanthadeth, center, interacts with visitors at the "Annalynn on Assignment" photo gallery reception, showcasing the senior's favorite images from more than two years covering Eudora for the Eudora Times. | Photo courtesy of Teri Finneman

The Eudora Times hosted a photo gallery reception, “Annalynn on Assignment,” last week at the future library building in Eudora. The community event featured 60 of KU senior Annalynn Phanthadeth's favorite photos she has taken in her 2 1/2 years working for the Times. Attendees viewed the images, sent Eudora-themed postcards, learned about the new library building, voted on their favorite image and guessed how many photos Annalynn has taken.  The People’s Choice image was from Oct. 14, 2025, featuring the Cardinals volleyball team celebrating its senior night win against Paola and securing the Frontier League title for the first time since 2007. The total number of photos Annalynn has taken for The Eudora Times is 223,487.

Annalynn Phanthadeth's photo of the Eudora High School volleyball team celebrating received the People's Choice Award at the photo gallery reception. | Photo by Annalynn Phanthadeth

Save the Dates: JMC Dean Finalist Public Presentations Please join us at the upcoming JMC School Dean candidate public presentations. More updates, including livestream details, will be available on the dean search page and in KU Today over the next few weeks.

Candidate 1: Scott Reinardy, JMC interim dean and Malcolm Applegate Professor in News Management and Editing, 2-3 p.m. March 30, Watson 3 West
Candidate 2: 2-3 p.m. April 6, Watson 3 West
Candidate 3: 2-3 p.m. April 13, Watson 3 West
Candidate 4: 2:15-3:15 p.m. April 16, Capitol Federal Hall 1020.

Scholarships available for students interested in PR: Applications are open through April 6 for the Inez Y. Kaiser GKC-PRSA Memorial Scholarship for Black college students who will be a junior or senior studying public relations or communications. Two scholarships of $2,500 each will be awarded. The scholarships will be awarded to Black college students nationwide for students who are going to be juniors and seniors in the fall of 2026 who demonstrate the same character and skills as Inez Kaiser. The scholarship was established in 2021 by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of Public Relations Society of America to honor Kaiser, a national PR pioneer from Kansas City.

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Undergraduate Research Fellow Morgan Salisbury recently presented at a conference in New York. | Photo courtesy of Salisbury

Undergraduate Research Fellow Morgan Salisbury, a sophomore, recently co-presented at a conference in New York on a federal lawsuit involving student journalists’ rights and on the future of AI and its effects on journalism and society.

Former NFL quarterback and CBS NFL analyst Trent Green (below) recently discussed his career and broadcasting experiences with JMC 330 – Sports Media in the 21st Century. Instructor Jeff Chadiha moderated the Q&A session.

Doctoral student Samuel A. Muzhingi has published a study titled “When AI Enters the Syllabus: Journalism’s Crossroads of Threat and Opportunity” in the Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. The study was co-authored with Hong Tien Vu, Alyssa Appelman, and Tamar Wilner. The study examines how journalism instructors frame AI in their course syllabi and finds that approaches vary widely from treating AI as a threat to allowing limited use or encouraging discussion, suggesting a need for a clearer and more consistent guidance to better prepare students for its role in journalism. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1177/10776958261428576

Assistant Professor Sarah Cavanah and a team of other university journalism scholars recently had “Balancing the Budget: Educator Perceptions of the Business Side of High School Journalism” published in Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. The team interviewed high school journalism educators from around the country about how entrepreneurial and business concepts intercept with their classrooms and teaching. They found high school journalism has really been very active in entrepreneurial concepts, as well as a lot of interaction with business and management concepts in ways that match best practices for experiential learning in business education. However, advisers tend to shield students from these experiences or treat finding ways to financially support their efforts as activities they must do to survive. They argued that high school journalism is already providing valuable training in sales, budgeting, fundraising and entrepreneurship that can be heightened through an intentional approach and included as outcomes students derive from participating in high school media. Read more https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695826142853

Instructor Jeff Chadiha, left, interviews former NFL quarterback and CBS analyst Trent Green in a Sports Media in 21st Century class. | Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Cox

Internships and student jobs

Job opportunities

The JMC School is launching a Student Portfolio site to highlight exceptional undergraduate work. This is an opportunity to showcase your work to employers and community partners, increase your professional visibility, and publicly document your growth and experience. Submit your portfolio here for the showcase.

Don't forget to get a head start on that portfolio with help from our JBar Associates. They are available 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon Friday.

Started your Tech Tools classes? Stop by the JBar to get help running Creative Cloud or get support as you work through your first assignments!

JMC alum Jim Small, a longtime MLB executive, is retiring after more than 40 years in baseball. | Photo courtesy Jim Small

• Katie Bernard is a rapid response writer at the Freedom Forum.
• Claire Decatur is a reporter for KCTV5 Kansas City.
• Grace Janega is an analyst at Tegus by AlphaSense.
• Jonah Kahn is a reporter/multimedia journalist at WIBW TV in Topeka.
• Allie Raymond is associate creative director of social media at Fanatics.
• MLB executive Jim Small is retiring May 1 after 40-plus years in baseball, including the past three years as president of the World Baseball Classic. Read more here.  

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Interim Dean

Mugur Geana
Interim Associate Dean
Research & Faculty Development

Lisa McLendon
Interim Associate Dean
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