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What's New in the College of Communications (Updated Oct. 5, 2009) Roedel to lead Communications' Alumni Seminar at Homecoming Rob Roedel (Jour '89) will lead the annual College of Communications Alumni Seminar during Homecoming Oct. 24 at Arkansas State University. Roedel is manager of corporate communications for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. The seminar, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in the college's television studio, will include attention to Electric Cooperatives' response to Northeast Arkansas' ice storm in January 2009. A native of Jonesboro, specifically the Valley View community, Roedel has worked 20 years in communications and marketing. He has spent the majority of his career in the high tech industry sector designing and implementing marketing and communications plans for both publicly and privately held companies. The seminar will be followed by a luncheon. The seminar and the luncheon are free, but luncheon reservations are required. Reservations must be made by Oct. 16 by calling or e-mailing Terrie Rolland in the college office (870-972-2468). Check YouTube for samples of Communications students' work You can find samples of video produced by ASU Radio-Television and Journalism students on YouTube. ASU-TV has two YouTube sites, and The Herald has one site. Here are the URL's: ASU-TV sites: http://www.youtube.com/AstateTV and http://www.youtube.com/ASUTVjonesboro. The Herald YouTube site is http://www.youtube.com/asuherald. You can find other ASU news on The Herald online site.. RTV offers sportscasting class The Department of Radio-Television is teaching for the first time during the fall semester a course in sportscasting for students interested in preparing for work in sports broadcasting and sports journalism. The department has been producing video for ASU-TV, Channel 18, in Jonesboro and live on ASU Athletics' video boards since 2001. Course instructor Collin Pillow said, "The experiences our students gain rival any found elsewhere in the country and prepare students directly for work at professional sports stations. In fact, two of our students will be in Bristol, Conn., this fall doing internships at ESPN." The experiences were recently chronicled by the Sports Video Group's Website story: "At Arkansas State, Students Power the Scoreboards -- and Their Careers." RTV students have served as production crew members for all ASU football and men's and women's basketball games since 2001, producing content for ASU's video scoreboards and preparing video coverage for replay on ASU-TV Channel 18 on Jonesboro cable. One benefit of this experience is that students are hired regionally when television sports organizations like ESPN, Comcast Sports and Cox Sports are seeking crew members in Arkansas and other parts of the Mid-South. Students in this fall's class have opportunities to provide play-by-play and color commentary, operate cameras, direct or provide slow-motion replays. Contact Collin Pillow or RTV Chair Dr. Osa Amienyi (870-972-3070) for additional information. ACEJMC Re-accredits Communications The College of Communications was re-accredited in May 2009 for its programs in journalism and radio-television. The college received a unanimous endorsement from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The accreditation applies to emphases in advertising, broadcast journalism, news-editorial, photojournalism, public relations and video/audio production including new media and electronic media sales and promotion. The ACEJMC evaluation team report said the college's self student was "among the best it had seen" and its "approach to diversity stands as a model for other journalism programs." A total of 114 journalism and mass communications programs are accredited. The successful review was the fourth in 19 years under the leadership of Dean Russ Shain. Journalism faculty Fears, Hill leading Dr. Lillie Fears and Dr. Myleea Hill, who are faculty members in the Department of Journalism, are leading a summer reading program for youth. The Digital Book Club project is made possible by a Children and Adults Reading Together grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and contributions from the College of Communications. Youth entering kindergarten through sixth grade in the fall are eligible for the July program. Dr. Fears is serving as humanities scholar for the project, and Dr. Hill is project director. More information is available in the ASU news release. RTV offers sportscasting class The Department of Radio-Television is teaching for the first time during the fall semester a course in sportscasting for majors and other students interested in preparing for work in sports broadcasting and sports journalism. Course instructor Collin Pillow said, "The experiences our students gain rival any found elsewhere in the country and prepare students directly for work at professional sports stations. In fact, two of our students will be in Bristol, Conn., this fall doing internships at ESPN." RTV students have served as production crew members for all ASU football and men's and women's basketball games since 2001, producing content for ASU's video scoreboards and preparing video coverage for replay on ASU-TV Channel 18 on Jonesboro cable. One benefit of this experience is that students are hired regionally when television sports organizations like ESPN, Comcast Sports and Cox Sports are seeking crew member in Arkansas and other parts of the Mid-South. Students in this fall's class will have opportunities to provide play-by-play and color commentary, operate a camera, direct or provide slow-motion replays. Contact Collin Pillow or RTV Chair Dr. Osa Amienyi (870-972-3070) for additional information. Journalism's Zibluk completes Dr. Jack Zibluk polished his skills in an online multimedia environment in June at the Kalish workshop sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. The Kalish workshop is designed for mid-level professionals and established educators. Zibluk learned audio, video and multimedia production techniques from such experts as award-winning producer Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm, a multimedia production student in New York, and Geri Migielicz, executive editor of Story4 multimedia production studio and former award-winning multimedia editor the the San Jose Mercury News. Zibluk, who will use his enhance knowledge of multimedia for classes in photojournalism at ASU, produced his own Web videos as a result of the workshop: John's Barn and If You Know Your Farmer. | |||||
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