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SJMC and Comm Host Digital Communication Workshop for Parents of Teenagers
Monday, July 21, 2025
Rachel McLaren and Rachel Young hosted a workshop to help local parents enhance communication skills with their teenagers during the digital age.

Professor Emeritus Stephen G. Bloom Receives Award for His Memoir
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Stephen G. Bloom, professor emeritus recently won the Knudson Latin America Prize from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication for his memoir The Brazil Chronicles

SJMC Director Melissa Tully Received a Mental Health Champion Award
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Melissa Tully, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, received the Mental Health Champion Award for her commitment to creating a safe space for her faculty and students.

UI SJMC Alumna Alice Cruse Awarded Fulbright to Taiwan
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Alice Cruse will serve as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Taiwan for 2025–26.

Graduate spotlight: Max Willis
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Max Willis is a storyteller — a multifaceted one, at that. “I can write, I can work in front of and behind the camera, I can do graphic design, I can do video editing or photo editing, I can fly a drone — I feel really well prepared,” says Willis, who will graduate with a BA in journalism and mass communication, BA in African American studies, and minor in sport and recreation management.

Journalism graduate looks for new angles
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
After an award-winning stint as a photographer with The Daily Iowan and the opportunity to document a historic women’s basketball tournament run, Grace Smith is continuing to pursue creative visual storytelling — and to photograph a favorite Iowa baller.

Celebrating SJMC Student Work at the Annual Student Showcase
Monday, April 28, 2025
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted its annual Student Exhibition and Scholarship Celebration on April 10, 2025.

Welcoming Two New Inductees Into The Hall of Fame
Monday, April 21, 2025
Isaiah Scales and Tim Vos were inducted into the SJMC Hall of Fame during the spring 2025 ceremony.

Celebrating 20 years of Filmspotting
Monday, March 10, 2025
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.

Jeff Grisamore awarded the NSF EPSCoR EWD Seed Grant
Monday, February 24, 2025
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.
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