Communication students produce “Faces of Change” site
Communication Students Produce "Faces of Change" on Convergence Web site Communications students at Cabrini College have launched "Faces of Change," the result of a year-long "convergence" project focusing on student activism. Throughout the 2007-08 academic year, eight students led by Cathy Yungmann, associate professor of communications, researched and interviewed activists on specific issues. Convergence refers to a multi-media presentation using video, photography, audio, and written pieces on issues ranging from peace and awareness to Uganda to finding a cure for melanoma cancer. The convergence team gathered media from Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and corresponded with student activists in Europe and South ...
Newspaper judged among best in country
The Loquitur, Cabrini College's weekly student newspaper, has been selected to receive the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award as best non-daily college and university newspaper in the country. Judging is based on coverage, content, quality of writing, reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, arts and graphics. Amanda Finnegan was editor in chief. The Associated Collegiate Press is the oldest and largest organization for college students in media. The Pacemaker Award is the highest honor student publications can receive. Cabrini is one of 18 selected. Other finalists include Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Johns Hopkins University.
Radio documentary judged among top 3 in nation.
Senior communication majors' documentary chosen as national finalists in competition. "Our Hands Are Not Tied," an audio documentary by three Cabrini College communication students and produced by WYBF 89.1 "The Burn," is one of three national finalist for the National College Broadcasters, Inc. Production Awards Competition. In spring semester 2008, communication Professor and Department Chairman Dr. Jerry Zurek gave a semester-long assignment to his SEM 300 "Working for Global Justice" class. The project was designed to give a purpose to the students to use the skills they had learned within their majors. One year later, the project by English and communication majors Megan ...
2 grads win top journalism award
Two Cabrini graduates, Meghan Hurley and Amanda Finnegan, pictured here with an Iraqi refugee family in Lebanon, received the highest award for journalism given to journalists writing for Catholic publications, the Eileen Egan award, because of stories they did for Loquitur on Fair Trade. They are the first journalists to win who wrote for a college newspaper. As a result of their award, they traveled to Syria and Lebanon with Catholic Relief Services for two weeks at the beginning of October to report on the Iraqi refugee crisis.
Com majors lobby senators in D.C.
Twenty three students in the Working for Global Justice seminar class traveled from their Cabrini classroom to Washington D.C., on Friday, April 11, in order to lobby Congress on the topic of foreign assistance for underdeveloped countries and additional funding for food aid. The trip was a result of close collaboration of the students with Catholic Relief Services. They went through semester-long training for advocacy and how to lobby Congress. "The students also learned about the role the U.S. government plays in these global issues and that because of our democratic system, they have the right and the responsibility to tell their ...
‘Loqation’: Behind the scenes of the weekly video news show.
Lights are up, the anchors are ready and the tape is rolling. "Welcome to 'Loqation,' a Loquitur news Webdition." ... "Delivering top stories from a top newspaper. Here's your news…now." Communication students come together every Wednesday afternoon to give a news show for the Web. A decade ago, former Cabrini student, Dawn Francis, started a news show called FYI. When the group of dedicated seniors graduated, FYI fell apart. Now there is a new and improved news show to look forward to every week, "Loqation." It all started when Jessie Holeva and Jake Verterano, junior communication majors, mentioned an idea of putting on a news show ...
Video students get the news from ’round-the-world
Iraqi refugees: war at home, no where to go On September 11, 2001 the United States stood still. America lost 2,998 casualties that day and a whole nation wept for the loss of these innocent lives. March 20, 2003, President Bush launched the invasion of Iraq. Since then, tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and more than 4 million have had to flee their homes. America had a taste of the chaos, confusion and uncertainty of a future when both the Twin Towers were struck and crumbled to the ground. The attacks lasted a matter of minutes but of course the ...
WYBF-FM at Cabrini often interviews famous guests
Kara Schneider is just one of many Communication majors at Cabrini who get the chance to do live interviews with well-known people from all walks of life. Sports figures, humanitarians, and politicians are just some of the guests who are featured in Cabrini media. CRS President finds inspiration in campus community. by Diana Vilares and Christina Michaluk of the Cabrini Loquitur newspaper Ken Hackett, president of Catholic Relief Services, and author and former boy soldier Ishmael Beah spoke at Cabrini's 50th Anniversary Founder's Day on Tuesday, Feb.19. Cabrini's relationship with CRS has flourished in the last three years, as Cabrini has become one of four ...
Freshmen do hands-on multimedia first week of school
Right from the first week of school, Cabrini College freshman communication majors plunge into making multimedia. Cabrini freshmen got a chance at hands-on learning about Fair Trade when their class used multimedia reporting at a Fair Trade fair in nearby Media, Pa. Over the past two years, Media, Pa., has been recognized as the first Fair Trade town in the United States. Recently, a freshmen ECG 100 class visited Media for the town's Fair Trade live concert and "Fair" Fair to learn first hand about Fair Trade. Their multimedia projects are here on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CabriniComDept&view=favorites Freshman communications major Michelle Costa said, "Speaking in class ...
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