http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/features/2013/08/deadliest_catch.html
The Standing Committee on Research of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC), selected Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News for this year’s Tankard Award from a group of three finalists that also included Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and Persistence, by Maurine H. Beasley, and Can Journalism Survive? An Inside Look at American Newsrooms, by David M. Ryfe. AEJMC Executive Director Jennifer McGill administers the book award competition, which recognizes the best book relevant to journalism and mass communication.
Dr. Tori Ekstrand (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), chaired the August 8 Tankard Book Award presentation at AEJMC’s annual convention of journalism scholars and media professionals at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ekstrand praised Into the Fray for its originality and extensive research in covering an overlooked part of journalism history.
Into the Fray, published by Potomac Books of Washington, D.C., is a band-of-brothers story of documentary journalism. As a biography of filmmaker Ted Yates and also the men and women that formed his unique documentary crew, Into the Fray traces how World War II values shaped the television documentary at the NBC News Washington Bureau from 1961 through 1967, when Ted Yates was killed during the outbreak of the Six-Day War. It also covers Washington, D.C. history as it relates to the formation of the NBC unit, including experiences of military veterans, minorities, and women in journalism.
A Journalism History review explains, “Mascaro provides a thorough perspective of the social and political context for each of the events the [NBC documentary] unit investigated.” Gateway Journalism Review characterizes Into the Fray as “a significant contribution to the history of broadcast journalism and the long-form documentary.” And American Journalism credits “the author’s ability to take us inside the process of documentary work, showing the complicated interplay between the people involved in the projects as well as the challenges and obstacles.”
Dr. Paula Poindexter, acting AEJMC president, explains the award honors the memory of her esteemed colleague, James William Tankard, Jr., Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Tankard was a popular, innovative professor and mentor who died in 2005. The Tankard Book Award has been issued annually since 2007.
Dr. Tom Mascaro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Telecommunications at the School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University. He is co-founder of the Broadcast Education Association Documentary Division. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Popular Film and Television, Journalism History, and American Journalism. Into the Fray is his first book and was based on numerous interviews with network documentary producers and filmmakers and extensive research at presidential and other national archives.
See www.aejmc.org for further information.
School of Media and Communication: A Tradition of Excellence for more than 35 years
Welcomes New Director Dr. Laura Stafford
Newspaper and Online News Division, 2013 American Copy Editors Society’s Research Competition Winners: Drs. Louisa Ha and Xiaoqun Zhang
Top-three finalist in the 2013 AEJMC Tankard Book Award: Dr. Tom Mascaro
Grad Student Info Expo: Meet representatives from 18 universities offering doctorate and master’s programs in journalism and communication to get your questions answered about the right graduate program for you. See more info here http://dc13.aejmc.org/grad-student-info-expo/
Please join us at our reception in the Renaissance Hotel, Saturday, August 10, at 9 p.m.
NFL KICKS OFF NEW “SPORTS JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATIONS BOOT CAMP” MAY 13 AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
Four-day program for current & former players includes “final exam” covering Toledo Mud Hens baseball game
Twenty current and former NFL players took part in the first-ever NFL Sports Journalism & Communications Boot Camp from May 13-16 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. With the new longer offseason, the boot camp is one of a record 10 training programs for post-NFL careers that NFL Player Engagement offers to current and former players.
The four-day program focused on improving each player’s writing skills for newspapers, radio, and the expanding digital media industry. A field exercise at a Toledo Mud Hens home game included a mock press conference as part of the player’s game coverage. Players wrote and recorded their own radio commentary as part of one of the other planned exercises.
Several of the outside faculty from the NFL’s popular Broadcast Boot Camp were also be involved as well as former NFL players-turned-journalists MATT BOWEN (Chicago Tribune), MATT CHATHAM (Boston Herald), and BUCKY BROOKS (NFL.com and NFL Network).
The boot camp was hosted by the BGSU School of Media and Communications and the Sport Management program and was developed with NFL Player Engagement, under the auspices of the Richard A. Maxwell Sport Media Project. BGSU Faculty participants included from the Department of Journalism and Public Relations: Drs. Jim Foust, Kathy Bradshaw, Catherine Cassara, Terry Rentner and Lecturer Kelly Taylor; from the Department of Telecommunications: Lori Liggett, lecturer and Stephen Merrill, instructor; from the Department of Communication: Dr. Michael Butterworth; and from the Department of Sports Management: Dr. Nancy Spencer.
“BGSU is both honored and thrilled to welcome the inaugural NFL Sports Journalism & Communication Boot Camp to our campus. We have both highly skilled professors and alumni teaching interactive sessions and providing excellent instruction in the fast-changing sports media industry,” said DR. TERRY RENTNER, professor and director, BGSU School of Media and Communications.
“We are excited to work with Bowling Green State University as we continue to take advantage of the expanded offseason to provide current and former players opportunities to explore a wide variety of disciplines and get hands-on experience,” said TROY VINCENT, Senior Vice President of NFL Player Engagement.
Player enrollment criteria include previous participation in NFL Player Engagement programs, prior media experience, essays, and NFL playing experience.
For further information, please visit https://www.nflplayerengagement.com/
The 3rd annual TCOM student production award ceremony was held on April 26. See the award-winners’ pictures at the TCOM student association Facebook page and watch and listen to the winning entries at http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/tcom/faculty/ha/2013TCOMSA.production.contest.award.pptx. The virtual special alumni guest is Andy Nwoye, ’01, broadcast designer at Sinclair Broadcast Group, who addressed the winners with his thoughtful comments and suggestions in a video commentary.
Four-day program for current & former players includes “final exam”
covering Toledo Mud Hens baseball game
Twenty four current and former NFL players will take part in the first-ever NFL Sports Journalism & Communications Boot Camp from May 13-16 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. With the new longer offseason, the boot camp is one of a record 10 training programs for post-NFL careers that NFL Player Engagement offers to current and former players.
See the attachment here (2013SportsJournalismBOOTCamp)
TCOM Career Day Friday, March 22nd
The TCOM Student Association, the Department of Telecommunications, and the BGSU Career Center are jointly organizing the 2nd TCOM Career Day on March 22 Friday with alumni career panel, company presentations, luncheon, and on-site interviews. The alumni career panel and company presentations are open to the public. Students sign up for on-site interviews via WorkNet.
Alumni Career Panel- 10:30 BTSU Room 315
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Ewart Skinner
Annamarie Iannetta- marketing associate, MedCity Media, Cleveland, providing support for the company’s events, marketing and business development.
Jeffrey Warnement- Director of Photography of Bartha, an events production company in Columbus, OH
Jon Sinton- Co-Founder and the President, Progressive Voices, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization whose initial product is the Progressive Voices App for smartphones and tablets, Atlanta, Georgia.
Anthony Bellino- Co-Host/Producer of “Drive Time” on CBS Sports Radio 106.5 The Ticket, Radio PxP Broadcaster, & Public Address Announcer, Toledo, OH
Gil Gonzalez – Director, Conference and Meetings, Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), Washington DC
Andree Kinnee – Assignment Desk Manager, WJW-TV, Cleveland
Company Presentation 11:30 BTSU Room 315
Faculty Moderator: Mr. Stephen Merrill
Sinclair Broadcasting WKEF 22 ABC, WRGT Dayton: Wes Finley, News Director
Toledo 05 CW- Cheryl Lightfoot, Fulfillment Coordinator, Local Stations
WKFM/WLKR (Radio) Milan, Ohio – Bill Forthofer, General Manager
WMNT-TV Toledo – Melyssa Knight, General Manager
Time Warner Cable: Cheryl Ridgway , Time Warner Cable
Luncheon 12:30 BTSU room 228 (prior registration required)
Menu- Served Lunch: Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Greens and Herb Salad, Soup of the day, Fresh Fruit, Mini cookies and brownies, Lemonade and water. Vegetarian menu available.
Keynote speaker- Ed Kozelek, President of the Ohio Cable and Telecommunications Association
On-site interviews for jobs and internships
WTOL, Toledo (BTSU307)
CW/WT05, Toledo (BTSU309)
WKFM/WKLM, Milan, OH (WH200)
WKEF-TV, 22 ABC, WRGT Fox45, Sinclair Broadcasting, Dayton, OH (BTSU318)
WMNT- TV Toledo (BTSU407)
Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Washington DC (WH023)
2002 TCOM alum Sarah Rath is this year’s Golden Globe nominee and an HBO associate producer. See URL:
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/features/2013/01/wbgu_alum_success.html.
Dr. Srinivas Melkote, Professor in Department of Telecommunications, School of Media & Communication, has been selected as a Fulbright specialist. He will be on the panel of experts and program requests from international institutions will be matched with his expertise in media and communication. Dr. Melkote is being considered to serve as the consultant to the University of Pondicherry in India to design its new doctoral program in media and communication.
1. Dan McClintok of WQRN who will speak to the TCOM4610 Audience Research THIS WEDNESDAY, September 26, 2012 at the TCOM 4610 Audience Research class, in room 226 Olscamp Hall from 6pm-9pm. Mr. McClintok will talk about current radio research, how it is gathered and applied on a local basis. A question and answer session will immediately follow his talk. 2. TCOM alum Ryan Zangrilli (National Sales Director,blip.TV) and University Distinguished Alum Joe Philport (President and CEO of Traffic Audit Bureau, NY)will speak to the TCOM1030 class on Friday 9/28 from 9:30-10:20 at West Hall 121.