Category: Department News

The Alestle wins national award for its 2015 Back To School Survival Guide

November 8, 2015

EDWARDSVILLE — The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, recently won a national award during the 94th annual Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas. The Alestle placed fourth in the ACP Best Of Show — Newspaper Special Edition category. The field of competitors was wide open and not broken down by … More The Alestle wins national award for its 2015 Back To School Survival Guide

Celebrating 45 Years of Excellence Event

October 31, 2015

Come help us celebrate 45 years of Excellence honoring the Mass Communication Department! Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 Morris University Center, SIUE SIUE’s Department of Mass Communications graduated its first class in 1970. Retired CBS Radio White House correspondent and award-winning journalist Peter Maer was included in this group. He returns to SIUE to recount his illustrious career and provide … More Celebrating 45 Years of Excellence Event

Dewayne Staats, Alumni Hall of Famer, visits campus with new “Position to Win”

October 31, 2015

Mr. Dewayne Staats, Mass Comm cougar alumni and SIUe Hall of Famer, stopped by SIUE on Thursday, October 29th to give SIUE students and staff the V.I.P. treatment by signing copies of his new book, Position To Win. Mr. Staats signing copies of his book, Position to Win, before he paused for a photo with … More Dewayne Staats, Alumni Hall of Famer, visits campus with new “Position to Win”

Julie Smith’s new book and plans for Fall

September 4, 2015

Julie Smith, an adjunct professor at SIUE and alumni, has been speaking about media for the last five years and is speaking at an upcoming Media Trends conference in Vienna, Austria. Smith, recently, released a book, “Master the Media: How Teaching Media Literacy Can Save Our Plugged-in World,” that discusses media as a whole, including television, … More Julie Smith’s new book and plans for Fall

Former Mass Comm student helps change man’s future

September 2, 2015

Today Jeff Mizanskey, sentenced to life without parole for pot, walked out of a Missouri prison a free man after serving 20 years, thanks in part to Eric Sykes, a former student in the Mass Comm Dept. Eric produced a documentary for Kaleidoscope as a class assignment in 2013, which focused on Mizanskey’s plight, urging a pardon … More Former Mass Comm student helps change man’s future

The Heroin Project

August 18, 2015

SIUE Foundation will host Ashley Seering and Cory Byers, Producers of “The Heroin Project” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug 20, 2015 at Birger Hall. More here. Ashley and Cory were interviewed on the St. Louis Public Radio. You can watch the trailer and read about the project. Congratulations Ashley and Cory !

Professors Hicks and Poepsel Present at AEJMC

August 9, 2015

Mass Communication faculty made research presentations at the prestigious annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) that was held Aug 9-12 in San Francisco. Mark Poepsel presented two papers, “Crossing the “Interregnum”: Group Cohesion among Adaptive Journalists and Radically Objective: The Role of the Alternative Media in Covering Ferguson, … More Professors Hicks and Poepsel Present at AEJMC