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Student News

JAMM seniors were honored at a reception this April, with a special presentation for outstanding seniors. The following students received a certificate and a named spot on JAMM's Outstanding Senior Awards plaque, located outside the JAMM office on the third floor of the Administration Building:
  Jackie Goddard
        George Fowler Public Relations Award
  Hayley Guenthner
         Michael Kirk Broadcast Journalism Award      
  Christina Lords
         Bert Cross Journalism Award
  Robby Mueller (pictured right)
        Peter Haggart Radio and Television Award
  Jessica Presley
        George Fowler Public Relations Award
  Laurel Scheiwe
        Robert Finlayson Advertising Award

Certificates were presented to seniors for additional awards:
   Carly Herron
         Excellence in Office Administration
   Kimberly Hirai
        Sandra Haarsager Research Award  (pictured above right)
   Alexis Roizen
        Creative Award
   Lianna Shepherd
        A.L. Alford Jr. Public Service Award
   Alexiss Turner
        Leadership Award
   Reid Wright
        Ladd Hamilton Writing Award

JAMM students are once again producing features on the Vandal football team this season for KTRV-TV in Boise. It's the second year in a row for the features, which include weekly interviews with coaches and players and game highlights. The feature airs on the FOX affiliate's "Inside the Broncos, the WAC, and the West" program. The students are also supplying video and stories to KIFI- TV in Idaho Falls this season.

"Mostly Moscow," a television news program produced by University of Idaho Journalism and Mass Media students, took first place in the television magazine category of the 2008 Region Six National Student Broadcasting Society (NBS) Student Audio and Video Competition. Read the entire story here.

Six seniors in the School of Journalism and Mass Media were chosen for Awards for Excellence from the Alumni Association. They were among 43 undergraduates and 14 graduate or law students who were honored at a banquet Dec. 12 in the SUB ballroom. Winners and the faculty or staff member they identified as most influential were: Hayley Guenthner (Glenn Mosley), Christina Lords (Shawn O’Neal), Lianna Shepherd (Shawn), Kimberly Hirai (Bill Loftus), Amy Huddleston (Nathan Hand, former student activities adviser) and Jacqueline Goddard (Jim Clark).

Pictured left: Shawn O'Neal and Lianna Shepherd. Below left: Jacqueline Goddard and Jim Clark. Below right: UI President Steven Daley-Laursen, Christina Lords, Hayley Guenthner and Glenn Mosley.




JAMM Student Earns After Hours Film Society Merit Award. Full details here:
http://www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=4590

JAMM Student Documentary to Screen at Schweitzer Film Festival. Full details here:
http://www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=4499


Faculty and Staff News

JAMM faculty member Julie Scott can be heard very Wednesday afternoon on AM 700 in Spokane talking about the Vandal football team on "The Dennis Patchin Show." Julie also covers Washington State University Athletics for The Associated Press

Glenn Mosley was voted Best Professor and Best Advisor, according to the Argonaut Best of Moscow official results listed in the Friday, May 8, 2009 edition. Glenn (pictured at right) is also the subject of a story "Veteran media lecturer tells all" in the same issue. You can read the story here.

Assistant Professor Patricia Hart won a University Teaching Excellence Award for 2009. This honor goes to only three faculty members from across the university each year.

Julie Scott and Glenn Mosley won a second place award in the Sports News Report category in the 2008 Idaho Press Club competition. Their September 2008 story for Northwest Public Radio focused on efforts by UI alumna and NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Kramer to improve retirement benefits for former NFL players.

Ask college students where they learn about national politics and many respond: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” Relying on a comedy show for political news might be worrisome, but not to Kenton Bird, director of the University of Idaho’s School of Journalism and Mass Media. Research conducted by Bird and three colleagues suggests that students find non-traditional news sources, such as “The Daily Show,” more credible than traditional news media.

Read This Just In: News Sources for Young People Blur Lines Between Entertainment and Journalism on the Today at Idaho Web site.


JAMM News

The University of Idaho hosted a full day of education and activities Thursday, Sept. 17, as part of Constitution Day. JAMM faculty and students coordinated the events, including an address by Judge N. Randy Smith, of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Smith addressed free press and fair trial issues during a Law and Mass Media class. Smith also participated in an open forum discussing the responsibilities and constitutional limits of the press versus the guarantee of a right to a fair and speedy trial, in the Menard Law Building courtroom.

Howard Berkes, the national rural affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, spoke to a capacity crowd at the UI College of Law Courtroom on Monday, September 28th. His topic, "Longing and Belonging in the West," drew more than two hundred interested students, faculty, and members of the community. During the day, Berkes also visited journalism classes and Northwest Public Radio, the local NPR affiliate. Photo courtesy of The Daily Evergreen

Public radio and television pioneer Dr. Gordon Law received an honorary degree at commencement May 16, 2009. Law was head of the Department of Communication (a predecessor of JAMM) and the first station manager for both KUID-FM and KUID-TV.

JAMM Hosts Washington Post Reporter Lecture. Full details here:
www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=4788

JAMM Hosts Internationally Acclaimed Advertising Author. Full details here:
http://www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=4806

Among the highlights from the Idaho Press Club in Boise May 2009 was the win by The Argonaut in the Overall Excellence category and the win by John Mallory in the best radio sports talk show category. It is interesting to note that student categories had not previously been offered in the radio and TV divisions. You can see the full results here, where you will find a generous sampling of JAMM alums such as Eric Turner and Kaycee Murray:  http://idahopressclub.org/Website/Best-of-2008-Awards.html

KUID-TV Turns HD, Provides Top-Notch Learning Environment.
There’s no more old-fashioned vacuum tubes or analog equipment at the University of Idaho’s television station. KUID-TV has completed a nine-month upgrade to new digital technology, bringing state-of-the-art, high-definition television equipment to campus. 

For more information: www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=4528

Students studying broadcasting and digital media production will be producing a weekly feature on Vandal football fall 2009 season for KTRV-TV, the FOX affiliate in Boise. The feature will air as part of the station's weekly sports program focusing on the Western Athletic Conference.

Students taking classes at the Radio-TV Center are now using a full high definition television studio at KUID-TV. Read about the technology upgrades in The Argonaut
www.uiargonaut.com/content/view/6255/5/\

Scholarship honors Sandra Haarsager

For additional information contact the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at 208-885-6426 or class@uidaho.edu.

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