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Here's what's going on in the School of Journalism and Communication.

SOJC Celebrates Media Ethics

Ethics was front and center in a number of ways last week when the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) presented its annual Ruhl Lecture as well as the 2005 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism.

The school also hosted Colloquium 2005 in Applied Media Ethics, “Caring in the Media,” part of a series of 10 annual colloquia held across the nation.

Bivins awarded Williams Fellowship

At the SOJC, Professor Tom Bivins is a leader in using technology. In the mid-eighties he was one of the first faculty members to learn desktop publishing. In the mid-nineties, he designed the first SOJC website. Earlier this year, he created an online tool for the ethics component of the school’s Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism. According to SOJC web statistics, Bivins’ course websites are among the most popular sites on the school’s webpage.

The university has noticed.

Extreme News-Ed!

Earlier this month, thirty-five news-editorial students experienced "Xtreme News-Ed." This one-credit short course was coordinated by SOJC Assistant Professor Kathy Campbell and taught by five top Northwest editors, four from The Spokesman-Review in Spokane (all SOJC alums) and one from The Statesman Journal in Salem.

Student Documentaries net three out of four NW Emmy nominations

When the nominations for the 42nd Annual Northwest Emmy Awards were announced in April, SOJC student producers took an unprecedented three of the four nominations in the Student Emmy award category.

JAC Springs into Action

When the school’s Journalism Advancement Council (JAC) met for its semi-annual meeting on May 13, the focus was on the school’s undergraduate programs. JAC members met with the school’s Undergraduate Affairs Council (UAC) to discuss planned curriculum review as well as plans for assessment of undergraduate programs.

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