The Reed College of Media and College of Creative Arts will merge to form the new WVU College of Creative Arts and Media as of July 1, 2024. Get details.
The Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) is praising Associate Professor Joel Beeson’s online project War Poems. The interactive website received an honorable mention in the Individual/Team/Single Class website category at this year’s AEJMC Best of the Web/Best of Digital competition.
Beeson’s website is based on a book by the same name published in 1919 by Ada and Ethel Peters, two sisters who were students at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, now West Virginia State University. Unlike conventional history texts, War Poems provides the perspective of two young African-American females in southern West Virginia and their views on the nation’s race issues, the war and the world at large.
This fall, the West Virginia UniversityReed College of Media will add two new media innovators to its roster of experts to help launch a new reporting project focused on the region’s water quality issues.
Keefe and Mistich are the College’s newest Innovators-in-Residence, a program that was recently expanded with the help of $200,000 in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The additional funding will allow the College to expand its existing Innovator-in-Residence program over the next two years, embedding innovators from both national and regional organizations. These Innovators-in-Residence are partnered with college faculty to co-teach experimental courses, exposing students to emerging technology and creating new practices for the industry.
For the past 17 years, West Virginia Executive magazine has a proud tradition of being a cheerleader for the Mountain State. Through eye-catching photography and in-depth editorial, we shed a positive light on our state’s success stories as a way of encouraging our leaders—both present and upcoming.
WVE is looking for a full-time production assistant based out of Charleston, West Virginia. The main three components of this position are writing, editing and social media management.
In honor of two West Virginia journalism pioneers, two new endowments have been established at West Virginia University Reed College of Media, leaving a legacy of inspiration and generosity for aspiring young students.
Robinson earned her first professional byline when she was a student at Welch High School in southern West Virginia. She scooped an interview with famous aviator Amelia Earhart for her school newspaper. The Welch Daily News picked up the story and hired Robinson upon her graduation. But her reporting career really took off in 1942, when the Charleston, West Virginia, AP bureau needed a wartime replacement reporter. Robinson jumped at the opportunity – making history as their first female reporter.
Selma, Alabama. The Edmund Pettus Bridge. The words conjure up the worst images of the civil rights battles of the 60s.
But March 7, 1965, Bloody Sunday, when dozens of blacks were beaten, and 17 hospitalized as they marched into Dallas County in support of voting rights, was also a turning point in the crusade, bringing worldwide attention to the campaign that spawned passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
KPMG in Montvale, NJ is hiring an Associate Director, Advisory Corporate Communications – an internal communications position for leadership presentations, executive speechwriting, and other written communications.
The University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is hiring an Executive Speechwriter to support the Chancellor. Responsible for preparing original, professional, effective and compelling high-profile communications. Expected to research, verify content, and transform complex concepts into clear, meaningful communications. Requires business acumen and the ability to think strategically. Executive Speechwriter is responsible for preparing original, professional, effective, and compelling high-profile communications that are relevant on local, regional, and national platforms and capture the vision and message of the Chancellor and the University. The Executive Speechwriter will write, edit, and produce content for speeches, talking points, press releases, presentations, keynote addresses, video scripts, daily correspondence, and other communications of significance on behalf of the Chancellor and other designated senior leadership within the Office of the Chancellor, tailoring communications as necessary to address audiences of various constituencies and industries. As such, the Executive Speechwriter will be charged with engaging and cultivating relationships with numerous constituencies including, but not limited to, University leadership, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and critical external stakeholders to understand the viewpoints and dynamics of these populations.
American Psychiatric Association in Arlington, Virginia, is hiring a Corporate Communications Specialist, responsible for providing primary communications support for the APA President, the CEO and Medical Director, and other members of the leadership team. The position oversees and updates a CEO Blog, serves as primary speechwriter for the President and CEO/MD, coordinates with subject matter experts to produce executive PowerPoint presentations, and assists the President in writing columns for Psychiatric News. The position also manages the Twitter accounts for the CEO and the President.
Michael Page, the recruiter, is hiring a VP Corporate Communications for an unnamed global beauty brand in New York. This person will be expected to establish clear communication plans for senior executives for internal and external communications and meetings/updates, develop executive messaging, write executive talking points and speeches, ensure the timing and tone of announcements aligns to corporate plans and releases, and optimize exposure to drive brand stature and business initiatives.
OneAmerica in Indianapolis, Indiana, is hiring a Communications Writer – responsible for supporting C-level executives, includes weekly emails for the CEO; writing content for SharePoint, the company’s internal intranet site; writing and editing for the weekly all-associate email; and managing, maintaining and writing corporate identity print materials.