Faculty Spotlight: Josh Smith, public relations

Jul 31, 2020

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Josh Smith has worked a term instructor and as a term assistant professor in the Robertson School's since 2015. Selected in a national search this spring, he will switch to a new position as a tenure-eligible assistant professor in the School this fall semester. He will also serve as the School's Director of Communications.

New Faculty Spotlight: Minhee Choi, public relations

Jul 31, 2020

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Minhee Choi, Ph.D., is the newest professor in the Robertson School's public relations sequence. She will join us as an assistant professor this fall semester.

Robertson School, regional library create virtual children storytimes during COVID crisis

Jul 30, 2020

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Sitting on the floor in a circle with other kids. Mothers hanging out in the back. And at the front, someone energetically reading a book, complete with waving arms and funny voices. It’s one of those great memories from childhood: storytime at the library. When the pandemic shut them all down this past March, Robin Bajkiewicz, a children’s programming specialist at the Atlee branch of the Pamunkey Regional Library, wondered how storytime could continue.

Journalism student selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institutes

Jul 30, 2020

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Virginia Commonwealth University rising senior Matt Tessema has been selected to participate in the Fulbright UK Summer Institutes. The highly competitive award, funded by the US-UK Fulbright Commission, enables outstanding U.S. students to participate in three- or four-week programs at prestigious universities throughout the United Kingdom.

Robertson School alumna honored as finalist for top journalism award

Jun 26, 2020

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Robertson School alumna Saffeya Ahmed has been honored as a finalist for MOEy Best in Show, the top national student journalism award of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Virtual advertising ‘summer camp’ offers hands-on experiences and professional connections

Jun 25, 2020

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Virtual summer camp has its pluses and minuses. On the negative side, campers don’t get to roast marshmallows over an outdoor fire pit. On the plus side, they don’t have to fend off mosquitoes or worry about poison ivy. Another plus for students participating in Camp ADventure — a new program created by students in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Ad Club — is that they get to create concepts and campaign materials for a well-known international nonprofit. And they get to do it during a pandemic when many of them have had to forfeit their original summer plans for internships and summer jobs.

‘Everyone at the table’: VCU media lab works to improve health communications

Jun 24, 2020

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Jeanine Guidry, Ph.D., an assistant professor of public relations in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture in the College of Humanities and Sciences, believes health communications should be multidisciplinary. She helped create the Media+Health Lab to advance that vision. The lab’s goal is to study health communications and present research on best practices.

Joint statement on student reporting at Richmond protests

Jun 15, 2020

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Joint statement by Dr. Marcus Messner, Director of the VCU Robertson School of Media and Culture, and Allison Bennett Dyche, Director of VCU Student Media.

Alumnus Jesse Vaughan wins prestigious Ted Yates Award

Jun 12, 2020

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Jesse Vaughan is a 30-time Emmy award winner, a 2018 Virginia Communications Hall of Fame inductee and a VCU 2013 Alumni Star.

Journalism students overcame the challenges of a campus shutdown to produce mini-documentaries

Jun 12, 2020

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Virginia Commonwealth University broadcast journalism students in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture’s documentary capstone course normally work all semester to produce short documentaries, which are then broadcast on Richmond public television station VPM as part of a show called “VCU InDepth.”