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“All In” Podcast Host Gives 2021 Beckham Lecture
School of Communications alum Morgan Jones guest speaks at the annual Beckham alumni lecture and shares about her career and the role God has played in it
Multiple BEA Awards for Journalism Students
BYU students continue to show their media brilliance in the 2021 season of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) awards by bringing home multiple awards. Congratulations to these students on their hard work and well-deserved recognitions. Television Short Feature Reporting2nd Place: Joseph Carson; “The Chosen”Television Hard News Reporting1st Place (tie): Joseph Carson; “Corona Water Treatment Plan”3rd Place: Sariah Farmer; “Super Tuesday”Television News Anchor3rd Place: Joseph Carson; 2020 News Anchor Reel – Joseph CarsonAward of Excellence: Blake O’Rullian; 2020 Sportsline Anchor Reel – Blake O’RullianTelevision Weathercaster1st Place: Danielle Hallows; 2020 Weather Reel – Danielle HallowsTV News Magazine3rd Place: Joseph Carson, Emma Benson, Karani Namunyu and Halston Robinson; “Adjusting to COVID-19 Documentary”
Two College Anchors Find Their Way to the Same Anchor Desk 12 Years Later
From college to KUTV 2News, these two journalists have come up together through their careers of broadcast journalism
Lifelong Learning: BYU Comms Alum Rebecca Irvine Reflects on Her Education and Career
Irvine looks fondly back on her years at BYU and notes how they prepared her for her current career as a professor and author
Arts & Comms: Behind the Cameras
BYU CFAC alumni reflect on their return to campus for the Arts & Comms videos
90-Year-Old Woman Makes Headlines as Oldest Graduate in BYU History
Fairview, Utah native Oneita Sumsion made history in June 2020 as BYU’s oldest-ever graduate when she received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the School of Communications at 90 years old. According to the Daily Herald, the previous record for the oldest graduate in BYU history was held by Fred Paulson Jr., at age 80 in 2018.
AdLab Awards Roundup | Spring 2021
Recognition after recognition, the BYU AdLab keeps taking the prize
Comms Professor Wins Boston University Award of Excellence for Article on the Psychological Effects of COVID-19
Professor Brubaker and her graduate students found that Twitter users were able to build their own supportive community during the early stages of the pandemic
3 AdLab Projects Win National and International Awards from Three Major Organizations
Students and mentors from BYU’s AdLab won awards from the international ANDYS and Clios and national ADDYs