MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

My! The School of Journalism at Michigan State University has had a busy week! The Neal Shine (Sports) Ethics Endowed Lecture last Friday in room 145 was jam-packed with attendees sitting in the aisles, on the floor and wherever they could find room. The MIPA Conference Thursday was filled to the gills with more than [...]

Kelley Carter, Tara Tesimu and Tracy Van Slyke talked about new ways to approach journalism, with Joe Grimm moderating. How is Patch differentiating itself from other hyperlocal sites, Carter asked co-alumna Tesimu, who said Patch looks at “what’s missing in your community.” Internships? Patch has them, Tesimu told one questioner. There’s a Patch U department [...]

Former J-School director Stan Soffin, now Michigan State University’s ombudsman, will be honored by the State News Alumni Association as its 2010 inductee to the State News Hall of Fame. Soffin will be recognized as part of the Saturday evening reception at the East Lansing Marriott. Read the SN Alumni announcement here. Soffin is the [...]

Looking for a new favorite coffee mug? Or a new messenger bag? Maybe an apron or hat? We’ve got you covered. The School of Journalism has launched a new online store. Proceeds from the store will benefit our Second Century J-School Fund. As we begin the next 100 years of journalism education at MSU, the [...]

Add a little extra excitement to your time at the Saturday evening centennial celebration reception by bidding on one of the fantastic items donated for our silent auction. Among the items up for bid: Tiger tickets, Ernie Harwell memorabilia (including a signed copy of his audio scrapbook), a career consulting session with Joe Grimm, the [...]

Online registration is now available for our journalism centennial celebration workshop and reception on Saturday, Oct. 23. Register now! You also can register by mail, or with a credit card by phone or fax. We have an amazing lineup of speakers. Don’t miss out!

We’re pleased to announce Patch, which is opening local news sites across the country, as an event sponsor for our centennial program. The operation, owned by AOL, has been hiring journalists across the country as it launches new sites. MSU has ties to at least three of its regional editors: Nancy Hanus, a visiting J-School [...]

J-School alumni Kelley Carter and Tara (May) Tesimu headline our morning super session, “The New News: Finding New Opportunities to do Journalism.” At a time when some journalists are leaving the profession, Carter and Tesimu are among the reporters blazing new trails for journalism. Tesimu (’04) is Chicago regional editor for Patch, an AOL-owned site [...]

Michigan’s Society of Professional Journalists pro chapters and the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association have joined the organizations helping to sponsor our centennial workshop and celebration. SPJ is the nation’s largest and most broad-based journalism organization in the country. The group has professional chapters in Mid-Michigan and Detroit, as well as several student chapters around the [...]

We’re proud to announce the addition of author and Patchwork Nation director Dante Chinni, a J-School alum, to our program! Launched as a Christian Science Monitor project by to cover the 2008 election, Patchwork Nation has evolved to cover more communities and more topics, focusing on the economy and culture as well as politics. It [...]