A bevy of prominent Pacific Northwest communication professionals will lead workshops as part of the annual Edward R. Murrow Symposium at WSU Pullman.“Our advisory board leaders know who’s who in the business and they have the connections to bring them to campus,” said Alex Tan, director, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication.Symposium-related events begin at […]
Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, will accept the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum at WSU Pullman. The award presentation and Brokaw’s acceptance speech are free to the public. Brokaw, a South Dakota native, […]
Americans strongly support open government and the press’ ability to access public records, and that support seems to be increasing, according to a national poll completed March 4 by researchers at WSU’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication.Some eight in 10 Americans agree democracy requires government to operate openly, according to the telephone survey of […]
A new study by WSU researchers Erica Weintraub Austin and Bruce Pinkleton found that in-school public affairs programming, which contains news and advertising or public service announcements, can provide some benefits to young adolescents. But the study also found justification for concerns-including those voiced by the American Academy of Pediatrics- about the commercialization of the […]
Warren Hoge, The New York Times Foreign Correspondent at the United Nations, will be on the WSU campus Sunday, Feb. 26. He will make a presentation at 2:30 p.m. in The Bundy Reading Room at Avery Hall, and will also be the featured speaker at the Multicultural Fundraising Dinner from 6-8 p.m. at the CUB.The […]
Walls are coming down in the architecture and construction management professions. Early communication and cooperation are tunneling through traditional barriers between the various disciplines that create our built environment. Designers are forging bridges to builders, contractors to owners, financers to those in charge of continuing building maintenance. And WSU is offering innovative programs to educate […]
A Sony executive is teaching a class at WSU … from Japan. His students get to hear from corporate leaders from the National Football League, Harrah’s Entertainment, Concerts West, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (UK), and Warner Bros. Studios. This who’s who of corporate insight was arranged by Kenji Kitatani, the 2005–2007 […]
Gloria Tristani, former Federal Communications Commission commissioner and current managing director of the Office of Communication for the United Church of Christ, will speak Nov. 8.Tristani will present “The New Censorship: Have We Gone Too Far?” as guest speaker for the 2005 Friel Lecture at Washington State University on Nov. 8.Sponsored by Washington State University […]
Val E. Limburg, professor emeritus in Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, died Tuesday in Pullman. He was 67.During his 35-year teaching career at WSU, Limburg taught a wide range of broadcast courses and was instrumental in developing the school’s focus on ethics. His book “Electronic Media Ethics” was published in 1994 […]
A panel of regional media representatives will discuss that industry’s controversial lack of credibility as part of this year’s Edward R. Murrow Symposium. The event will begin 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum.The theme for this year’s 31st annual symposium is “Trust Me, I’m a Paid Professional: Telling the Truth Amid Declining Credibility.” Admission is free. Panelists will […]