Pulitzer Prize-winning alumni Josh Dawsey, ’12, and Win McNamee, ’85, presented the lecture to a standing room only crowd.
Today’s journalism is changing at lightning speed, and the same can be said for advertising, public relations, visual communications and mass communications studies. In other words, all of the majors in our school. The spectrum of opportunities to tell stories with words, photos and video is exploding. Here you’ll explore online news media, digital publishing, social media, microtargeting and viral communication in our classes and in future careers.
Jay Bender, a former USC media law professor, has been appointed by S.C. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman to serve as a liaison between the court and the media for the high-profile Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Junior public relations major Emily Thompson is the recipient of this year’s Henry T. Price Award for Outstanding Student Copy Editing. The award includes a $450 scholarship.
Ali Zain, a third-year doctoral student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, was awarded a 2023 Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award from the University of South Carolina Office of the Vice President for Research.
Jabari M. Evans, assistant professor of race and media, writes for The Conversation on the increasing role of fame and money in college sports.
Courtney McClain, a fourth-year broadcast journalism student, spends her time writing, giving speeches, attending rallies and speaking with families and attorneys. She said her motivation is to always do things "for the people."