To celebrate twenty years of his podcast, SJMC professor, Adam Kempenaar, hosted a three-day long event, Filmspotting Fest, with the goal to celebrate the podcast’s twenty years and showcase some of their favorite memories of this journey. 

SJMC professor of practice, Jeff Grisamore has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to advance public knowledge and understanding of biotechnology and biomanufacturing in Iowa and at The University of Iowa.

Zeynep Tufekci, Princeton’s Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, presented “Why We Can’t Fact-Check Our Way Out of Misinformation,” as part of the Li Chen Distinguished Lecture series.

For the third time in six years, The Daily Iowan won the top award in the statewide contest.

Visiting associate professor Wayne Drehs led 11 journalism students to downtown Chicago for the winter class Chicago Sports Media Experience. 

The Brazil Chronicles by Professor Stephen G. Bloom offers a reflective and engaging memoir of his early years as a journalist in 1970s Rio de Janeiro. Bloom details his transition from struggling to find work in the U.S. to securing a reporting job at the Latin America Daily Post, an English-language newspaper in Brazil. After a successful journalistic career, Bloom served as a journalism educator at the University of Iowa. His teaching inspired thousands of students, many of whom have gone on to successful journalism careers.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is accepting nominations for the 2025 Outstanding Achievement in Writing Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize high-quality writing by students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and to encourage and showcase such work.

Marshawn Gunn, SJMC December 2024 graduate, came to UIowa as a transfer student unsure of what he wanted to do. After taking newscast reporting classes, he realized his passion for telling the stories of everyday Iowans.

During her time as a student in the UI SJMC Brandee Britt discovered her love for multimedia storytelling and sports and thanks to her classes and internship in the Department of Intercollegiate athletics, she is living her dream of working in sports media.

Alex Scott and a group of passionate student photographers attended the College Photographer of the Year awards at the University of Missouri. A couple students walked away with significant awards.