Category: Mass Communications

artwork from CCAS annual meeting program

SIUE turns heads at CCAS Conference

October thirty first through November third the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences met for their annual conference. This meeting of deans from arts and sciences institutions focuses on advocacy for the liberal arts and sciences, as well as providing networking opportunities for participating institutions.
Dean Aldemaro Romero represented SIUE at the conference and was […]

Handle with Care fourty eight hour film

SIUE Crew Takes on the Saint Louis 48 Hour Film Challenge

Last June a group of current and former SIUE students and Professor Cory Byers of the Deparment of Mass Communications teamed up to take on the Saint Louis Fourty Eight Hour Film Challenge.
In this annual competition teams from around the Saint Louis area are given forty eight hours to write shoot and edit a short […]

Fritz Faerber lecturing at SIUE for Mass Comm Week 2012

Mass Comm Week 2012

April 16, 2012, Fritz Faerber kicked off Mass Comm Week with his lecture, “Journalism Without a Net.”
A ten-year veteran of salaried journalism, Faerber returned to freelancing five years ago. Since then he’s contributed to CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, National Geographic, and numerous other publications. Faerber shared his experiences starting out, strategies for marketing stories, […]

X-Fest video wins Broadcast Education Association Award of Excellence

X-Fest video wins Broadcast Education Association Award of Excellence

[Video] Corey Byers from the SIUE Department of Mass Communications recently received an award of excellence from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) for his video on X Fest.
The BEA is the educational branch of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), focusing on the education and training of media professionals. The Award was given as part […]

The cover page for Prophets of the Fourth Estate

Prophets of the Fourth Estate

“Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Broadsides by Press Critics of the Progressive Era,” is now on shelves. The book is co-authored by SIUE Mass Communications Department Chair Gary Hicks and his colleague Amy Reynolds of LSU.
The book features journalism critiques from the progressive era (1890-1920) and places them within a social, economic and historical context.
“You […]

Stellar Profile of Denise Donley

Stellar Profile of Denise Donley

“The STELLAR … program is designed to recognize, honor, and develop some of the star student achievers of our College. Our CAS STELLAR students will receive special recognition and support from the College to help them achieve their full potential in their academic program and beyond,” according to the STELLAR website. Nominations are not necessarily predicated […]

New course gives international exposure

New course gives international exposure

Students in the Speech Communications Department will have first dibs on a new course being offered this summer at SIUE.
The new course is Speech Communications 419 Special Topics, International Public Relations, and is worth six credits to students who are accepted. Even though the course is in speech communications, it is open to students working […]

Media Literacy Week hits SIUE

Media Literacy Week hits SIUE

Last week marked the fifth annual media literacy week. An initiative of Gateway Media Literacy Partners Inc, (GMLP), the week marks a series of lectures held around the Saint Louis area to discuss the importance of media education in society. The lectures help to promote the GMLP’s goals of improving media literacy in the Saint […]

Donald to receive award for long time service

Donald to receive award for long time service

Ralph Donald, professor of mass communications in SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), will receive an award for long time service on November 5.
The award is from the Mid Atlantic Popular American Culture Association (MAPACA). This is the first year for the award that was established to honor Loretta Lorance to “pay tribute to […]

Assistant Professor Musonda Kapatamoyo

TWIC – There’s an app for that.

Dr. Musonda Kapatamoyo
After a lengthy review process and much anticipation, the This Week In CAS app is available on Apple’s app store.
The decision to create the app originated with Aldemaro Romero, dean of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at SIUE. The idea was that the app could be a tool for students and faculty to access […]

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