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Media entrepreneur outlines start-up strategies
To Thomas Grasty, a start-up company in its beginning stages looks just like an entanglement of yarn. A bunch of yarn that is of different colors and lengths…
Posted in: Journalism, News, Uncategorized | Tagged: AEJMC, entrepreneur, innovation, iPad, iPadJournos, Knight Bridge Grant, lecture, Marcus Messner, Mass Comm Month, start-up, Thomas Grasty, vcu
‘SNL’ cameraman speaks as part of ‘Mass Comm Month’
An award-winning network cameraman will present “Behind the scenes at ‘Saturday Night Live’ and NBC” at the VCU School of Mass Communications on Thursday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. in…
Posted in: Events, Journalism | Tagged: camera, Jan Kasoff, Mass Comm Month, NBC, Saturday Night Live
New journalism capstone course offered in fall semester
The School of Mass Communications is offering a new journalism capstone course this fall semester. Majors in the print-online journalism concentration (formerly called print journalism) can take MASC 496 –…
Posted in: Journalism, News, Students | Tagged: broadcasting, capstone, course, iPadJournos, journalism, Marcus Messner, MASC 496, online, print
Mass Comm faculty wins $50,000 to launch Center for Media+Health
"Patient understanding is truly patient empowerment. We have the opportunity in developing the Center for Media+Health at VCU to be on the cutting edge of these changes," said Dr. Bruce…
Posted in: Advertising, Faculty/staff, Journalism, News, Public relations, Students | Tagged: Center for Media+Health, grant, Quest for Distincition, Quest Innovation Fund
Deadline for Ireland summer study abroad May 1
Students now have until Wed. May 1 to sign up for two weeks in "the Emerald Isle."
Mass Comm honors five at Black History in the Making awards
By Bryan Van Balen
Communications Intern
As Black History Month comes to an end, Virginia Commonwealth University caps off the remembrances and celebrations by honoring students at the…
Posted in: Advertising, Alumni, Graduate programs, Journalism, News, Public relations, Students | Tagged: Black History in the Making, Black History Month
Medina-Messner presents Twitter study
Vivian Medina-Messner, journalism instructor in the School of Mass Communications, presented her latest Twitter study at the AEJMC Midwinter Conference at the University of Oklahoma last…
Posted in: Journalism, News | Tagged: AEJMC, business journalism, conference, Research, Twitter, vivian medina-messner
Broadcast journalism student serves up great coverage for ‘Shakaville pizza’ video
When VCU men's basketball coach Shaka Smart delivered pizza to students camped outside the Stuart C. Siegel Center, a broadcast journalism student was ready.
Posted in: Journalism, News | Tagged: basketball, Butler, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, NESN, New England Sports Network, Shaka Smart, Shakaville, thebiglead.com, Tim Bajkiewicz, Trey Herbert, USA today, VCU InSight, WTVR-TV
‘VCU votes’ campaign wins Democracy Cup
Mass Comm and other VCU students won a statewide award for last fall's get-out-the-vote efforts.
Posted in: Journalism, News, Students | Tagged: Active Citizens Conference, ASPiRE, award, Campaign, CEEP, Election, Jeff South, Marcus Messner, president, slideshow, social media, vcu, VCU votes, William & Mary
Knight News Challenge winner works with iPadJournos class
Thomas Grasty, winner of the prestigious Knight News Challenge and developer of the online video editing platform Stroome, is working closely with journalism students…
Posted in: Journalism, News | Tagged: AEJMC, editing, iPad, iPadJournos, Knight Grant, online, reporting, social media, Social Media Journalism, Thomas Grasty, video
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