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A welcome from Dale Carpenter, New Department chair

I’m very fortunate to be asked to lead the journalism department at a time when we have so many positive things going for us.  We were recently approved for accreditation by AEJMC, the international accrediting organization for journalism education.  We have two new faculty members this year: Dennis Kirkpatrick, who will be implementing our new Sports Journalism classes, in conjunction with the Athletic Department; and Hayot Tuychiev, who will be managing the department’s Television Center equipment, while teaching labs in videography and editing.  

Our students will be working with 16 new HD video camcorders that record on SD cards rather than videotape.  They’ll be editing on 6 new Final Cut Pro editors, and delivering their stories as files on a brand new server in the UATV production control room.  We’ll be teaching in a lab equipped with 19 new I-Mac computers devoted solely to journalism classes.  While just down the hall, a group of students and faculty will be working together in our first “Newsroom,” where they will be immersed in full-time reporting.

With so many good things happening, my goal this year is to keep the momentum going, with an eye to the future.  The field of journalism is undergoing rapid change, and people are being informed by a variety of new media.  We owe it to our students to ensure that our curriculum adapts to those changes, while continuing to teach the core journalistic values of fairness, accuracy, clear writing and reporting, and a respect for what it means to be a journalist.

 

Student News: Lemke success Stories

UA Journalism master's student Jessica Powviriya (left) successfully presented a paper in August at the annual AEJMC conference, an event that typically serves as a showcase for work by professors and doctoral students. Powviriya's work as a master's student, "An Analysis of NARB Panel Decisions Before 1994," examined decisions made by the National Advertising Review Board, part of the major self-regulating group of the national advertising industry. Dr. Jan Wicks, the department graduate adviser, called the paper's acceptance to the conference a "wonderful accomplishment." Powviriya wrote the paper for the JOUR 5043 Research Methods class.

Lemke graduate John Forrest Ales, 30, has been selected by "PR Week" magazine as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" professionals in the public relations field. Ales heads the communication team at Hilton Hotels, which operates 530 facilities in 76 countries. Ales has also worked with Taco Bell, Epson, Chevron and Walmart. He led the public relations strategy for the re-opening of the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.

The Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism is pleased to recognize the outstanding work of students past, present and future.

 

Journalism Department expands diversity offerings

The Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalisim is pleased to announce two courses that will enhance student understanding of multiculturalism and the importance of seeking different perspectives in good journalism.

• History of the Black Press investigates a fascinating and rarely told story: the role of the black press from its beginnings in 1827 through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s-1970s, in leading African-Americans in the quest for national identity. We will see that black newspapers – that is, newspapers written and edited by black Americans for black Americans – provided information and news that was not covered by mainstream newspapers, but that was critical to building a sense of community and unity among black Americans.

Ultimately this course will enhance the skills acquired in all Lemke Department reporting and research classes. Lectures will be accompanied by reading assignments that compel students to think about the black press in the context of other events in American history. Students then will be required to explore, in greater detail, topics or events that expand class understanding of black press through written and oral presentations.

• African Americans in Film will survey the history of the images of African Americans in film, especially as these images are examined in the context of stereotypical renditions and/or realistic representations of African American experiences.  African American images in film will be studied from both the perspectives of independent cinema and commercial, mainstream cinema.  Additionally, issues of African American history, culture, and socio-political context will be addressed in the analyses of these films.  This overview of films will range from early filmmaker Oscar Micheaux to contemporary filmmakers, such as Spike Lee.

 

 

 

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