Kent State University - School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Undergraduate Programs
Looking for classes that give you skills for the dynamic, multimedia world?Something like:
- Online Journalism
- Collaborative Online Producing
- Public Relations Online Tactics
- Computer Assisted Reporting
- Cybermedia Design
- Multimedia Techniques
- Visual Storytelling
We have them. And more. Whatever your major.
Here are JMC majors and minors
Graduate Programs
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Resources
- KentWired.com
- Center for Scholastic Journalism
- College of Communication and Information
- Kent State University Home Page
- JMC Podcasts & Blogs
- Flashline
- Media Law Center
Events
- January 19-May 9 Spring Semester 2010
- February 12 Liane Hansen, Radio Personality, 3 PM, Franklin Hall
- February 12 JMC Scholarship Applications for 2010-2011 are due
- March 29-April 2 Spring Break - No classes, offices are open
- May 10-15 Final Exam Week
- May 15 Commencement
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The Internship:
How it's changing,
how to get one
The internship has been part of the JMC program for decades. It's changing and getting a little trickier to land. Here's what employers and faculty say, along with a recipe for how to get one.
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Franklin Hall
still evolvingIt's been two years since we moved in, but Franklin Hall was planned for flexibility. Here's an update on some of its more 'cutting edge' facilities and how they've changed.
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'Tannery' gives
students marketing
experienceJMC students are participating in a new integrated marketing communications agency in a new facility in beautiful downtown Kent. Read more, watch video
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Collaborative Hour celebrates 10th anniversary
Students from three JMC courses work in teams to produce professional story packages. It started back in 1999 and is still going strong.
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Digital frontier, struggling media:
What do students need to learn?
Our professions are changing almost daily. The economy is sagging. Job descriptions emphasize more multimedia. Schools of journalism face hard questions about what to teach and how to keep curriculum up to date.
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News@JMC
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•JMC scholarship applications due Feb. 12 •
We normally award more than 50 scholarships. A new scholarship just announced is from the Portage Community Bank. Students must have graduated from a Portage County high school and be involved in student media at Kent State. All scholarship winners will be announced in late March.
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PRSSA wins another major award
JMC's PRSSA chapter has won another national Teahan Award, this one in the University/College Service category. The award recognizes voluntary projects developed by a PRSSA chapter that directly benefit the chapter's home university.
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DKS, KentNewsNet win national Pacemakers
JMC student media have won prestigious Pacemaker awards from the Associated Collegiate Press. Both the Daily Kent Stater and KentNewsNet.com (now KentWired.com) earned awards, making Kent State the only major journalism program to win Pacemakers in both the daily newspaper and online news site categories. Read more
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Converged newsrooms and shotgun weddings
What do they have in common? Plenty. Here's the story of how we created the student media shared newsroom, what we did and how it's working. Lots of helpful hints, too. Read more
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Online ethics workshop ponders 'What Values?'
Online journalists joined Poynter ethics faculty to discuss core ethical values of online journalism. For event coverage, go here.
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Jargon, Online Burr uploaded
The latest edition of Jargon is out. Click here to read it online in PDF format. And, so is the new edition of The Burr magazine's Web site. Take a look at it here.
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Faculty go to 'camp' to brush up on multimedia
Eleven JMC faculty went to 'camp' to learn about multimedia. Working in teams they produced Web packages about People You Should Know. Here's info you should know about what they accomplished.
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JMC faculty have worked 'around the world'
Cuba, England, France, Egypt, Azerbaijan, China. Kent JMC faculty travelled around the world to teach, recruit and do research and creative activity. Learn more about what these world travelers did. Read the story
Franklin Hall
In 1926, Franklin Hall opened as a modern teacher education building. Eighty-plus years later, it has had a complete overhaul and a new wing added to it. It's now the state-of-the-art home of Kent JMC with cutting edge facilities, including a converged student media newsroom, a high definition broadcast studio and control room, modern video and audio editing suites, and much more. Learn more about the facility here.
what We Do
Kent JMC students produce creative and professional projects in class every day. Working with words, images, video, audio and graphics, they create multimedia projects in preparation for real world jobs. See some examples of student work, including video and design, by clicking here.