myJMS Faculty’s work
Thousands of people cross it every day. It’s where Tampa’s drinking water comes from. But how much do you really know about the Hillsborough River? WUSF’s Steve Newborn and I teamed up with the journalism department at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Times outdoors writer Terry Tomalin to tour the…
JMS becomes the 95th program in the United States to be awarded a chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha, the 100-year-old Nation Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication. Students with appropriate grade point averages — the top 10 percent of the class — are invited to join the society. The department can invite alumni…
Dr. Frechette is a visiting assistant professor in the journalism and media studies department and the director of online research and development. He teaches digital media and researches the role of technology in learning. Before joining the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Dr. Frechette was an interactive learning producer with Poynter’s News University, one of…
Two graduate students and two faculty members of Journalism and Media Studies presented their research at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference in St. Louis, Mo. August 10-13, 2011. Greg Lindberg and Dr. Monica Ancu presented a research poster on how people aged 45 and older use Facebook. Serena Aubrey…
Dr. George Michael Killenberg Article published by The Crow’s Nest on April 27, 2011 Natalie Wagner, Contributing Writer Photo by Aimee Alexander/Crow’s Nest After 23 years, Dr. George Michael Killenberg, professor and founding director of the Department of Journalism and Media studies, retires. Dr. Killenberg, who has taught thousands of students since he joined the…
To all USFSP journalism students: We are in the process of making significant changes to the registration process for our students. First and foremost, the departmental advising process is being re-evaluated. We understand registration begins shortly and appreciate your patience while the changes are fully implemented. These changes are being made to help streamline your…
Laura Wilkey. Her name came back to me recently as I was watching President Barack Obama’s speech to schoolchildren in Philadelphia. Back in 1968, she was my junior high school English teacher. I hadn’t thought about her since then. Listening to the president’s words, I remembered the night I felt overwhelmed by homework assignments, one…
Dr. Xiaopeng (Paul) Wang’s research on sample sizes for conducting content analysis of the Web media appears on the May 2010 issue of Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, an electronic journal devoted to mass communication research. The research article, An Exploration of Sample Sizes for Content Analysis of the New York Times Web Site,…
