Dallas Leong (Accounting), Emi Leong (Entertainment Engineering and Design), and Matthew Dobbs (Journalism and Media Studies) will be traveling to Dallas this week with the UNLV Bowling Club for the sectional bowling competition. Dallas Leong, a senior, now is ranked #2 in the nation by the United States Bowling Congress. Emi Leong, a junior, is…

Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) and Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) published article, "Black Mirror, Mediated Affect and the Political," for a special issue of Culture, Theory, and Critique devoted to the theme, "Intensities: Affect, Encounter, and Social Change." This publication comes out of a small conference at the…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) published "A Cultural Lineage of Streaming" in the journal Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society, which is published by Taylor & Francis. 

David Becker (Journalism and Media Studies Graduate Teaching Assistant), is one of the producers of Cracked Up. The film follows Saturday Night Live actor Darrell Hammond and his history of child abuse.The film premiered Nov. 14 in New York City as part of the DOC NYC, a storytelling documentary festival. It is an Academy-qualifying…

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) during the summer presented at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) photography group in Geneva, Switzerland, on the topic of Las Vegas and UNLV initiatives to document urban and public lands in Southern Nevada. This is the third year that he has presented updates on these ongoing…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) published an article on baseball, sabermetrics, and infrastructures of expertise in the journal Games and Culture. Statistical fandom is presented as a cultural infrastructure, which influences how all fans perceive the game of baseball, including what is valued in the game, how the game…

Olesya Venger (Journalism and Media Studies) was awarded the Top Faculty Paper Award (First Place) during the Robert L. Stevenson Open Paper Competition, which is held by the International Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She will present her paper on immigration and media attitudes during the annual…

Gregory Borchard (Journalism) has been named the Editor of Journalism History by the History Division of AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication). Greg Borchard won unanimous approval from Vice Chair Erika Pribanic-Smith, Second Vice Chair Teri Finneman, and Chair Doug Cumming. Borchard is a full professor…

Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) has a piece, "10 minutes, 1000 years," that is part of the Monuments Exhibition of photographs, paintings, wall murals, and sculptures that will be on display at the Sahara West Library through June 23. The exhibit focuses on art inspired by Nevada's three national monuments, Gold Butte, Tule Springs…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) is the author of an article, "House of Netflix: Streaming Media and Digital Lore," which recently was published in the journal Popular Communication. The article looks at Netflix and the emergence of a nascent streaming industry, including the push into original programming…

Gregory Borchard (Journalism & Media Studies) earned recognition with a top faculty paper award with his presentation at the 25th Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. "Press Responses to Republicans and Romanism in the 1856 Election: 'Free Men, Free Speech, Free…

Stephen Bates (Journalism and Media Studies) is the author of "Is This the Best Philosophy Can Do? Henry R. Luce and A Free and Responsible Press" which appears in the Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.