Summer Workshop Offers Hands-On Journalism Experience
Posted: Thursday, May 23
MOSCOW, Idaho – Registration is open for high school students and teachers wanting to explore multi-media journalism during a workshop July 11-13 at the University of Idaho. Ten high school students and up to five teachers from around the Northwest will learn about the rapidly changing media environment from professional journalists and UI faculty. “We want students to learn the sk...
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U-Idaho Event to Focus on Media’s Coverage of Political Campaigns
Posted: Wednesday, October 17 2012
BOISE, Idaho – One of the nation’s best-known media critics will dissect election season journalism at this year’s University of Idaho Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, Oct. 19 in Boise. Kelly McBride, lead ethicist at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will deliver the symposium keynote titled “Politicians vs. the Press: A Social Media Cage Fight.” She will examine ethical challenges facing tr...
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Student to Accompany President Nellis on Statewide Leadership Tour
Posted: Tuesday, June 21 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – Sam Chafe is having quite the summer. First, his hockey team, the Boston Bruins, won the Stanley Cup. And now, the senior in public relations at the University of Idaho will wrap up his degree this month as he accompanies university President Duane Nellis on his statewide tour. "This summer has been one for the books so far," said Chafe, who was raised in Kennewick, Wash. "It’s ...
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Journalist-Author to Speak at JAMM Senior Reception
Posted: Thursday, April 21 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – Alison Kartevold, an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and author, will be the keynote speaker at the University of Idaho School of Journalism and Mass Media’s senior recognition reception on Wednesday, April 27. Kartevold, a 1988 graduate of the University of Idaho in telecommunications, will speak at 5 p.m. at the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. in Moscow. The recept...
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Mark Trahant to tell a new story about the Indian Health System
Posted: Tuesday, February 15 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – Native American journalist Mark Trahant will be telling a new story about the excellence in the Indian health care system at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, in the University of Idaho College of Law Courtroom. His talk is sponsored by the James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy. The event is free and open to the public. A reception in the courtroom foyer will follow the p...
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Veiling Highlights Topic of February Exhibit, Lecture and Panel at U-Idaho
Posted: Wednesday, January 19 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – Veiling: Is it a fashion statement? A cultural or political declaration? A health or safety issue? For women and men? Or all of the above? In a series of events Feb. 7-8 at the University of Idaho, area women will discuss the practice, history and future of veiling. “Veils may be a means of concealment, but they are inherently visual as well,” author and cultural journalist Jennif...
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Constitution Day events set at University of Idaho
Posted: Friday, September 3 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho- The University of Idaho will host a series of events on Friday, Sept. 17, recognizing Constitution Day. The university’s main event will be a performance of “A Peculiar Evil: Silencing Expression in America.” The readers theater play was written by faculty member Dinah Zeiger, of the School of Journalism and Mass Media, with an original score composed for the performance by Univer...
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Documentary Film Shows How Reporter’s Privilege Came to Idaho, By Way of a Pot Bust in Deary
Posted: Monday, April 5 2010
Written by Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho – Chaos theory suggests that one small event can sets profound change into motion. It is often called “the butterfly effect.” The story of a 1982 drug bust in Deary, Idaho, covered by Daily Idahonian reporter Jim Wright, had that kind of impact: Wright’s story led to the establishment of reporter privilege in Idaho. Reporter privilege protects the confiden...
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Deary Pot Bust Leads to Reporter Privilege in Idaho
Posted: Thursday, April 1 2010
Symposium and Documentary Film Explore Reporter Privilege MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Journalism and Mass Media program and the College of Law ACLU Club will present a symposium and documentary film commemorating the landmark 1985 Idaho Supreme Court decision, In re: Wright: Making the Case for Reporter Privilege in Idaho. The symposium, held from 3:30-5 p.m., Monday, April 12, will...
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Who is Accountable for U.S. Torture and Detention?
Posted: Thursday, April 1 2010
Written by Donna Emert ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner to Address Ethics and Legality of Torture Policy MOSCOW, Idaho – Shocking photos and reports from Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and other U.S. war prisons have raised profound legal and moral questions about how the U.S. identifies, incarcerates, retains and treats prisoners of war. Ben Wizner, staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties ...
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