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Tanya Ishikawa ('89) produces a monthly show, " In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking," which was recently named a finalist in The Alliance for Community Media's WAVE Awards to honor the best programs in public access television in the West. Winners will be announced Oct. 17 at the ACM annual conference in Reno, Nev. Ishikawa has produced and edited six episodes for the one-hour program. You can catch the show on Denver Open Media (Comcast Channel 56).
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Catch NewsTeam Boulder LIVE! Boulder's only local TV news production, this student-run news show can be seen streaming online as it airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon, 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.
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October 2009
Bylines Briefly
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SJMC Homecoming: Get up to multimedia speed
When: Three hours before kickoff time (TBA), Saturday, Oct. 31
Where: Armory building, 1511 University Ave.
 What: Improve your game before the Homecoming game by joining the SJMC for two skill-building seminars and a reception with fellow alumni and SJMC friends.
Choose two 45-minute classes from several taught by SJMC Instructors Sandra Fish and Paul Daugherty and former Rocky
Mountain News investigative reporter Laura Frank.
- "The Buzz about Social Networking"
- "Using Social Networking to Market Yourself"
- "The Invisible Web: Find out what you're missing"
- "Put the You in YouTube: Intro to video editing"
RECEPTION AND CLASS TIMES WILL BE SET ACCORDING TO THE TV FOOTBALL SCHEDULE, TO BE ANNOUNCED BY OCT. 21 ON THE SJMC WEB SITE. You must RSVP to Beth Gaeddert by Oct. 23 to reserve your spot in classes. Visit the Alumni Association Web site for more general Homecoming information. |
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News-Ed Apps Still Strong
Last week the School took in 214 applications for spring 2010, once again an increase over the number received a year ago. The largest gain was in the News-Editorial sequence, which saw a 27 percent increase in applications despite the accelerating collapse of the newspaper and magazine industries.
"I
think our students are looking at professional media and seeing an
intriguing array of opportunities, many of which have little to do with
print news media, which are certainly struggling to find a new business
model," Dean Paul Voakes said. "But the capabilities of digital technology, mixed with great
visual, writing and information-gathering skills, suggest a promising
future for young professional communicators."
The Advertising sequence continues to attract the highest number of applicants with 107 applying for spring 2010. The SJMC acceptance rate is about 53 percent.
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Alumni Updates
She Ain't No Couch Potato!
 ESPN The Magazine profiled several people with jobs in sports, including Darcy Couch ('00). Couch is in her fifth year with the University of Southern California's athletic department. As Assistant Sports Information Director, she spends a lot of her time promoting athletes and teams like men's tennis and women's water polo that don't get much recognition from the media. She was voted Staff Member of the Year by the student-athletes and athletic department staff. "I still miss Boulder," she says, "but I'm one of the extremely fortunate people who can say they truly love their job!"
ESPN Photo
 Capitol Dome Comes Clean
ESPN columnist Rick Reilly ('81) kept his word and "washed" the Capitol Dome -- with his tongue. Early in the Colorado Rockies season, Reilly commented that if the Rockies made the playoffs, he would wash the Capitol Dome with his tongue. When the Rockies clinched the National League wildcard by beating the Milwaukee Brewers, Reilly stepped up to the plate, armed with mouthwash.
A Girl and Her Guitar
 Katie Herzig ('00) is putting her degree in Broadcast Production to work as an independent singer/songwriter in Nashville. Not only does she write, sing and play most of the instruments in the songs on her solo albums, she also produces them.
Herzig comes from a musical family, but she got her start as a sophomore, jamming with other students in the CU dorms. She formed a band with some of those other students, but decided to step out on her own when the band broke up in 2006. Since then, her work has been featured in commercials and on the TV show "Grey's Anatomy." Listen to this golden throat online, then catch her on tour this fall.
Emmy Award
Advisory Board member and SJMC alum Tom Costello ('87) played a major role in reporting "Bailout Talks Collapse," a story that was awarded a national Emmy in September for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. The piece ran on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Costello has been a correspondent in NBC's Washington bureau since 2005.
Fashionable Start
Marty Caivano ('94) caught up with two senior SJMC fashionistas to photograph them for a recent Colorado Daily article. Katie Corcoran and Annie Walsh are blogging for the recently launched CollegeFashionista.com. The budding fashion journalists will write about what's hot on the CU campus and how students can be stylish without going broke.
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Voices from the Podium
 Lisa Williams, founder and CEO of Placeblogger.com, the largest searchable directory of local weblogs and winner of a Knight 21st Century News Challenge Award, talked to master's students in September. Online news sources are gaining credibility, she said.
"Every day (postings) look more like a wire service albeit with many, many more cat pictures. I like to think of it as the 'Extremely Not Ready for Prime Time' Associated Press."
Williams finds many mid-career journalists "heartbreakingly loyal" to their institutions. In the new order, she said, "company loyalty is obsolete." It's been replaced by loyalty to ideas, ideals and friends who may be your boss one day and your employee on another day.
"The difference between mainstream journalism and entrepreneurial journalism is the attitude. 'Stay Calm and Carry On' is now being replaced by 'Get Excited and Make Things.'"
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News & Events
Dan Gillmor to Give 6th Annual Holden Lecture
 The sixth annual Holden lecture will be given by Dan Gillmor Monday, Nov. 2, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Hale 270. His talk, "Mediactive: Why media consumers need to become active users," will be followed by a reception at the Old Main Heritage Center.
Gillmor, who put the San Jose Mercury News on the online map in 1994, is best known as the author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People." The U.S. State Department has sent him across the globe to discuss the relationship between digital media and democracy. He is the founding director of the new Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism.
Weighing in on Winfrey
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opening week of the 24th season of Oprah Winfrey's afternoon talk show
has landed Associate Professor Janice Peck in the spotlight. Associated
Press TV writer, Dave Bauder, quoted Peck extensively in his story
about Oprah's season opener, and the story showed up (online or in print) in the New York Times, CBS, MSNBC, The Denver Post, The Chicago Tribune, Yahoo News, Salon.com, and The Huffington Post. Peck is the author of "The Age of Oprah," in which she examines how Oprah has evolved from a talk show host into a cultural icon and leader.
Media Mixer: The career event of the fall
Alumni and students got a chance to talk to professionals from Skiing magazine, Backpacker magazine, The Denver Post, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Karsh\Hagan, KUSA-TV Channel 9, Colorado Public Radio, and more than 20 others on Oct. 8 at the SJMC Media Mixer.
 Glenn Asakawa ('93) (top), CU Communications photographer, and Tim Skillern
('98) (bottom), of Associated Content, were among more than 30 professionals who
shared career advice with students at the Media Mixer.
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Get Linked
The SJMC LinkedIn group is at 470 and growing every day. Sign up to find old friends and make new contacts.
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Pay it Forward
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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.
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Give Now. CU and the SJMC need your help to continue providing students with a
top education and exceptional opportunities. The CU Foundation offers
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Regards,
Beth Gaeddert
Director of Career Services and External Affairs
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Felicia Russell
Newsletter Editor
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