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Newsworthy: SOC Students and Alumni Cover Story SOC alumna Maya Rhodan was part of a team of reporters at Time magazine to capture an important story. She spent two months in Charleston, South Carolina to interview the families and survivors of the Mother Emanuel AME Church massacre. The story they published tells an intimate story of forgiveness and healing. View at: Time.com/charleston Howard University News Service Photo by Cheriss May , Howard University News Service The award-winning Howard University News Service is off and running this year under professor and advisor, Ron Harris . Students are covering an array of stories across the Washington metropolitan area. An example of the excellent coverage is a story by Savannah Harris , on an inaugural event Nov. 16 th at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to celebrate the completion of the museum’s exterior. The museum is scheduled to open in 2016. View the stud...
SOC Spotlight SOC alum tops list Alumna Shani Hilton , executive editor of BuzzFeed News, in the spotlight in Marie Claire magazine’s "The New Guard: The 50 Most Influential Women in America." Shani is dubbed the content queen for her work at BuzzFeed; the online news operation has 100 reporters in eight countries. Congratulations Shani! http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/g3230/the-new-guard-influential-women/
SOC Students Connect SOC Assists Winfrey's Belief Series School of C students in Professor Unnia Pettus' Basic PR Writing course will hone social media and news reporting skills covering two upcoming Oprah Winfrey events to launch her OWN Belief series. The first event is 5-9 p.m. Sunday, October 18th at The Worsley Mansion, 1410 Missouri Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. The second event is 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, October 21st at The Sylvan Theatre located behind The Monument on The National Mall. The Howard University's Gospel Choir will be featured entertainment for the National Mall event Both events: free and open to the public. Pettus, a SOC alumna, is co-chair and co-PR director for Winfrey's DC "Belief" Host Committee.
Alumni At Work Emmy Winner Alumna Michelle Miller , Northeast Bureau Correspondent , CBS New York, recently won an Emmy for her correspondent role in an outstanding feature story in a scheduled newscast. ### Picture Perfect "United We Rise - A Film About Change." School of C alumni Akinbola Richardson, director and writer, and Jeredon O'conner , cinematographer, have a new film, United We Rise - A Film About Change . https://vimeo.com/128560201 ### Forbes Interview Alum Jabari Johnson recently appeared in Forbes Magazine. In "Get Paid To Be Yourself: The Business of Being Jabari Johnson," Jabari's story of entrepreneurship unfolds. Read the article at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/julianmitchell/2015/09/...
NEWS ENGAGEMENT DAY 2015 School of C Dr. Tia Tyree's class on October 6th, Introduction to Strategic Communication News Engagement Day -- Tuesday, October 6, 2015 A program of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) School of C faculty and students will participate in this national/international effort that focuses on engaging news. For more information on News Engagement Day, please visit: www.newsengagement.org