Lissandra Villa, ’16, reflects on her adventure through several renowned newsrooms and her takeaways from the recent presidential election. As a 2016 graduate, I was part of the generation of journalists that experienced the 2016 presidential election as both a student and a professional. This gave me the opportunity to study the election from several … Continue reading Lessons from the front lines
The Iowa State Daily is on to bigger and better things. Last December, the student-run newspaper parted ways with its original home in Hamilton Hall and settled into a brand new Campustown office. The new headquarters, which cover nearly 8,000 square feet, is fully equipped with a photo and video studio, editing suite, a board … Continue reading Now reporting from Campustown
Dr. Angela Powers has been named as the 16th director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. She is the first woman to be appointed as director and will assume the position on July 1. Powers led the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kansas State University from 2004 to 2012, … Continue reading Angela Powers selected as Greenlee’s 16th director
Senior Lecturer and Meredith Professional-in-Residence Deb Gibson received the 2016 Faculty and Staff Inspiration Award from the Iowa State Alumni Association last spring. Gibson, who’s taught at the school since 2000, said the award and the nominations that led to it mirrored her own experience as an Iowa State journalism major in the late seventies. … Continue reading An inspiration to all: Gibson receives 2016 Faculty and Staff Inspiration Award
Construction on the Daily’s former office space in Hamilton Hall began in the summer of 2016. The space will soon house two new university classrooms, scheduled to be open for use by the fall 2017 semester, in addition to expanding the building’s commons space. The new spaces will each hold up to 40 students and … Continue reading Renovations underway to convert former ISD office into classrooms
For years, the Iowa State Daily has been innovating and transforming the ways it delivers the news to Iowa State University students and the Ames community. This past spring, the hard work paid off: The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), a national organization dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards … Continue reading Daily reclaims ‘Best Student Newspaper’ Designation
On May 2, the Accrediting Council of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) granted Greenlee its 11th consecutive reaccreditation. In fact, the school’s self study was so impressive it now appears as an example on the ACEJMC website. But the Greenlee School doesn’t care to stop at just one accreditation. Currently it is seeking … Continue reading School aspires for accreditation of PR degree