Murrow College News and Events
Dr. Erica Austin is the new Dean of the new
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Provost Robert C. Bates announced today that Erica Austin has accepted the position of Dean of the newly established Edward R. Murrow College of Communication and will serve in that position beginning July 1, 2008. Robert C. Bates, Provost and Executive Vice President said, “I am extremely pleased that Dr. |
Austin has accepted this position. She has been instrumental in leading the transition of the former school to its new college status. She brings a wealth of experience in the field of Communication that will benefit all dimensions of the college, both basic and professional dimensions, as it builds for the future.” |
WSU students receive honorable mention in |
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PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Public Relations Society of America awarded Honorable Mention to five Washington State University students who competed in a four-month long national public relations competition. Senior public relations students Justin Dotterweich, Jessica Fitts, Jana Lindsey, Alana |
Morgan and Kirby Pratt participated in the 2008 Bateman Case Study competition. Stacey Hust, assistant professor in communication, advised the team. The team competed against more than 70 teams that represented some of the best public relations programs in the country. |
2007-08 WSU ePortfolio Contest Gallery |
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Congratulations to Ryan Thomas, Matt Kushin and Dana DeSoto, who have won third prize (and $300!) from CTLT in its annual "ePortfolio Contest." The contest was sponsored by the WSU Office of Undergrad Education and by Microsoft. The ePortfolios were judged by various people from WSU and the professional community - a list can be found here. As Dana has written, “There were some amazing ePortfolios dealing with such diverse and meaningful issues as water resources in Kenya, Mexican-US border activism, ecodesign and EEG monitoring systems. We are very proud that our project ranked among these fine endeavors and our award highlights a new line of partnership between Murrow faculty, staff and graduate students. We believe the Alumni Site, together |
with the Collabosite have tremendous potential and constitute a running start for a new College that is sure to grow and expand. As this already diverse and complex School becomes an even larger College, these sites are a great way for learning to be shared, in processes and outcomes, so that everyone can monitor, participate and share in Murrow College success. We hope this award will lend notoriety and prominence to a project, which as of yet, has not engendered much interest in the department at large. I think we all deserve credit for creating something that if taken off the shelf and put into formal action, could make a real difference in the continued and increased quality of the Murrow College.” Erica Weintraub Austin |
60 Minutes' Don Hewitt Luncheon |
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Spending 60 minutes with 60 Minutes' Don Hewitt
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A luncheon program with Don Hewitt, producer of the news program 60 minutes and 2008 recipient of the WSU Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism on TVW.Six mentors chosen from 113 nominees |
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Mary Meares, assistant professor in communication, teaching faculty award. She was nominated by graduate students as an engaging, effective, committed and student-centered teacher who has taught them to be better researchers and teachers themselves.
Yevgeniya Solodovnikova, international communications graduate student, student award. She was nominated for her work as a leader and mentor to hundreds of students as an academic adviser and also as a volunteer overseer of a broadcasting club and program.Murrow Asia Speaker series |
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“Building Peace in the War on Terror: The elusive quest for stability in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan” The themes of his speech will include elections, martial law and militant violence in Pakistan, rising instability in Afghanistan, and the uncertain future of the US military surge and political developments in Iraq. This is a decisive period in each of these countries as well as in US policy making, as we elect a new President and Congress in November 2008. |
Rajiv Chandrasekaran will be on campus on Friday, February 29th (Leap Day). He will be the first in the Murrow School – Asia Program International Journalist Speaker Series. He will address a public audience of students, faculty, staff and community members Friday evening at 7:00 in CUE 203. The title of his talk will be:Cable 8 Productions is Recognized Nationally |
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Washington State University (WSU) Cable 8 Productions was recognized by the AEGIS Video and Film Production Awards for its popular and long-running show “Video Underground.” The AEGIS Awards, one of the oldest and most |
respected peer-judged video/film production contests in the United States, recognize outstanding video productions and non-network television commercials. |
Cable 8 Awarded WSU Parents Program Grant |
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Cable 8 Productions has been awarded a grant from the WSU Parents Program. The $3000 grant will be applied to Avid editing system and equipment upgrades. Cable 8 Productions is WSU’s student run television station, broadcast from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. All shows on Cable 8 have student talent and are created, produced and directed by students. |
The WSU Parents Program works with WSU Foundation with to allocation private funding to various WSU programs. This is the second grant Cable 8 Productions has received from the WSU Parents Program fund. For more information on Cable 8, see www.cable8.org or contact Cable 8 Productions VP Marketing Communication Margaret Russo. |
Murrow School of Communication
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Washington State University will proceed with steps to elevate the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication to stand-alone college status. The decision was made by Provost and Executive Vice President Robert Bates, in consultation with |
Dean Erich Lear, and Murrow School Interim Director Erica Weintraub Austin. Bates said the move will enable the school to fulfill its potential as a center of excellence for Washington State University. |
Spokane Public Relations Society Honors AchievementExcellence in Public Relations, Education and Business Recognized |
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The Greater Spokane Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is pleased to announce the 2007 award recipients for the Degerness Award for Excellence in Public Relations, Educator of the Year and Communication of the Year. The highest honors bestowed by the Greater Spokane Chapter of |
PRSA, these awards recognize excellence by a public relations practitioner, educator and business leader in our community. These awards will be presented at the joint PRSA/MarCom breakfast meeting on January 4, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. at Gonzaga University Cataldo Hall. |
Murrow School honors distinguished alumni |
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 WSU communication graduates are inspiring a new generation of professionals to reach for their dreams and remember their roots. That is just one reason Seattle television journalist Kathi Goertzen and Washington businessman Ted Baseler were inducted into the WSU Edward R. Murrow School of Communication Hall of |
Achievement last week. In a special Nov. 30 ceremony in the Summit Room at KOMO Radio/TV, WSU president Elson Floyd presented crystals to Goertzen and Baseler in honor and recognition of their achievements and service throughout their distinguished careers. |
Japan Music Society NamesWSU Communication Professor Kenji Kitatani Adviser |
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PULLMAN, Wash. - Kenji Kitatani, Lester M. Smith Distinguished Professor of Media Management at the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University (WSU), has been named adviser to the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC). Established in 1939, JASRAC works to protect the rights of owners of approximately 7.2 million musical works and to facilitate the works’ use and dissemination. JASRAC also presents cultural projects including concerts, symposiums, |
lectures and educational programs with the goal of expanding awareness and understanding of copyright law, promoting music culture, and supporting the use and development of music. Kitatani is a recognized expert in the U.S. and Japanese entertainment/media business landscape. He is a senior adviser to the Sports and Entertainment Academy of the Indiana University Graduate School of Business. |
Elizabeth Blanks HindmanTestifies Before FCC |
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WSU Prof. to Testify Before FCC Seattle Hearing on Media Ownership SEATTLE, Wash. - Elizabeth Blanks Hindman, associate professor of communication and gradate program director for the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University, will join a panel of prominent news and broadcast leaders from across the state this afternoon in offering perspectives on media ownership in testimony before a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission. |
She will provide her testimony as part of an 11-member panel that will include Mark Allen, president and CEO of the Washington State Association of Broadcasters; Frank Blethen, publisher/CEO of the Seattle Times; Ray Heacox, general manager, KING Broadcasting Seattle; Pamela S. Pearson, vice president/general manager, KCPQ/KMYQ-TV, the Tribune Broadcasting Company; and other Washington state broadcast professionals |
Don Hewitt to AcceptMurrow Award |
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Don Hewitt to Accept Edward R. Murrow Award at Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Don Hewitt, creator and former executive producer of the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes,” will accept the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communication at Washington State University Thursday, April 3, 2008. The award presentation followed by Hewitt’s acceptance speech will take place in Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. |
WSU President Elson Floyd said of Hewitt’s selection for the Murrow Award, “It is hard to think of anyone who has played a more significant role in continuing Edward R. Murrow’s legacy of hard-hitting journalism in the public interest than has Don Hewitt. His development and leadership of ’60 Minutes’ clearly sets him apart as one of the true pioneers of television news. We at Washington State University are absolutely delighted to be able to recognize his work in this way.” |
WSU Communication School Visited by Deans |
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PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow School of Communication was visited last week by a panel of deans from four top communication programs in the nation. The deans will make a recommendation about possible independence for the school from its current home in the College of Liberal Arts. Their report to WSU President Elson Floyd is expected at any time. |
Erich Lear, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said, "The external deans did an excellent job of reviewing our program. I have been and continue to be supportive of an independent structure for the Murrow School and hope that the university's program prioritization process will allow for the needed investment." |
Tan named first diversity fellowPosition will focus on faculty recruitment |
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Longtime Washington State University professor and administrator Alexis S. Tan has been named a diversity faculyt fellow - a new position created to bolster the university's success in recruiting faculty of color. The most recent data provided by the Office of Institutional Research show that in 2005 more |
than nine percent of the faculty were ethnic minorities. Twenty-seven percent of faculty did not report their ethnicity that year. Tan's goal is to have a comprehensive draft strategic pan completed this spring to share with faculty and administration. |
Favorite Pullman personality: Glenn Johnson |
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The voice Cougar fans know so well first went on the air at the age of six. "I got bit very early about broadcasting," mayor Glenn Johnson said. "Very early. I sang on the radio in the first grade." Johnson's radio career didn't end there. At 17 he was a rock 'n' roll disc jockey in Southern California and most significantly, for the past 28 years, Johnson has been the voice of Cougar football and basketball. |
"Even though this may not be our greatest football season, it's fun," he said. "It's like a hobby." But Johnson wasn't voted Pullman's favorite personality for his dulcet tones. He's spent four years as mayor of the city, 29 years teaching students, and volunteers as a public information officer for the Pullman Fire and Police departments. |
WSU NSAC TO HOLD AUCTION ON DAD'S WEEKEND |
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10/16/2007 Contact: Whitney Mueller FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WSU NSAC TO HOLD AUCTION ON DAD’S WEEKEND: PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University’s National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) Team will hold an auction on Dad’s Weekend, Friday, November 9, 2007 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the School of Communication Addition (CADD) Lobby. Featured auction items include a basketball autographed by Coach Bennett's NCAA Tournament team, travel packages, hotel nights, |
sports memorabilia and more. Admission for the auction is $5 and includes a beverage and viewing of the London International Advertising Awards film in the CADD Auditorium. Tickets will be sold at the door, but will be available at various times and locations on the WSU Pullman campus on November 5-7, 2007. Representing the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, WSU’s NSAC team is aggressively working, studying and raising funds to participate in the American Advertising Federation District XI Regional Competition in April 2008. Their task is huge; develop a multi-million dollar multicultural communications plan to increase demand for America OnLine. Monies raised from the auction will help WSU’s NSAC team meet the expenses of travel and entry fees for the regional, and possibly national, conference competition. Members of the entire Pullman-Moscow community are invited to participate. |
Murrow Faculty to present at the |
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During the second half of the workshop, Dr. Erica Austin and Dr. Bruce Pinkleton will share innovative ways to evaluate PR programs and show how PR contributes to the bottom line. Austin and Pinkleton co-authored, “Strategic Public Relations Management: Planning and Managing Effective Communication Programs,” a book on using research in PR management and campaign design/evaluation, which helps readers move from a tactical public relations approach to a strategic management style based on skillful use of research and planning techniques. Combining the key components of effective management and campaign design, Austin and Pinkleton will discuss the tools needed for developing and presenting comprehensive, effective, and accountable plans. |
Austin is interim director and a professor in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at WSU. Pinkleton is a professor of communication and head of the Public Relations degree program in the Edward R. Murrow School of communication at WSU. He has consulted with a number of organizations including the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Associated Press and GTE. Date: November 2, 2007, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $25 for PRSA Spokane members, $40 for non-members, and $15 for students. Ticket prices go up $10 at the door. You can RSVP online at http://www.prsaspokane.org/event.asp?id=133 |
Cable 8 projects nominated |
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Three projects produced by Cable 8 Productions have been selected as finalists in the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) 2007 Production Contest. CBI, the national association representing students involved in radio, television and webcasting, is committed to education and the student pursuit of excellence through active involvement in electronic media. |
WSU Prof's New Book Argues Corporate Media Influence Will Be Offset by Technology, Specialized Media |
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While mass media corporations will grow globally and reach more people than ever in the 21st century, a Washington State University researcher and media sociologist predicts that the media giants won’t influence the world marketplace any more than they have in the past. In his most recently published book, “History and |
the Future of Mass Media,” David Demers, an associate professor with WSU's Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, argues that the ability of global media corporations to control information and entertainment marketplaces in the future will be offset by the continued growth of the Internet communications and specialized media. |
Linden Lab Summer Project Brett Atwood managing editor |
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Brett Atwood spent his summer in San Francisco working as a managing editor for Linden Research, Inc. (a.k.a. Linden Lab), maker of the leading 3D online digital world Second Life. In this capacity, he coordinated a complete design and content revamp of the popular Secondlife.com Web site. The effort, which debuted Aug. 28, aims to maximize downloads of the Second Life application. |
The site was also adjusted to better evangelize the technology to its various publics, including mainstream consumers, business partners, nonprofits, academic institutions, international media and investors. As part of this initiative, Brett conducted an audit of the site's previous traffic and click-through patterns using Google Analytics and CrazyEgg metrics measurement tools. |
An award-winning student paper at NCA! |
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Congratulations to Ryan Thomas, a graduate student at the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, whose paper, "The Construction of Identity Among College-Age Democrats", |
has been named a Top Five Paper in the Student Section of the National Communication Association (NCA). The paper will be presented at the NCA's 93rd Annual Convention in Chicago this November. |
Murrow Students interview Alumni & Industry Professionals while on Road Trip to Hollywood |
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Washington State University students Steve Thorpe and Katie Yeager will be traveling to Los Angeles from Seattle to interview a number of WSU alumni and industry professionals. As part of the project “With a Degree from the Murrow School You Can Go Anywhere!” the two communication students will interview between 15 and 30 people throughout the course of their 10-day trip which will begin Friday, July 13.
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