Media College News

J. Ford Huffman, a legend in newspaper design and one of the architects of USA Today, will visit classes at West Virginia University March 3-4 as part of the P.I. Reed School of Journalism’s Journalist in Residence program.

A West Virginia University student will spend a year in Scotland, working on a graduate degree and sharing his knowledge of human rights after winning a Rotary International Foundation scholarship.

Joshua Austin, a senior political science and journalism major from Grafton, has been awarded the 2008-09 Rotary International District 7530 Ambassadorial Scholarship.

West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism professor Gina Martino Dahlia has earned a national Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Award and special recognition from the governor for her documentary about the 1907 Monongah Mine disaster.

The 30-minute documentary, “The Monongah Heroine,” originally aired statewide in December on West Virginia Public Television.

Bob Dubill, the legendary editor who helped build USA Today into a national newspaper that revolutionized journalism, will speak to West Virginia University journalism students next week on new media and the challenges it faces today. All sessions are in Martin Hall and open to the public.

Students at the West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism can win awards for their published stories thanks to a new reporting competition named after a beloved Southwestern Pennsylvania newspaperman.

The public affairs writing awards are named in honor of Walter J. “Buzz” Storey, a reporter and editor who worked at the Uniontown Herald-Standard for 47 years. The competition was established by an anonymous donor.

The West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism will feature three speakers from high-profile advertising and research companies this month to give students an opportunity to learn first-hand about branding communications and advertising research.

“These professionals bring a wealth of real-world experience and knowledge to our students,” said Harrison/Omnicom Professor of Advertising Elizabeth Quilliam. “Their insights will add a new dimension to the classroom and provide students with the latest thinking about new communications models.”

A West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism student’s photography from a study-abroad trip last summer to Southeast Asia is currently being featured at Zenclay Galleries in Morgantown.

Three West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism broadcast news students recently won national awards from the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards Program, sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.

Among college participants, the WVU School of Journalism placed third overall in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the radio and television competitions.