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By Vish Gopal BYU advertising student Valentina Rodriguez de Almeida has been awarded the Allen Rosenshine Minority Education and Training Fund internship by BBDO, one of the leading advertising agencies in the world. The internship is awarded each year to minorities, women and individuals protected under the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act. It aims to improve the level of …

By Cierra Nye Three BYU Communications graduate students were awarded top ethics paper at the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Conference on Friday, March 5. Master’s students Austin Cameron, Sara Shawcroft and Holly Wallace contributed to the award‐winning paper, Getting Religion Right:  Toward an Ethical Model for Media Coverage of Religion in Elections, as a part of a mentored group project under …

By Harper Anderson “…To get ready for the future you need to start accessing different tools now.” Wise words from University of Florida professor Mindy McAdams, who spoke to communications students during a campus visit in February. As UF’s Knight Chair for Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process, Mindy McAdams talked to journalism students about the essential …

By: Eric Lafferty Classes may be out for most, but several communications students have traded their textbooks and spare time for a chance to get hands-on experience working with clients in the Bradley Public Relations Agency. Nick Barnes, a sophomore PR student from Irvine, Calif., has been working in Bradley for over a year. He …

By: Harper Anderson Nearly half of the first-year BYU Department of Communications graduate students were selected to present their research at this year’s 94th annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).  Six students contributed to three research projects that were selected by the association and presented at the conference …

By: Hilary Hurst The BYU Adlab thrives because of students who think outside the box. One example of a success from this creative thinking is the award-winning Doritos commercial that portrays wild animals thwarting chip thieves. “Brilliancy is not easily recognized,” said Jeff Sheets, the faculty advisor of the Adlab. “Convention may say no; history …

By Cierra Nye One BYU advertising faculty member and nine BYU broadcasting students received awards at the annual Festival of Media Arts for excellence in broadcast media. The awardees were formally recognized at the Festival of Media Arts, during the annual convention hosted by the Broadcast Education Association at the Las Vegas Convention Center held …