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Advertising

Seventh annual Dairy Creative Awards Show features students’ work in print, radio, mobile apps and websites

The seventh annual Dairy Creative Awards Show showcasing advertising created by students in the Art Direction, Imtermediate and Advanced Creative concepts classes was attended by more than 200 students, parents and professionals on Monday, Dec. 5.  The show in the UMC featured 145 pieces of work ranging from print and radio to mobile apps and [...]
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Creative ad students show off

The most innovative work from CU's next generation of creative advertising students was displayed at the 2010 Dairy Show.

News & Features

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John Branch (MA ’96) is a sports feature writer for The New York Times

Over six months, John Branch (MA ’96) of The New York Times examined the life and death of the professional hockey player Derek Boogaard, who rose to fame as one of the sport’s most feared fighters before dying at age 28 on May 13. Read his stories.

Joanna Nasar, freelance journalist

Joanna Nasar (’09) is a freelance journalist currently working in Thailand. She previously worked as the digital media and communication specialist for the Leeds School of Business communications team at CU-Boulder and wrote frequently for the school’s Portfolio Magazine. Nasar sets out this week with fellow alum Morgan Heim (MA ’09) for Thailand to report on an [...]

Scholarship or Academic

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Explaining Darfur

Professor Bella Mody is the author of The Geopolitics of Representation in Foreign News: Explaining Darfur. The book received the International Communication Association’s Best Book of 2010 Award in the Global Communication and Social Change Division. The award was presented during the ICA conference in Boston. This inductive study investigates the ‘curricula’ of ten different news organizations from [...]
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Media, Spiritualities and Social Change

Professor Stewart M. Hoover and Monica Emerich (PhD ’06)  are the editors of a new book Media, Spiritualities and Social Change.

Video & Documentary

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“Speaking in Tongues,” a documentary by Marcia Jarmel (MA ’87)

Documentary producer and director Marcia Jarmel (MA ’87) recently premiered her new documentary film, “Speaking in Tongues,” to four sold out screenings. The film, which looks at the debate surrounding bilingual education in the United States, was given the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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“Ward, the Last Bastion” by Jonathan Romeo, a senior, and Alex Trierweiler (’09)

There’s no place on earth like Ward, Colo., where residents often tell outsiders to take a hike. Two CU students captured the quirkiness of the town and its residence for a documentary class in spring 2009.

Web & Multimedia

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Arizona Republic reporter Betty Reid, a Navajo and 1985 CU journalism grad, writes about the rich traditions of Arizona’s American Indians

CU journalism alumna Betty Reid (’85) writes about her Navajo roots and Arizona’s American Indians in a new series for The Arizona Republic. In “Code Talker,” she interviews Chester Nez, the only living member of the original 29 Navajo Marines who created an unbreakable military code during World War II. The article recounts Nez’s journey away [...]

CU’s Resolving Door holds the key to students’ success

By Grace Eckert News-Editorial student Ever wonder where the least expensive place is to study abroad? Or, what the CU student government really does? Or, where the quiet study spots are on campus? If you find yourself asking questions like these, the Resolving Door website holds the answers. The Resolving Door has been student run [...]