Drake-produced student magazines were winners in the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass communication Student Magazine Contest:
•Think won first place in General Excellence.
•Think won second place for Editorial
•515 won third for Editorial.
•515, Think and Drake Magazine all tied for second place in design. (Odd, huh?)
•Chelsea Hottovy won second place for a Service and Information Article for "How to Act
Swell in Every Situation" in 515.
All winners will eventually be online. . I will post a link when that happens. Awards will be given at the AEJMC annual convention in August
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
News of the Magazine Sequence
I have received emails from several alums asking what is happening in the magazine sequence at Drake, so I ‘m doing my own news release here.
Angela Renkoski has left Drake to move to California to be closer to her sons. Some of you have wondered what this means to the sequence, given my retirement. Never fear. It is in good hands and the future is looking rosy.
Lori Blachford, who took over for me when I became director, will be a full-time faculty member for the 2008-09 school year. She will continue shepherding 515 Magazine and teaching magazine writing and will also take over as coordinator of the Meredith Service Journalism Apprenticeship Program. Lori was previously managing editor of Country Home magazine, so her Meredith roots are solid. She had been teaching part-time so she could finish Drake’s new Master of Communication Leadership degree.
Jeff Inman, who has taught JMC120, magazine freelance writing, for four semesters, will also teach magazine courses full-time for the 2008-09 school year. Jeff is a freelance magazine writer who just completed a Master of Arts in Education degree at Drake.
And Jill Van Wyke now teaches JMC91, magazine editing, plus a section of the capstone course, which produces Think Magazine. (Both are cross-listed with news-Internet courses.) Lori, Jeff, and Jill are all excellent teachers. Students consistently rank them as some of the best in the J-School.
I will also return part-time for the year, as director of the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies. In addition, I will chair the search committee to find permanent replacements for Angela and me and will do some fundraising. I will also be on hand to help Lori and Jeff in whatever ways they need. This will be a one-third appointment. I am looking forward to being back in the thin of things.
In terms of fundraising, we’ll have more information on how some of that is going, but the sequence is looking great, with some new financial support, plus the steady and welcome help from Meredith Corporation at the E.T. Meredith family.
Angela Renkoski has left Drake to move to California to be closer to her sons. Some of you have wondered what this means to the sequence, given my retirement. Never fear. It is in good hands and the future is looking rosy.
Lori Blachford, who took over for me when I became director, will be a full-time faculty member for the 2008-09 school year. She will continue shepherding 515 Magazine and teaching magazine writing and will also take over as coordinator of the Meredith Service Journalism Apprenticeship Program. Lori was previously managing editor of Country Home magazine, so her Meredith roots are solid. She had been teaching part-time so she could finish Drake’s new Master of Communication Leadership degree.
Jeff Inman, who has taught JMC120, magazine freelance writing, for four semesters, will also teach magazine courses full-time for the 2008-09 school year. Jeff is a freelance magazine writer who just completed a Master of Arts in Education degree at Drake.
And Jill Van Wyke now teaches JMC91, magazine editing, plus a section of the capstone course, which produces Think Magazine. (Both are cross-listed with news-Internet courses.) Lori, Jeff, and Jill are all excellent teachers. Students consistently rank them as some of the best in the J-School.
I will also return part-time for the year, as director of the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies. In addition, I will chair the search committee to find permanent replacements for Angela and me and will do some fundraising. I will also be on hand to help Lori and Jeff in whatever ways they need. This will be a one-third appointment. I am looking forward to being back in the thin of things.
In terms of fundraising, we’ll have more information on how some of that is going, but the sequence is looking great, with some new financial support, plus the steady and welcome help from Meredith Corporation at the E.T. Meredith family.
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