Four Penn State journalism students -- the most from any school in the country -- have gained the opportunity to cover professional baseball through a coveted summer internship with Major League Baseball (MLB). (more)
Foreign correspondent, investigative journalist and author Sebastian Rotella will present "The Media in the Internet Age" at Penn State School of International Affairs on April 19. A senior reporter for ProPublica, Rotella covers terrorism, intelligence, organized crime and law enforcement. (more)
John Sanchez, a soft-spoken associate professor in Penn State's College of Communications, teaches aspiring journalists the importance of news media ethics. Aside from his willingness to help them discern the difference between what may be ethically right and wrong, one thing about him is evident: his great love for his rich heritage and culture. Sanchez is an American Indian and a member of the Apache Nation who grew up visiting his "Grampo" on the reservation. He remains immersed in his culture and works to carry on and educate others about the traditions of his ancestors. One way he does this is through the annual "New Faces of an Ancient People Traditional American Indian Powwow," which he and his wife, Victoria, oversee, and which is co-hosted this weekend (April 14-15) by the State College Area School District and Penn State. (more)
Two senior journalism majors contributing coverage for the NCAA and a recent graduate completing an exclusive internship will give Penn State an important presence at the Final Four this week in New Orleans. The hands-on opportunities were made possible in large part by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. Through an agreement with the NCAA, Audrey Snyder of Downingtown, Pa., and Casey Kelley of Maplewood, Minn., will provide a variety of stories about all aspects of the Final Four. Their work will appear on the NCAA's website, and the Curley Center has launched "Final Four Focus" -- a news blog that will carry the students' stories for the NCAA as well as additional stories they write from New Orleans. (more)
Penn State Beaver alumnus Justin Vorbach is the winner of the 2012 Student Keystone Press Award in the category of Cartoon/Graphic Illustration. He was honored for photo and cover illustrations and an editorial cartoon he contributed to spring semester editions of The Roar, Beaver's student newspaper, during his senior year. The Student Keystone Press Awards recognize college and high school journalism that provides relevance, integrity and initiative in serving readers.
Vorbach graduated from Beaver with a bachelor's degree in business in May 2011 and began working as an admissions counselor and the Lion Ambassadors adviser at Penn State New Kensington in October. He can be contacted at jav5121@psu.edu or 724-334-6018. (more)
While the University community continues to cope with the gravity and complexity of issues related to the Jerry Sandusky allegations, several Penn State professors have integrated it into the classroom to help students share their thoughts about the issues and learn from them, too. (more)
The College of Communications at Penn State and Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) have partnered to launch a Centre County Bureau on the University Park campus, creating the only newsroom for a statewide network on a college or university campus in Pennsylvania. The bureau, located in the ComMedia facility at Innovation Park, will be staffed by two student interns per semester. The students have the chance to learn the inner workings of newsroom production, from research to shooting and editing footage for use on air at PCN. (more)
Six Penn State communications students are earning valuable experience this semester through an independent study opportunity with the Centre Daily Times, in which their news stories are published.
Students participating this semester are: Mike Bray (junior-journalism), from West Chester, Pa.; Alanna Fuschillo (junior-communications), from Cape May, N.J.; Drew Gingrich (junior-print journalism), from Havertown, Pa.; Shane Hennigan (senior-telecommunications) from Dunmore, Pa.; Kate Herskovitz (sophomore-communications), from Reisertown, Md.; and Shane McGregor (senior, print journalism and English), from Ebensburg, Pa. (more)
Two nationally respected basketball experts -- Mike Breen of ESPN/ABC and Jim O'Connell of the Associated Press -- will be featured in a free public program organized by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State and presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. (more)
The Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education is offering a Backpack Journalism Workshop with Emmy Award-winning backpack journalist Bill Gentile, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., April 28 through May 1. The workshop is an intensive immersion in the craft of visual storytelling. Recognized as a pioneer in the craft, Gentile will instruct student about mastering this genre, which is experience a high increase in demand by broadcast and Web outlets worldwide. (more)
