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Broadcasting and Digital Media Student Receives Research Grant for Film Project
Posted Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:27:00 -0800
Junior Bailey O'Bryant was awarded a $1,000 grant from the Office of Undergraduate Research for his film project, "Triggered." The film features an all-female cast and focuses on a young woman in college who experiences an intensely traumatic experience that causes her sanity and morals to break and chip away. Read more
“SADIE” Film Screening and Q&A with Director Megan Griffiths Set Dec. 10
Posted Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:55:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Nov. 26, 2018 — Seattle-based film and television director Megan Griffiths will screen her newest film, “SADIE,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, in the Borah Theater of the Bruce M. Pitman Center at the University of Idaho, Moscow. Griffiths will also answer questions following the film. Read more
Society of Professional Journalists Honors Rebecca Tallent
Posted Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:56:00 -0700
Rebecca Tallent, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Media, received the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) President's Award at the society's annual Excellence in Journalism Conference, held Sept. 26-29, in Baltimore. The President's Award is given to SPJ members who excel in a specific area during the past year. Read more
Award-Winning Journalist James G. Wright Addresses Alumni Oct. 13
Posted Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:06:00 -0700
MOSCOW, Idaho — Oct. 3, 2018 — James G. Wright, investigations editor of the Louisville, Kentucky, Courier Journal, will give a presentation Saturday, Oct. 13, in the Vandal Ballroom of the Bruce M. Pitman Center at Moscow. Read more
Story of 2016 Murder, Idaho LGBTQ Rights Told in “Gotts Point” Documentary Aug. 23
Posted Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:42:00 -0700
A University of Idaho associate professor’s documentary that explores the 2016 murder of a gay man in southern Idaho, “Gotts Point,” will be screened Thursday, Aug. 23, in Moscow.
Steven Nelson, an openly gay man and U of I alumnus, was lured to Gotts Point near Lake Lowell in Canyon County, Idaho, in May 2016, where he was robbed, beaten and left for dead. He died shortly thereafter from cardiac arrest, but not before getting help and identifying his assailants to Canyon County sheriff’s investigators.
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