School of Journalism and Mass Communication
From 1941: Former ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø President – KIDNAPPED!
In 1941, a writing exercise for high school journalists visiting ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø was centered around a fictional kidnapping of the university's first president, John E. McGilvrey. In a pre-internet version of a "home page takeover," the stories ran on the front page of the ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍør - without including information revealing that they were not real!
University Alumna and Kent Native Named CEO of PBS Western Reserve
Natalie Pillsbury, who earned both a bachelor’s degree in 2007 and a Master of Public Administration in 2023 from ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, will begin her new role on March 20.
‘Absolute Thrill!’ ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø PR Graduate in the Middle of Washington Nationals Historic Run to World Series
As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team’s first trip to the World Series.
‘Absolute Thrill!’ ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø PR Graduate in the Middle of Washington Nationals Historic Run to World Series
As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team’s first trip to the World Series.
Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting from Dayton, El Paso
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, , focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.
