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Saturday Night at NFL 2015 Sports Journalism Boot Camp

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Multimedia projects conclude academic career for broadcast and multiplatform students

Students in broadcast sequence capstone class, J4300, and the multiplatform sequence capstone class, J4200, worked together in teams to develop a multimedia project. Starting in early March, each team chose a topic  then members conducted interviews, wrote stories, shot pictures, … Continue reading

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PRSSA students sample PR in the state capital

PRSSA students tried public relations agency life first-hand, as they traveled to Columbus to visit and tour Fahlgren-Mortine.  While there, they were able to talk to senior management and recent hires about what working in a public relations agency is … Continue reading

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Students visit Pro Football Hall of Fame

Twenty-five students from the School of Media and Communication and Sport Management headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH on Friday, April 10 as part of Richard Maxwell’s “Public Relations Practitioners in the NFL Reunion.”  Students had the opportunity … Continue reading

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BGSU students making trip to NFL Hall of Fame

Fifty students from the School of Media and Communication will be heading to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH on Friday, April 10 as part of Richard Maxwell’s “Public Relations Practitioners in the NFL Reunion.”  Students will … Continue reading

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BGSU Journalists Cover ONA Convention

A group of seven BGSU journalism students ran the Student News Bureau at the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA) annual convention in February. The convention, held every year in Columbus, brings together newspaper executives, editors and reporters from around the state. … Continue reading

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The BG News Wins Big at Ohio Newspaper Convention

The BG News won three first prizes in the Ohio Newspaper Association’s Collegiate Competition, Division A, for sports coverage, headlines and photography. The awards were announced this week at the Ohio Newspaper Association’s annual convention in Columbus. The winners for … Continue reading

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Award-winning veteran videographers show clips, offer tips

Long time local television reporters Lou Hebert and Paul Kwapich shared their expertise  on Oct. 29 in an evening conversation with students that featured clips of their work. Hebert has been a local journalist for more than 40 years. Most … Continue reading

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Senior’s opinion piece featured in industry journal

Editor and Publisher, the authoritative journal on the newspaper industry, invited senior Will Channell to answer the question “Does the FAA’s ban on drone journalism violate the First Amendment?” Channell, a multi-platform journalism major, was completing his summer internship at … Continue reading

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Recruitment event promotes student involvement

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PRSSA hosts speaker who specializes in aroma marketing

Companies take everything in to consideration when they think about the shopping experience they want for their customers. That includes the smell of the store.  At the Nov. 4 PRSSA meeting, Michael Seay, director of Sensory Max, talked with students … Continue reading

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Students learn about Toledo diversity project

Hasan Dudar, Web editor at The Blade in Toledo, has been working for more than a year on documenting Toledo community members who identify their ethnicity with the Middle East and North Africa and writing feature stories and producing oral … Continue reading

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Freshman uses fall break to serve communities

Public Relations sequence sophomore Amanda Dortch uses her time off from school to perform various works of community service. This article from BGSU’s Zoom News features Dortch, along with other BGSU students doing service work during fall break.

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Public Relations Students Get Inside Look at White House Press Room

From BGSU Zoom News:   For six lucky BGSU public relations students, the White House came calling for them over fall break. Members of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) attended the national PRSSA convention in Washington, D.C., … Continue reading

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Graduation 2014

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Check out Corey Krupa’s Summer Experience

Click on the photo to read about Corey Krupa’s summer experience as an intern at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

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Welcome New Journalism Students

First year and transfer students who attended the journalism and public relations major meeting as part of Opening Weekend activities pose for a group picture on the front steps of West Hall. On Saturday afternoon of the weekend before classes … Continue reading

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Students get opportunity to travel to Paris in the Spring

Journalism faculty members Catherine Cassara and Julie Hagenbuch are again organizing a week-long trip for students to travel to Paris for the International Media Seminar. The group will be in Paris from March 19-29, 2015. This seminar is an opportunity for … Continue reading

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‘Falcon Moment’ video features several journalism graduates

Check out the university’s video from graduation. Falcon Moment video features several journalism graduates.  

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NYT reporter shares experience as White House correspondent

by Sami Fisher, J2000 student Jackie Calmes was approached three times about covering the White House before she finally accepted. The New York Times correspondent told the audience in her speech on April 21 that she finally accepted because she … Continue reading

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