SJMC students traveled to Washington, D.C. over spring break to engage in a professional practice experience with alumni, attorneys and professional journalists.

Journalism students covered a mock NFL draft under real deadlines. Broadcast students produced a live show, breaking down selections and analyzing team needs.

SJMC senior Aidan Wirtz won the writing award for his story Dancing Differently. The award is given annually to recognize high-quality writing and storytelling from SJMC students.

Airiana Mohr and Campbell Wood, students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, were recognized at the University of Iowa’s Finkbine Dinner for their leadership, academic achievement, and contributions to communication and media initiatives.

Timothy Arnold and Rebecca Obu received 2026 Stanley Award for International Research to support their work in Brazil and Eswatini, respectively.

For the second time this academic year, The Daily Iowan (DI) has earned the prestigious Pacemaker Award: College news’ equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize. This time, the award applies to the online edition of the paper.

SJMC doctoral students presented on-going research at the annual AEJMC Midwinter Conference.

In early March, Kevin Ripka and six SJMC students attended the annual IRE and NICAR data journalism conference.

Sang Jung Kim, Queenie Zhou, and Lei Chen recently published “’You Are Not Fat’: The Postfeminist Contradiction in #RejectBodyAnxiety—A Computationally Assisted Critical Thematic Analysis."