Photos courtesy of Wichita Gridiron

Congratulations to four KU JMC students -- Cuyler Dunn, Alexis Jungman, Shelby Norton and Aminah Syed -- on being awarded scholarships from Wichita Gridiron. Information on each student is courtesy of Wichita Gridiron.

Cuyler Dunn works as a reporter for the Lawrence Times and Eudora Times, as well as a reporter and columnist for the University Daily Kansan.

Alexis Jungman is a freshman and plans to join the University Daily Kansan as a sophomore. Jungman is considering law school. However, as the daughter of journalists, Jungman says she knows journalism will be part of her future.

Shelby Norton serves as the arts and culture reporter for the University Daily Kansan and is on the music staff at KJHK.

Aminah Syed works as a journalism lab tech at the JMC School and has also worked as a reporter for the University Daily Kansan. She is the co-founder and vice president of the Diverse Students Association. Syed says she aspired to become a journalist so that no individual feels that their truth is not seen.

Scott Richards (center) poses with the JMC 611 class. | Photo courtesy of Michael Vrabac. 

Scott Richards visits JMC 611: Richards, Founder of Ninth and Chapel, a marketing and consulting agency, recently paid a visit to JMC 611 Sales Strategies. Richards is a KU grad and has visited the class several times over the last few years traveling from his home in Denver. He shared his experiences in the agency business with the class, and always brings his fun and enthusiastic approach to building brands. He challenged the class with an initiative to sell Small School Apparel to smaller colleges and universities. The class responded with some creative ideas. 

Marketing communication consultant Kris-Ann Carduff joined Assistant Professor Chris Etheridge's Audience Experience class (JMC 345) last week to work with students on strategically messaging to a new target audience.

JMC Students cover the Big Dance: Students from the University Daily Kansan, The Playmakers and KJHK traveled to Salt Lake City to cover the Kansas Men's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament. View photos from KJHK here. 

Storytelling Festival Comes to Downtown Lawrence April 18-20: Interested in storytelling, digital platforms, community organizing, and adventures? Join us at the “Stories for All Festival: Sharing Community Stories in a Digital World,” taking place in Downtown Lawrence, Kansas, on April 18-20. The festival invites dozens of community partners representing a diverse array of traditions, and a keynote panel will feature storytelling projects and scholarship on Black history, Native American space, mapping queer culture, and feminist technology (check out the full program). The festival is free and open to all. There will be food, film screenings, performances, exhibitions, networking sessions and other opportunities of engagement. Please register here or scan the QR code on the flyer.

Assistant Professor Chris Etheridge and doctoral student Rim Chaif presented "That 'we won' feeling: Inclusion of LGBTQ voice in news reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision" at the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium in Lexington, Ky., on March 8. In the study, they argue that LGBTQ individuals were more frequently included as sources in reaction stories about the Obergefell v. Hodges decision in 2015 than in previous news about LGBTQ issues.

Doctoral student Nazra Izhar, Assistant Professor Chris Etheridge, and graduate student Moses Okocha presented "Mediated civic engagement: Online activity and community participation on the Indian subcontinent" at the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium in Lexington, Ky., on March 8. In the study, they provide additional evidence that civic engagement behaviors of young adult populations in Indian can have ties to digital and social media activity.

KU PRSSA members joined Central Missouri students in a public relations crawl last week. The group visited KC Chamber, Signal Theory and Parson & Associates and made connections with each company.

Wall Street Journal hiring for News Associates Program: The Wall Street Journal is looking for aspiring journalists to join its News Associates Program in New York. Over the course of 24 months, you will receive immersive exposure to all the principal aspects of the newsroom through robust classroom-based and on-the-job training, including six months reporting in a regional U.S news bureau, with accommodation provided. 

The deadline to apply is April 19.

This program offers a comprehensive learning experience, providing associates with exposure to core areas of our newsroom. You’ll rotate through various departments, gaining expertise in audience engagement, editing, reporting, social media and other essential areas.

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Mandy Matney, a 2012 JMC graduate, has illuminated a complex saga of crime and corruption for millions of listeners on her podcast "Murdaugh Murders Podcast."

Matney worked for the Island Packet, a newspaper in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in February of 2019 when a boat crash caused the death of one passenger. She and her colleagues reported on the fatal crash and learned that Paul Murdaugh, the 19-year-old son of well-connected attorney Alex Murdaugh, had been at the helm of the boat. Three generations of Murdaugh men had consecutively held the top prosecutor role from 1920 to 2006.

Matney researched the Murdaughs and steadily unearthed a tangle of suspicious deaths and dubious financial dealings linked to the family. When Paul Murdaugh and his mother, Maggie, were murdered on June 7, 2021, Matney decided it was time to take her storytelling to a new medium and launched her podcast from her kitchen table.

Read about Matney's journey from unearthing the jaw dropping story at a local newspaper to producing the No. 1 podcast on Apple Podcasts in Sept. 2021

Alumni Job Updates

It's not too late to join a Design Challenge -- we meet at the JBar Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and Fridays at 1 p.m. 

Follow @jschooltech on Instagram and get to know our labbies as well as catch up on the latest features for Adobe. 

Need help on projects? Labbies are available in the Resource Center daily. Check the menu board at the JBar to see when Heather is in. 

Kevin Donohue died March 16 at age 55. Read his obituary. 

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