Calling out all FSU fans and friends! Join Florida State University faculty, students and alumni at the 2015 FLA Conference May 12 – 15 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida! The School of Information – Florida’s iSchool will be located at Booth #107 in the exhibit hall. Stop by when the exhibits open …
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20 Questions with Patrick Merle
20 Questions with Patrick Merle What was your first job? I freelanced for an economic magazine in Paris and for Runner’s World website. My first full-time job was to be a reporter in the international unit of a French network. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? Maybe “Le …
CONTINUE READINGMardis named Chair of AASL Editorial Board
Marcia Mardis, associate professor in the School of Communication, has been named the Chair of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) editorial board. While on the board, she will help build on a strong history of publications that seek to transform teaching and learning through school library programs. Highly respected in the field of …
CONTINUE READINGHow Do Feel-Good Stories Inspire Us? CCI Professor Receives $1.95 Grant to Find Out
Watch the evening news, scroll through Facebook or pick up a newspaper — stories, videos and posts that make us feel good are everywhere you look. While inspirational media may be quick to bring a smile, can it also help to make us better people? Arthur Raney, the James E. Kirk Professor of Communication at …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Pam Doffek
20 Questions with Pam Doffek What was your first job? I was a checkout clerk at the A&P grocery store in Oconto, Wisconsin…would you like 4 loaves of bread for $1 with your order? If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? Either “Groundhog Day” or “I Go to Extremes” …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Alumnus Ed Stephen: CNN Executive Leader, Media Expert
Ed Stephen has always been a media guy at heart. While studying Communications at Florida State in the early 1990s, he worked at local TV stations WCTV and WFSU. “Broadcast TV has always sorta been my thing,” Stephen said. “Now it’s more about local media. “Now” is CNN – the cable network in nearly every …
CONTINUE READINGMerle pens article on Le Pen Family Feud
Patrick Merle, assistant professor in the School of Communication, wrote an article for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on the Le Pen family, currently in the news for a familial dispute. With family politics merging with public politics, Merle wrote a succinct review of the family’s feud. The article was published on …
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