September 2015 College News

Faculty Accolades Dale Blasingame had an article in MediaShift : http://mediashift.org/2015/09/the-difficult-ethics- around-showing-a-shooters-video/ He was also was a featured consultant for a social media training session for GMs and VPs of Fox owned and operated TV stations. “The Witte is growing with the city,” a feature story by Elizabeth Clark about the renovation and expansion of the Witte Museum in San Antonio, was published in the July 6 edition of the San Antonio Express-News . Dr. Salwa Khan , had an article on Digital Storytelling in the new SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology . The editor of the two-volume encyclopedia is J. Michael Spector. Info about the book: http://www. amazon.com/The-SAGE-Encyclopedia-Educational- Technology/dp/1452258228 Student Accolades SJMC graduate student Becky Larson is a finalist in the Online Journalism Awards for her project LoudAustin (loudaustin.beckslarson.com) . Becky developed this interactive project in Dr. Cindy Royal’s Coding and Data Skills for Communicators Course, finding new ways to present data about loud music noise complaints in Austin. Winners will be announced at the Online News Association conference Sept. 26 in Los Angeles. Details can be found at: https://sjmcblog.wordpress. com/2015/08/28/sjmc-graduate-student-named- finalist-in-online-journalism-awards/ The Ad Club at Texas State was selected by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) as one of three universities nationwide to create a campaign for the organization’s service partner generationOn, the youth-oriented movement of Points of Light. Ad Club members enrolled in Emmeline JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION