News & Events
May 21, 2012
Registration has been extended for 5XÉçÇø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication first Kent Multimedia Workshop – a three-day, hands-on video and photography multimedia storytelling workshop – to be held June 14-16 in Franklin Hall on the Kent Campus.…
May 3, 2012
Six area college students were selected for scholarships in memory of longtime Akron Beacon Journal editor John S. Knight and public relations professional Ludel Sauvageot. A seventh student has received a scholarship from the Akron Press Club.
This year Kent State…
April 30, 2012
5XÉçÇø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication has launched an internship database designed to streamline communication between students and intern employers.
Michele Ewing, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the…
April 30, 2012
From Taylor Hall to the third floor of Franklin Hall, Fred Endres, Carl Schierhorn and Tim Smith have been professional neighbors for more than 20 years. These three cornerstones of the journalism sequence have counseled hundreds of young journalists as professors in the School…
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April 23, 2012
5XÉçÇø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host its first Kent Multimedia Workshop — a three-day, hands-on video and photography multimedia storytelling workshop — June 14-16 in Franklin Hall on the Kent Campus.
Media professionals…
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April 23, 2012
Students from Kent State’s schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and Digital Sciences have created a data-driven website, that features a recent feed of what’s happening in the Kent area…
April 18, 2012
What's going on? OpenCampus Kent has the answer. This website features a recent feed of what's happening wherever you are in Kent, even at the campus building level—and it was created by students.
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Veteran Journalist Eric Mansfield Joins Kent State As Executive Director, University Media Relations
March 22, 2012
WKYC-TV anchor and reporter Eric Mansfield will become 5XÉçÇø’s new executive director for university media relations. The award-winning journalist and Akron native begins his new position with the university on June 1.
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March 19, 2012
Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will honor Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity, at an awards luncheon and lecture on Monday, March 26, on the Kent…
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March 16, 2012
Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at 5XÉçÇø. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media…