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The Leader receives top NYPA awards
The Leader, the student newspaper at the SUNY Fredonia, won a pair of first place awards, along with a second-place award and honorable mention designation, in the New York Press Association’s 2022 Better College Newspaper Contest.
Igoe gives presentation at national BEA conference
Department of Communication Associate Professor Mike Igoe served on a panel, “The Role of Student Media in Recruiting,” at the national conference of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) in Las Vegas.
Communication department announces scholarship recipients for 2023-2024
Fourteen students will receive financial awards and certificates that reflect their talent, hard work, dedication, service, and academic excellence at the Department of Communication’s annual awards banquet on Saturday, April 22.
Literacy workshop to help navigate today’s online media environment
Sorting through wide-ranging types of online news content is the focus of a media literacy workshop, “Tools for Participating in Today’s Digital Culture,” in Williams Center Room S204 on Wednesday, April 12, from 2 to 3 p.m.
15th Relay for Life on April 22 at Fredonia
The American Cancer Society (ACS) student organization and Department of Communication associate professor and cancer survivor Mike Igoe announce that the 15th campus Relay for Life will be held in April.
Igoe produces video for colon cancer awareness
To call attention to the importance of getting screened for colon cancer during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Associate Professor Mike Igoe produced a public service announcement (PSA) that will air on MY TV Buffalo, Channel 49, in March.
Communication faculty to discuss marketing superheroes
Strategies utilized by DC Films to market superheroes will be examined in “Selling Superheroes: DC Films’ PR Challenges” by Department of Communication faculty at the International Public Relations Research Conference.
Communication lecturer is associate producer of film with local premiere
Department of Communication Adjunct Lecturer Nicholas Smith served as an associate producer of “Corsicana,” an independent movie that tells the story of a former slave who becomes a U.S. Marshal.
Student editors gain valuable insight to strengthen The Leader at MediaFest22
Top editors of The Leader brought back plenty of new ideas to enhance their newsroom operation from MediaFest22, a four-day journalism conference conducted by the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association in Washington, D.C.
Halloween haunted house planned at McEwen television studio
Just in time for Halloween, the McEwen Hall television studio will be transformed into a haunted house by students in the Department of Communication’s Ambassadors Program on Sunday, Oct. 30, from 3 to 5 p.m.