The Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies is committed to promoting the growth of knowledge about mass communication and enhancing the enlightened use of mass communication to achieve individual, group and societal goals.

Fall Semester Sports Journalism Class
JOUR 490
Thursdays, 8:30 – 11:30

Do you have a passion for sports? This class will help you develop the skills you need to land a job in sports media, whether that’s covering a beat for a Web site or daily newspaper, working the anchor desk, producing videos from the big game and much more. Instructor Ray Brewer is a sports editor for Greenspun Interactive with nearly fifteen
years experience covering sports in Southern Nevada. The class will cover the ins and outs of sports journalism and introduce you a number of multi-media reporters from the Las Vegas Sun and Greenspun Interactive.

The Las Vegas Sun won a Pulitzer prize in 2009 and its web site was awarded the prestigious EPpy as the nation’s best overall newspaper-affiliated web site. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from the best, write for the LasVegasSun.com and develop the multi-media skills you’ll need to be competitive in this new age of journalism.

Prerequisites are junior or senior standing and admitted as a major in journalism and media studies. Prerequisites may be waived by permission of instructor.

JMS Entrance Exam Scheduled

The Entrance Examination required for admission to Journalism and Media Studies is scheduled for Saturday, June 20. This exam is required for all prospective majors. There is no charge for the exam but you must register for the exam by Friday, June 12. For more information, visit faculty.unlv.edu/glarson/entrance.htm.

Summer Classes You Need to Check Out

Summer III – July 6 – August 7

Journalism 241 – News and News Media
Learn how infotainment influences public debate and policy. We’ll view TV programming, movies and documentaries and discuss how these news sources affect the world around you. This is a general elective class with no prerequisites.
Contact Professor Yvonne.Houy@gmail.com for details.

Journalism 102 – Multi-Media News Reporting and Writing
Planning to write for a newspaper, become a television reporter or work as a deejay for your local radio station?  Whatever media career you pursue, you will be asked to produce pieces for the web. This required course will focus on the basics of multimedia reporting with an emphasis on writing for different media.
Contact Professor Rie Woodward at unlvrie@gmail.com

Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Director Named 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar

Dr. Ardyth Broadrick Sohn, director of the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies, will be on leave 2009-2010 as a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholar in Latvia supported by funds appropriated annually by the U.S. Congress, partner countries and the private sector.  She joins a prestigious group of Fulbright participants who include heads of state, judges, ambassadors, cabinet ministers, university presidents as well as  39 Nobel Prize winners. The program is dedicated to developing international understanding and long-term cooperative relationships in educational, political, economic, social and cultural lives of citizens around the world.

Dr. Sohn’s research project is titled, “Latvia Connections to Digital Global Media Development: Managing Media in Today’s International Digital Climate.”  Her work connects to prior research projects with new and emerging media in Eastern Europe including Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Poland and Hungary. Her work in the Baltic region will include collaboration with Scandinavian  researchers  working on similar projects.

Dr. Sohn will be affiliated with the Univiersity of Latvia in Riga where she also will teach a seminar for doctoral students.

“I am particularly interested in the ways the former Soviet-controlled states have adapted new and emerging media to important freedom agendas, which is particularly important as we observe how fragile and uncertain access to media can become in tense political environments. In addition, Eastern Europe has managed to establish some very interesting economic models for the Internet and other new media that are relevant to what the U.S. is trying to develop. I am looking to bring home some relevant ideas that students at UNLV can study or even perhaps a student or faculty exchange program,” Sohn said.

This is Sohn’s second Fulbright Award, which may only be granted twice to any one person.
Dr. Dan Stout will be interim director while Sohn is on leave.

Want to Spend Part of Your Weekends in September Earning Three Semester Credit Hours?

For the first-time ever students will have the opportunity to enroll in a three-weekend intensive seminar earning 3 semester hours credit for JOUR 261, “Introduction to IMC.” Students will attend class from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, and from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday for three consecutive weekends (starting Sept. 11 and ending Sept. 27).

This required class for IMC track students focuses on the basics of campaign elements including situation analysis, research, setting objectives, identifying strategies and writing a media plan. Unlike traditional courses that examine advertising and public relations only, this course covers sales promotion, relationship marketing, event marketing, personal selling, database marketing, viral marketing and marketing in new media including the Internet and virtual worlds.

Students will work on a “real” campaign and have multiple opportunities to interact with professionals in the Las Vegas and regional community working in this exciting field.

Professor Ardyth Sohn, director of the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies, will teach the class. She has expertise in media management including international marketing and is the author or co-author of 7 books about effective traditional and emerging media. Please contact Sohn at ardyth.sohn@unlv.edu with any questions.