Michelle Wick Burgess, graduated in 2011, now is Partner and Communications Director, Roux Creative. See more about her company Roux Creative and her story.
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2013 TCOM alum Simone Eli featured in Suburban Press as sports anchor in FOX 10
Simone Eli, graduated in 2013, now is FOX 10 sports anchor in Mobile, Alabama. Her excellent work was featured in her hometown newspaper Suburban Press. See her feature as a broadcasting hit.
TCOM alum Sara Rath is 2013 Golden Globe Nominee
Sarah Rath, graduated in 2002, is 2013 Golden Globe nominee and an HBO associate producer. See her feature titled “WBGU prepared alumna for Hollywood success.”
Emerging Media Research Cluster recent publications and conference paper awards
Emerging Media Research Cluster explores various media topics and is productive in producing conference papers and journal articles. Here are recent publications and awards received by our faculty and students in this research cluster.
Franklin Yartey and Dr. Louisa Ha coauthored paper, “Like, Share, Recommend: Smartphones as a Self-Broadcast and Self-Promotion Medium of College Students,” is in press in International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (Special issue on Mobility and Human Interaction). 2014
Dr. Louisa Ha, Fang Wang, Ling Fang, Chen Yang, Xiao Hu, Liu Yang, Fan Yang, Ying Xu, and Dave Morin co-authored paper, “Political Efficacy and the Use of Local and National News Media among Undecided Voters in a Swing State: A Study of General Population Voters and First-time College Student Voters,” has been published by Electronic News. 2013
Drs. Louisa Ha and Gi Woong Yun co-authored paper “Digital Divide in Social Media Prosumption: Proclivity, Production Intensity, and Prosumer Typology among College Students and General Population” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Communication and Media Research. 2013
Xiao Hu, Ying Xu and Simeng Mo’s co-authored paper with Dr. Louisa Ha, “Who are the Fans of Facebook Pages? An electronic word-of-mouth communication perspective” received the Distinguished Paper Award for the Net2013 Conference (the International Conference on Internet Studies) and has been accepted for publication in International Journal of Cyber Society and Education. 2013
Ph.D. Students Yang Liu, Mohammad Abuljadail, and Fang Wang co-authored paper, “Who Pays for Online Media Contents: Generation Y or Older Generation?” was accepted to be presented at the 2014 Broadcast Education Association Annual Conference. This paper has also won the 1st Place Debut award by the Media Management, Programming and Marketing Division. 2014
Drs. Louisa Ha and Xiaoqun Zhang are 2013 American Copy Editors Society’s Research Competition Winners in the Newspaper and Online News Division of AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication).
Merrill and Ha Received 1st Place Award in Student Media Division in 2014 Broadcast Education Association Conference
Stephen Merrill and Dr. Louisa Ha coauthored paper titled “Funding Models and Staffing of Student Media in the United States” won the first place paper in the open category of the Student Media Division in the Broadcast Education Association Conference Las Vegas. 2014