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School of Journalism and
Telecommunications
UK’s School of Journalism and Telecomunications
is a professionally-oriented undergraduate program.
Working closely with media firms and the local community,
the School strives to maintain the high academic
standards of its accrediting body, the Accrediting Council
on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications,
while providing students with professional skills. Three
undergraduate majors are offered: Integrated Strategic
Communication, Journalism and Telecommunications.
Students in Journalism have the opportunity to report and
write for a wealth of campus media; students in Integrated
Strategic Communication and Telecommunications
are required to complete a for-credit internship before
graduation.
School News
Students
The school’s Dow Jones
Summer High School
Journalism Workshop gave
students the opportunity to
learn the basics of sports and
news writing while enjoying
local attractions and sporting
events. The Workshop lasted
ten days and was attended by
13 high school students.
Several of those who attended
the workshop are now
pre-majors in the school.
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Nineteen University of
Kentucky students, most
of them ISC majors,
participated in “Advertising
and Public Relations in
London,” a course taught in
London, England during the
winter intersession. The
course was co-taught by Dr.
Beth Barnes and Dr. Alyssa
Eckman through the
Cooperative Center for
Study Abroad, a multi-university
consortium of which
UK is a member.
ISC senior Megan Tolley,
Louisville, Ky., was one of
two student recipients of the
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Medallion recognizing outstanding
public service contributions.
The Sullivan
Medallion is awarded at
graduation, and is one of the
university’s highest honors.
The Advertising Women of
New York awarded scholarships
worth $750 each to ISC
students Devon Dufresne-
Durand, Lexington, Ky.;
Ryan Hilliard, Carterville,
Ill.; Jessica McQuiston,
Dayton, Ohio; and Brooke
Stutler, Alexandria, Ky.
Two ISC majors, junior
Leah Harms and sophomore
Megan Pulskamp (both
women’s swimming),
were named to the 2008
Southeastern Conference
Academic Honor Roll for
winter sports.
The UK Ad Club held its
first senior showcase and
awarded ISCar trophies to
top winners selected by
judges from the Lexington
Advertising Club. Taking
the gold ISCar was Naitore
Kiogora for her Philips
ad execution. Ryan Love
received the silver ISCar
award for his work with the
Frazier International History
Museum in Louisville and
Sarah Myers earned a bronze
ISCar for her “snow white”
Clorox execution.
Sean Rose, journalism senior
from Crestwood, Ky., won the
Roy W. Howard Reporting
Award. He received a one
week study trip to Asia.
Rose also won best four-year
reporter for 2007 and second
place for news story of the
year from the Associated
Collegiate Press.
The 48 th annual William
Randolph Hearst
Foundation’s Journalism
Awards Program National
Writing Competition awarded
third place to Megan G.
Boehnke, journalism senior
from Crestwood, Ky.
Journalism major Jill Laster
placed sixth in the Hearst
news writing spot news writing
competition; journalism
major Juliann Vachon tied
for fourteenth place in spot
news. UK was ranked
8 th nationally in photo
journalism at the
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Hearst Photojournalism
Competition. Sixty-seven
students from 41 universities
competed. Elliott Hess tied
for sixteenth place (1 st round)
and tenth place (2 nd round);
Ed Matthews, fourteenth
place (2 nd round) and
Britney McIntosh tied
for 18 th place (1 st round).
Six student photographers
from the Kentucky
Kernel were recognized
in the Kentucky News
Photographers Association’s
2007 awards. Awards presented
were: Picture Story: 3rd
place, Britney McIntosh;
General News: 3rd place, Ed
Matthews; Honorable mention,
Ed Matthews and Keith
Smiley; Picture Package: 3rd
place and Honorable
mention, Elliott Hess;
Sean Rose (JOU) interviewed
former UK basketball coach
Tubby Smith in Minnesota after
Smith was named their new
coach.
Feature Picture: 3rd place,
Elliott Hess; Honorable
mention, Brad Luttrell;
Sports Action: 1st and 2 nd
place, Keith Smiley; Sports
Feature: 2nd place, Elliott
Hess; Honorable mention,
Ed Matthews; Portrait/
Personality: 3rd place,
Britney McIntosh; Pictorial:
Honorable mention, Arkasha
Stevenson and Keith Smiley.
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