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Oct02 — Andy Burness and Joe Marx talk about public interest communications
Andy Burness, founder of Burness Communications, and Joe Marx, senior communications officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, talk with students from the Dept. of Public Relations on Oct. 1, 2009 about the late Frank Karel, JM 1961, and share stories from their experience in the field of public interest communication.
Running time: 52:54.
Apr14 — Al Gunther talks about the hostile media effect
Dr. Albert C. Gunther of the University of Wisconsin-Madison talks with faculty and graduate students from the College on April 13, 2009 about his research into audience perceptions of media bias.
Apr03 — NYT editor Jane Bornemeier talks with students
Jane Bornemeier, editor of New York Times Radio, talks with students and faculty from the Telecommunication and Journalism departments about video, multimedia and podcasting at The Times.
Apr02 — NYT editor Jane Bornemeier talks with Doc Institute faculty, students
Jane Bornemeier, editor of New York Times Radio, talks with students and faculty of The Documentary Institute about documentary video at The Times.
Mar30 — Young professionals share social media insights
The Public Relations Advisory Council’s Future Trends committee presents a “Reverse Mentor” panel where soon-to-be young professionals answer questions from veteran practitioners about new media and its effects on the public relations industry.
Mar05 — A dialogue with Venezuelan journalist Teodoro Petkoff
Teodoro Petkoff, a Venezuelan journalist, author and politician, holds an informal conversation with faculty, staff, students and interested members of the community.
Nov26 — Jeff Cardozo talks with students
Jeff Cardozo, TEL 2001, radio color analyst for the Gator baseball team, O’Connell Center public address announcer, host of “GatorZone” on SunSports and golf supervisor at Ironwood Golf Course, talks with students at a meeting of the Gator Sport Management Club on November 25, 2008.
Nov24 — Tom French talks about storytelling
Tom French, former St. Petersburg Times staff writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, spoke to and took questions from students and faculty in the Department of Journalism on Nov. 20, 2008.
Nov20 — Michael Pranikoff talks about Public Relations in a Web 2.0 world
Michael Pranikoff, director of Emerging Media at PR Newswire and Hearst Visiting Professional, talks about the role emerging media such as RSS, blogs, social networks, search engines and other Web 2.0 technologies play in public relations. He talked at a workshop given by the College’s Public Relations Student Society of America chapter on Nov. 19, 2008.
Oct23 — Bill McKeen talks about Hunter S. Thompson
William McKeen, Journalism professor and department chair and author of the recently-published biography of Hunter S. Thompson, Outlaw Journalist, talks to the College’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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