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Scott Takeda ('89) has been following his passions this year. On top of running his story-focused marketing company in Denver, Short Sirkit Creative Inc., and playing trumpet in a concert band, Takeda recently acted in two feature films and guest starred in a CW Network dramatic series.
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Two of the four nominees for this year's regional (Heartland) Emmy award in the Student Production category are SJMC projects: "CU Science Update" is the show Paul Daugherty's video editing class produced in Fall 2008; "The Denver Voice" is a mini-documentary by recent grad Chad Neidt, produced for adjunct Instructor Tony Perri's course last year. The winner (for this and all other categories) will be announced at the July 18 awards program in Denver.
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June 2009
Bylines Briefly
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Today we announce the launch of a new certificate program in digital media, created in partnership with MDC Partners, the parent company of Boulder ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Boulder Digital Works will offer a multi-disciplinary, project-based curriculum designed to provide the skills needed by future leaders and entrepreneurs in digital communications. The program will integrate instruction in digital technology, creativity and business strategy.
Open to students, media professionals and community members, the 60-week program starts in the fall with classes in downtown Boulder. Applications are due Aug. 15. Also, 36-hour executive programs for working professionals and a 21-day digital introductory program are scheduled to begin late this summer. Courses in this unique program will be taught by digital-media professionals as well as CU advertising and engineering faculty. It will be operated by the CU Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies. Sweden's Hyper Island, one of the most highly regarded digital learning programs in Europe, will also be also a partner, providing student and faculty exchanges.
Dean Paul S. Voakes
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Crash Course
Students Land Internships Around the World
New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Argentina, London and Dubai. SJMC students and new grads have scattered across the globe this summer gaining valuable hands-on experience in media, public relations and advertising.
They're working for organizations including NBC News, the Chicago Tribune, Ogilvy New York, Leo Burnett, and Ford Motor Co. In D.C., students are interns at the Scripps Howard News Service, PBS's Nightly Business Report, MSNBC and Smithsonian Magazine. Another 100 or so couldn't pry themselves away from the gorgeous Colorado summer and have landed internships around the state.
Most SJMC students complete at least two internships before they graduate. If your organization offers internships, please contact Internship Director Alan Kirkpatrick.
Ads a2b Certificate Program
 Students in the Ads a2b certificate program made final presentations on May 29. The class is an entire certificate program condensed into three weeks during May. Ads a2b is designed to equip students who are NOT majoring in advertising with the basic background, language and skills necessary to venture into the ad world. The program is now in its fourth year.
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Ted Scripps Fellows
The 2009-10 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism have been selected. The fellowships are hosted by the Center for Environmental Journalism and funded through a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The nine-month program offers experienced journalists an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental issues and policy through coursework, seminars and field trips in the region.
The new Ted Scripps Fellows are:
- Laura Frank, an award-winning investigative reporter at the Rocky Mountain News until it closed in February
- Michael Kodas, a photographer and writer who wrote the book "High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed"
- Suzie Lechtenberg, a freelance public radio producer who has worked with American Public Media, Public Radio International and National Public Radio
- Jim Mimiaga, a staff reporter at Four Corners Free Press, a news magazine in Cortez, Colo., where he writes about environmental issues, tribal politics and outdoor recreation
- Anne Minard, a freelance science journalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic News, The New York Times, the Los Angles Times, Science, Scientific American and High Country News, and author of the book, "Pluto and Beyond: A Story of Discovery, Adversity, and Ongoing Education"
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Citizen Journalism in Action
 Dan Pacheco ('94) has long been an advocate of citizen journalism, but never expected his daughter's Fisher-Price digital camera to thrust him in front of the TV cameras earlier this month. Pacheco and six-year-old Lauren, daughter of Pacheco and Kendall Slee ('93), became reporters for CBS4 in Denver this week after they captured images of a funnel cloud behind their house. CBS4 contacted Pacheco just minutes after he posted some of Lauren's photos on Twitter. Visit PBS.org's Idea Lab to read more about the experience and to watch the CBS segment, which includes interviews with Lauren and her dad.
Photo by Lauren Pacheco
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Alumni Updates
Another Great Salute
Mandy Walker (MA '08) has been named the SPJ national winner for radio in-depth reporting. Her entry came from her MA professional project, which was a thorough and thoughtful series of reports on the challenges facing homeless youth trying to stay in school. KGNU aired her series last June. It has aired on other stations and continued to receive accolades since then. Walker will be honored at the SPJ national conference in Indianapolis in late August.
Five Minute Photo Shoot
 Lucas Gilman ('00) recently had a chance to meet and photograph NBA star Chauncey Billups for ESPN. He got only five minutes with the basketball star. "He was a great guy to work with--very humble and friendly," Gilman said. Photos from the five minute shoot appeared on ESPN at halftime during one of the Nuggets games, on ESPN SportsCenter and online.
And Some Make Cupcakes
Brian Wood ('03) is the co-owner of Boulder's Tee & Cakes pastry shop where one of the big sellers is the bacon cup cake, a maple cupcake topped with chocolate ganache and crispy strips of bacon. Offered on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the creative cupcake will appear on a future Food Network show devoted to bacon. Wood and his business partner are also making waves in other ways, most recently by hosting a cupcake chowdown for local and professional competitive eaters.
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At the 50 Yard Line
Dusty Saunders ('53) wrote about Larry Zimmer, SJMC adjunct instructor and scholarship donor, in a recent "TV & Radio" column in The Denver Post. Zimmer, who has broadcast 444 CU football games, is the 2009 recipient of the annual Chris Schenkel Award for his long and distinguished career broadcasting college football. He was also recently inducted into the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado Hall of Fame.
Get Linked
The SJMC LinkedIn group is at 360 and growing every day. Sign up to find old friends and make new contacts.
Boston Bash in the Works
An SJMC alumni reception in Boston is under consideration. If there is enough interest, Dean Paul S. Voakes will host a reception on the evening of Aug. 6, when several faculty and graduates students will be in town for the annual journalism educators convention. Email Beth Gaeddert if you can join us in Boston that night.
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News & Events
Faculty Awarded $60,000 in Grants
Three faculty teams have been awarded a total of $60,000 to perform research or professional media work in the coming year.
The School will be funding the work with revenue from Summer Sessions, which operates on a profit-sharing system with the campus's various schools and colleges.
The awardees are:
- Muslims in the Mountain West: A Documentary Film. Professors Nabil Echchaibi, Meg Moritz, Stewart Hoover, Brett Robbs and Paul Daugherty, and grad student Suzanne Popovich. $29,000. This project intends to produce a documentary film that chronicles the lives of Muslims as integral threads in the cultural tapestry of the Rocky Mountains. The film will be the first to recognize the presence of Muslims in the small towns of America's plains and mountains.
- Real Journalism in a Google World. Professors Janice Peck and Liz Skewes. $19,000. This project will compare the quality of journalism provided by Internet aggregators, blog sites and mainstream national newspapers. The team will also interview journalists and readers to discover what each group now considers "good journalism" in this changing environment.
- Communicating Climate Change. Professors Rick Stevens and Tom Yulsman. $12,000. This project will attempt to build the first comprehensive, interactive, scientifically sound Web site on climate change. The goal is to create a site where non-scientist readers can avoid the "journalistic whiplash" -- reporting that veers from one extreme to the other -- that so often plagues climate-change journalism.
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Pay it Forward
- Join the Career Network. You'll become a contact for other SJMC graduates looking for jobs in your area of the country or field of work. Our Career Network has hundreds of alumni contacts. Adding your name is an easy way to give back to the School by sharing your expertise with other SJMC alums.
- Give Now. CU and the SJMC need your help to continue providing students with a top education and exceptional opportunities. The CU Foundation offers several safe and easy ways to support your alma mater.
- Tell us what's new!
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If you didn't get a hard copy of the Spring issue of Bylines, please send us your new address. It will also be posted online soon. In the meantime, let us know what you're up to!
Regards,
Beth Gaeddert
Director of Career Services and External Affairs
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Felicia Russell
Newsletter Editor
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