Senior Jack Martin reviews the new Netflix original documentary in which “tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impact of social networking.”

In an era of technological innovation and mass interconnectedness, there’s never been a better time to turn your passions into a career. For Chloé Miller, a 2012 graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communications, her fervour for entrepreneurship has led to the creation of three companies.

Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw, a 2020 graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, has recently begun a position as a multimedia journalist for Local 4, WHBF & KLJB Fox News located in the Quad Cities.

The Distinguished Service Award is presented annually by SJMC’s Professional Advisory Board (PAB).

Bruno Robert Torres, was a long time news photographer and photo bureau manager for United Press International (UPI). He worked 32 years for UPI in St. Louis, Chicago, and Houston, until UPI declared bankruptcy and laid off nearly all of its staff in 1991. Bruno said it was “one of the most interesting jobs in the world.”

The Society of Professional Journalists has chosen Stephen G. Bloom as recipient of the Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. Bloom is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.

The Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab (IPOL) is a collaborative research group led by Professors Kajsa Dalrymple in Journalism and Mass Communication and Fred Boehmke in Political Science. Members of IPOL will collaborate to study policymaking and public opinion in Iowa.

John Pennington, a 1996 graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, has always had a knack for writing. As a child, Pennington was introduced to newspapers and received his first typewriter from his grandfather at eight-years-old.

In a time of global crisis, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, communication is key. With a massive influx of information being disseminated through numerous outlets on a constant basis, transparency and accuracy are necessary. Cori Zarek, a 2001 graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has built an impressive resume centered on sharing information.

Times of crisis are difficult, anguishing, and maddening. They are also clarifying. Crises present the people involved with an opportunity to affirm who they are and where they stand. Recent events in Minneapolis and elsewhere reveal a crisis for racial justice that stretches back to the founding of the country.