Samra Khawaja, a junior in the VCU School of Mass Communications, has been selected as one of 12 college students nationwide to help cover the presidential campaign for The Washington Post. Her first contribution appeared May 4 on the newspaper's...
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It's a transportation service that's taking a new approach in contributing to a green Richmond, Va. Founded by Virginia Commonwealth University advertising alumnus Joey Anderson (B.S.'11/MC) and his brother Jeff, bioRide started out as a taxi service in 2010. By...
Inside the New York City headquarters of advertising agency BBDO is a worldwide network connecting creative minds across the globe. It's a scene where artistic boundaries are limitless, transforming employees' creative dreams into a tangible reality of advertising campaigns.Nigel Brooks...
Tumblr founder David Karp delivered the annual Turpin Lecture on April 3 at the VCU School of Mass Communications, kicking off Mass Communications Month on campus. Karp captured his VCU audience with a personal overview on his career, from dropping...
Headquartered in what was the Manchester district's Spaghetti Warehouse, CRT/tanaka brings the flavor and atmosphere that motivates employee and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communications' alumna Kathryn Glushefski (B.S.'10/H&S). Kathryn Glushefski .picture { background-color: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;...
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communications held its annual Hall of Fame dinner April 12 at the John Marshall Hotel. The inductees included local TV news anchor Sabrina Squire (B.S.'76/H&S), award-winning executive vice president of CRT/tanaka public relations...
Since 2008, CreateAthon onCampus has made a huge impact on area nonprofit agencies. The numbers are impressive: 46 nonprofits in the Richmond area have received professional marketing materials and advice valued at more than $700,000. This year's CreateAthon, which concluded...
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond has a new branding campaign courtesy of the area's biggest ad agency and a group of Virginia Commonwealth University students. The campaign, which was created to help increase donations to the nonprofit...
In a record-breaking research year for the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communications, seven refereed papers and nine researchers are invited to present at the 15th annual International Public Relations Research Conference. IPRRC is one of the premiere international...
The idea of doing your homework on paper seems prehistoric next to the idea of using mobile devices. Instead, for one class, these mobile devices are changing the rules of learning journalism. This semester the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)...
Every morning at 8 a.m., Sofia Briley (B.S.'10/MC) shuffles her way through the vast sea of New York City subway commuters and heads to work, where she'll spend the next 12 hours of her day researching, shooting and editing video...
Print and broadcast journalists and managers, corporate and advertising executives, educators and a noted photographer are among the 2012 inductees into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame. This is the 25th anniversary of the Hall of Fame. The inductees are:...
Sainath Iyer, a senior Virginia Commonwealth University mass communications, international relations and religious studies major, is spending this semester at the White House. Sainath Iyer, a VCU senior majoring in mass communications, international relations and religious studies, is currently an...
Dulcie Straughan, Ph.D., (B.S.'73/H&S; M.S.'78/H&S) was appointed interim dean of UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Journalism in July following an already successful career as both a professor at Carolina. She also earned her Ph.D. in mass communication research as a Tarheel...
Current Virginia Commonwealth University graduate student Frances Correa has been selected as a 2011-2012 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow. According to The National Press Foundation, Correa is one of 22 journalists selected for this year's premier program. Over the course...
More than two dozen undergraduate students from Iraq are participating in a summer study program at Virginia Commonwealth University that offers them experience in social media, community engagement, service learning and American culture. The Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program -...
Bonnie Newman Davis, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Mass Communications, was selected as Journalism Educator of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists at its spring Board of Directors meeting. Davis will...
Undergraduate advertising students in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Mass Communications won an award in the One Show College Competition. The VCU student team received a Silver Pencil award in the category of integrated branding campaign. Students Alexander...
Emily Farrar, recent graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Mass Communications, Emily Boyer, current communication arts major, and current advertising student Peter Pagan are putting their skills to the test this summer. Twice a year The Martin Agency, the...
Virginia Commonwealth University student journalists and media outlets were recognized with 11 "Mark of Excellence" awards last weekend by the Society of Professional Journalists, including a best all-around television newscast award for the VCU InSight student news program. VCU...
George T. Crutchfield George T. Crutchfield, retired director of VCU School of Mass Communications and founder of the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, died March 15, from congestive heart failure and its complications. He was 77.Many of his friends and...
VCU undergraduate advertising students Yinyin Liu and Joni Duerme won best of show for "UHAUL-Get Moving"at the Hampton Roads ADDY® Awards in Hampton. VCU advertising students fared well in a regional advertising competition last month.VCU students won Best Of Show,...
Creator and Director Peyton Rowe (standing on right) checks in on members of a student team working to design a website and communications plan for Housing Options Inc. Students from VCU and Virginia State University spent 24 consecutive hours completing...
A writer who has won awards for both her journalism and her books, a professor who has shepherded students to first-place finishes in national advertising competitions, a cable-industry executive who figured prominently in bringing the "information superhighway" to all...
The School of Mass Communications has a new scholarship. The Judy VanSlyke Turk Scholarship came about with gifts from colleagues and friends in honor of Turk's service as director of the school from 2002 to 2010. "When I learned about...
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Two multimedia journalism graduate students at VCU's School of Mass Communications, 22-year-old Mark Newton from Henrico County and 24-year-old Ameesha Felton (B.S.'08/MC) from Virginia Beach, won a national computer-assisted reporting contest last month. Newton entered the project in a CAR contest conducted by the group Investigative...
