|
|
|
|
|
Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame Goes Virtual in 2020
|
|
 The School hosted the 40th Annual Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame ceremony via Zoom in October.
Master of Cerem nies Duane Bonifer (Class of '91) introduced recorded acceptance remarks by and on behalf of the inductees. This year's class of Kentucky journalists who have made significant contributions to the profession included: Barbara Bailey, Maxine Cheshire, Steve Crump, Ronnie Ellis, Michael Hedges, Maria Henson, Rachel Platt, Mike Scogin, Russ Shain, and Jerry Tipton.
If you weren't able to join us for the event, we recorded it. Please click the box below.
Thanks to all those who donated thier luncheon registration, cancelled due to COVID safety concerns this year.
|
|
|
|
New Courses in Sports Journalism and Video Game Studies
|
|
JAM faculty have been working to expand the School’s course offerings, making for an exciting and dynamic addition to our curriculum. Thanks to their efforts, we now have several courses in sports journalism as well as in video game studies officially on the books.
These include JOU 308 Sports Reporting and Editing, JOU 408 Sports Broadcasting and Production, JOU 538 Law, Media & Sports, and the soon-to-be-offered JOU 208 21st Century Issues in Sports, offered in Spring 2021 as a JOU 487 Special Topics course.
The newly approved MAS 362 Interactive Game Narratives and Storytelling adds to the School’s video game emphasis in the Media Arts and Studies program.
You can learn more about these initiatives and the vast range of the School’s latest activities by checking out "School of Journalism and Media Update Fall 2020" posted here.
|
|
|
|
Kentucky Kernel Wins James Madison Award
|
|
The James Madison Award annually recognizes a Kentuckian who has made an outstanding contribution to the First Amendment, and this year’s winner is the Kentucky Kernel, the independent student newspaper at the University of Kentucky.
The Kernel has been embroiled in a five-year legal case with the University of Kentucky concerning the Commonwealth’s open records law pertaining to a story on the investigation of a former professor accused of sexual harassment. The case reached the Kentucky Supreme Court in October 2020, with a decision still uncertain.
The Kernel’s current student editor-in-chief Natalie Parks accepted the award on behalf of the staff and previous staff members at State of the First Amendment Address delivered by First Amendment and media law scholar Stephen Bates in November. Her remarks preceded the Address, and can be viewed by going to our Events webpage.
|
|
|
2020 State of the First Amendment Celebration
|
|
First Amendment and media law expert Stephen Bates of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, delivered this year’s Scripps Howard First Amendment Center’s State of the First Amendment address via Zoom in November.
Bates, a graduate of Harvard Law School, discussed free press principles and the U.S. media environment, past and present, and the goals of the Hutchins Commission (Commission on Freedom of the Press) of the late 1940s. With the emergence of new media forms, Bates also spoke to the new challenges regarding free speech posed by social media and other internet platforms. “These companies are more powerful and the Commission on Freedom of the Press could ever have imagined,” Bates said. He also noted the importance of news literacy, and the public’s ability to question the news they consume.
We’ve posted a recording of his excellent and insightful presentation here.
|
|
|
|
JAM Faculty Speak at National Journalism Education Convention
|
|
Several JAM faculty members made presentations at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) held virtually in August. Deborah Chung presented her collaborative research on community journalism (conducted with Kakie Urch) at a research panel session titled “Pathways to Reimagining and Rewarding Publicly Engaged Scholarship in Academia.” Yung Soo Kim talked about the journey to tenure during the session “How to Find and Maintain a Program of Research.” Erika Engstrom spoke about using movies in courses on gender and media at the panel “Mobilizing Culture: Using Popular Media to Teach About Race, Class, and Gender in the Digital Sphere.” CI College Dean Jennifer Greer delivered the keynote address for a preconference workshop titled “Women Faculty Moving Forward: 100 Years from Suffrage to Academic Leadership.” AEJMC is the oldest and largest alliance of college journalism and mass communication educators and administrators.
|
|
|
JAM Hosts "Women in the Gaming Industry" Event
|
|
|
UK’s College of Communication and Information hosted a livestreamed panel featuring five high-profile women in the videogame industry.
JAM student Gillian Stawiszynski hosted the event which also featured UK student and streamer Sienna Douglas. The panelists of five women included Rebecca Heineman (CEO of Olde Sküül and winner of the national Space Invaders championship in 1980), Manuela Malasaña, owner and director of Team Dogpit), Kishonna Gray (assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and author of Intersectional Tech), Shira Chess (associate professor at the University of Georgia and author of Play Like a Feminist), and Lizzie Killian (founder of the Fiftycc, a gaming public relations firm).
Presented by the College’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and organized by JAM faculty and staff members Nathan Stevens, Kyra Hunting, Kakie Urch, and Chris Larmour, the event was streamed on Twitch, the worldwide streaming platform for gamers, and attracted 870 attendees.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
