PULLMAN – Television invaded the classroom 50 years ago, but many teachers held the magic box at arm’s length. It was labeled a distraction and competition. Gradually, academic risk-takers embraced it and proved it to be a useful educational tool. In the 1980s, computers were the new invader, later ushering in something called the […]
PULLMAN – Three Edward R. Murrow Awards will be given by Washington State University this year to recognize communication excellence. The 2007 awards honoring “distinguished achievement displaying journalistic integrity and courage” will be given to the PBS news program “Frontline” and to “Frontline” producers David Fanning and Michael Sullivan. The award ceremony will take place […]
PULLMAN – John Irby, clinical associate professor and associate director of undergraduate studies in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University, has been selected as the Outstanding Educator of the Year for the Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).“Your many achievements as an educator […]
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 […]
Washington State University’s Northwest Public Radio will welcome National Public Radio Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin to campus Nov. 3 when he will discuss the journalism coverage surrounding Hurricane Katrina.“American Journalism Pre- and Post-Katrina” will be the topic of Dvorkin’s presentation, set for 7:30 p.m. in the Murrow Addition Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to […]
Washington State University’s Northwest Public Radio will welcome National Public Radio Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin to campus Nov. 3 when he will discuss the journalism coverage surrounding Hurricane Katrina. “American Journalism Pre- and Post-Katrina” will be the topic of Dvorkin’s presentation, set for 7:30 p.m. in the Murrow Addition Auditorium. The lecture is free and open […]
The students of Lisa Irby’s Journalism 431, are hosting a poster presentation/reception, Thursday from 9-10:30 a.m. in the CADD lobby. The event, “Stomping Out Stereotypes,” is a culmination of a semester-long project in which the students tackled a minority group, exploring their own biases and grappling with stereotypes. The posters aim to portray messages to […]
It’s 7:15 a.m. on Pioneer Hill in Pullman. At the corner of Ridgeview Court and Highland Way, Pat Caraher, senior editor of Washington State Magazine, does what he has done nearly every weekday for almost 35 years. He steps out of his house and walks across town to work. Seems like a simple thing, but […]
Julie L. Andsager, a faculty member at Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, will receive the 2003 Krieghbaum Under-40 Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The award honors a journalism/mass communication faculty member under the age of 40 who has made outstanding contributions in teaching, research and […]