Elizabeth Cotter, B.A.J. ’17, started her career as a television news producer, but recently returned to her alma mater as a communications specialist with IU Studios. Cotter told us about her professional journey so far: 1. What does your job with IU Studios entail? What types of stories do you write? “As a communications specialist, …
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By Malashia A. Pringle In January 2021, I transferred from Kentucky State University to IUPUI. Being a transfer student was a challenge since the university was unfamiliar to me and I wasn’t sure where I’d fit in. Coming from an HBCU was also a major culture shock as I went from heavily learning and being …
Read MoreAfter graduating with his bachelor’s in journalism degree in 2015, James Howell Jr. landed a job as a sports editor at a newspaper. Navigating the pandemic in 2020, he transitioned from print journalism to marketing, and now works in the broadcasting world as a digital content producer at WRTV, Indianapolis’ ABC affiliate. We asked Howell …
Read MoreJennifer Burnham, B.A.J. ’14, is the Managing Editor at the Rio Grande SUN, in Española, New Mexico. Burnham edits copy and creates layouts, manages reporters, and reports and writes stories. We asked Burnham about her cross-country move, and how she landed her job at a small-town newspaper with lots of action: 1. Why did you …
Read MoreThe Department of Journalism and Public Relations has released the fifth installment of its Jim Brown Interview Series. This time, senior Jacob Keith, a public relations student, and alumna Shakkira Harris, a digital reporter at WRTV covering lifestyle and community, spoke about Harris’s love for journalism, her favorite classes and instructors at IUPUI, her top …
Read MoreSenior Journalism major Holland Cluff is spending the semester studying abroad in Berlin, Germany. Cluff says she is awestruck that she’s living in Germany during a keystone moment in European history. “I had to learn more about the local opinions, so I attended a peace rally at Brandenburg Gate on Feb. 27 to ask around,” …
Read MoreIn November, Diamond Nunnally, B.A.J. ’18, started a new job as a multimedia journalist at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Ala. With this move, Nunnally jumped from market 105 in Nebraska, to a market 45 station — with less than two years’ experience under her belt. “Some people will tell you not to think big but …
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The Department of Journalism and Public Relations launched the Jim Brown Interview Series this week, in honor and appreciation of Brown, who served as executive associate dean of journalism at IUPUI for 28 years. Each month of the school year, a student in the department will interview an alumnus via Zoom. The goal of the …
Read MoreTerrence Lambert, B.A.J. ’21, recently finished up a 10-week Indianapolis Press Club Foundation summer fellowship at the Indianapolis Recorder newspaper. He was one of two Indiana undergraduate college journalism students chosen for the fellowship. It was a big adjustment to go from being a student journalist to working in a newsroom full-time, Lambert said. “But …
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As a staff writer at the Indianapolis Recorder, the longest-standing African-American-owned newspaper in Indianapolis, Breanna Cooper, B.A.J. ’19, has written about many important topics. She has covered protests against police brutality, gerrymandering, food deserts, racism, gun violence, the arts, and more. She reports breaking news, including closely following the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the …
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