School of Media Arts
School of Media Arts
| Students Cover Iowa Caucuses
Fifteen graduate and undergraduate students from Columbia spent three days in Iowa interviewing analysts, voters, campaign staff and candidates’ family members during the first presidential nominating contest of 2012 as part of a J-term class. View a documentary about students' experiences in the class here and read students' blogs here. |
Radio Major James Moody Turns Internship Into a Job
After having completed a successful internship during the summer semester, Radio Major James Moody knew the drill for being a successful intern: Be on time, work hard, and be willing to do whatever it takes to make a solid impression. |
Grads Getting Great Jobs
Employers say Columbia's hands-on training and the variety of internships available in this news-rich city combine to produce graduates ready to be productive employees. Among recent hires are Columbia alums Diane Pathieu at ABC7 in Chicago, Steven Yaccino at the New York Times and Fall 2011 graduate Mary Jo Ola as a reporter/photographer for WTVO/WQRF in Rockford. |
| Spinner Named Fishback Writer
Jackie Spinner, assistant professor in the Journalism department, has been invited to Washington and Lee University in Virginia as the 2012 Fishback Visiting Writer, where she will meet with students and deliver a public lecture in February. |
Eight 2011 Radio Graduates Hired by Merlin Media LLC in Chicago
2011 Radio graduates Megan Buckley, Michael Cronin, Danielle Ezell, Christine Fiedler, John Gregory, Calie Lyons, Chris Mezyk, and Eric Pribramsky were all hired as full-time news writers/producers for Merlin Media LLC as heard on WWWN, 101.1 FM in Chicago. |
WCRX Recognized with 8 International Awards
WCRX-FM has been recognized with 8 Communicator Awards, including 3 top awards. |
IAM student wins Apps for Metro Chicago Contest
Mi Parque, a bi-lingual smartphone
app co-created by IAM’s Academic Manager, Mindy Faber was named one of Grand
Challenge Winners in the Apps for Metro Chicago Contest. The app was developed in a few short months by an all-women team led by
Faber and Pallavi Anderson
from Motorola Solutions. Students on the team included those from the
Interactive Arts & Media Department at Columbia College, IIT and UIC, and
were mentored by experienced software engineers from Motorola Solutions,
Orbitz, Pearson VUE, and Thomson Reuters/Hubbard One.
The app, Mi Parque, is a
bilingual participatory placemaking web and smartphone application that helps
residents of Little Village ensure that a new 23 acre new park being built on a
former Superfund clean-up site is maintained as a vibrant safe, open and
healthy green space for the community. Residents can submit, view and vote on
ideas for improving the community, receive health, safety and weather alerts
via text messages or through Facebook in Spanish or English.
During the October Community Round of the competition, Mi Parque received 2nd Place and was also given the IBM Placemaking Award administered by the Metropolitan Agency for Planning. In December, during the expanded field of Grand Challenge contenders, Mi Parque placed 5th overall bringing the app’s total prize winnings to $8,000. Award money will go towards app development and support of Mi Parque’s community partner, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.
“This app is such a beautiful example of collaboration,”
Faber says. “It’s what happens when a college like Columbia comes together with
industry and community around a civic purpose. Making projects like this
possible is what make Columbia College and the IAM Department shine.”
The Apps for Metro Chicago competition launched June 24, 2011. In an era of open data, the contest recognized the need to guide and facilitate public access to local government data. The competition’s mission is to inspire the development of applications which improve the lives of Metro Chicagoans. Over 250 data sets were provided by the City of Chicago, Cook County, State of Illinois, and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Faber and other Grand Challenge winners of the contest will be recognized at a future ceremony currently being planned by the city and county which will feature Open Data and showcase the winning apps.
Faber and Anderson were recently the subject of a Chicago Works feature on Channel 23 which can be viewed here
Please see the following link for the complete press release:
For more info on the app please visit its website:
Blair Mishleau honored as student laureate
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois honored a columbia student, Blair Mishleau, as a student laureate November 5th during
the annual Student Laureate Convocation at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 5 the Old
State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield.
The Lincoln Academy’s Student Laureate Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from each of the four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities in Illinois. At the Student Laureate Convocation, each will receive a Student Laureate Medallion, along with an honorarium check and certificate of achievement. This event will mark the 37th year that students have been honored by the Academy.
“These students have exhibited a
personal commitment to excel as seen by their remarkable academic
accomplishments,” said Thomas S. Johnson, Chancellor of the Lincoln Academy,
who added, “They serve as role models to other Illinois students. With hard-working and dedicated young leaders
such as these, Illinois
and the rest of the nation can look forward to a bright future.”
Blair is a senior Interdisciplinary major studying Journalism and Interactive Arts and Media with a minor in American Sign Language.
He is currently a writer for Columbia's student Loop, has interned and freelanced at Tribune Interactive, The Windy City Times, Time Out Chicago, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalism Association, Don't Panic Magazine (London), has been a fellow with the Illinois Radio and Television Society Foundation and served on the Youth Advisory Council of the Trevor Project.
Blair received a Diversity Award and is a two-time Fischetti Scholarship recipient. He has served as a senator in Columbia's Student Government Association, as a leader with Common Ground, Columbia's LGBTQ student group, and as a Student Orientation Leader.
Blair is a tireless and enthusiastic student leader who exudes warmth, intelligence, confidence and compassion. Columbia is fortunate to have Blair as a committed student leader. Learn more about Blair and see samples of his work on his web site, blairblur.com.
