Students from FSU’s Digital Media Production program (DMPP) won first place at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Student Documentary Competition for 641 Muriel Court. Kyle Jones, Deanna Kidd, Michael Walsh and Elijah Howard are the students behind 641 Muriel Court, a documentary uncovering the 1966 triple-murder of the Sims family in Tallahassee, Fla. The case grew …
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News about the faculty at the CCI School of Communication
FSU Students Take First Place at BEA Documentary Competition
Patrick Merle named IMC Division Head
Graduate students in the Integrated Marketing Communication program will have a new division head starting Fall 2017. Dr. Patrick Merle, assistant professor in the School of Communication has been named division head of the program, effective Fall 2017. Merle succeeds Dr. Jay Rayburn, who served as division head since the program’s inception in 2002. “It …
CONTINUE READINGFSU Professor Visiting Researcher at U Arkansas’ Behavioral Lab
Jinghui (Jove) Hou, assistant professor in the School of Communication, will visit University of Arkansas’ Behavioral Business Research Lab in the Sam Walton College of Business in November. Dr. Hou’s research investigates social and psychological effects of communication and information technologies, ranging from websites, social media, computer games, and personal and mobile media. Her work …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Jay Rayburn
What was your first job? Lifeguard at Skinner Lake, Providence, KY. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? I would never write a personal memoir. First of all, I don’t have that much to say. Second, it wouldn’t be very interesting, and third, nobody would want to read it …
CONTINUE READINGMedia Production Students Turn Their Cameras on Infamous Tallahassee Mystery
On October 22, 1966, the Sims family of 641 Muriel Court Tallahassee, Florida were discovered murdered in their home in a crime that has remained unsolved for the last half decade. Now, on the 50th anniversary of this chilling mystery, four students in FSU CCI’s Media Production program tell the story of the investigation, speculation, …
CONTINUE READINGDavis Houck Named Fannie Lou Hamer Endowed Professor
The College of Communication & Information recently established the Fannie Lou Hamer Endowed Professorship and Fannie Lou Hamer Scholarship. Through the generosity of a donor, the $150,000 professorship will go towards providing additional support for the research or teaching of a chosen professor who studies Rhetorical Theory and Criticism with particular research emphasis on the Black Freedom Movement. An additional $5,000 will go …
CONTINUE READINGSchool of Communication Names Cortese as Associate Director
Juliann Cortese, associate professor in the School of Communication, starts her work as associate director on August 8th. Cortese has been a part of Florida State University since 2005. She has taught and researched in Health Informatics, eHealth, Media Effects, Media Use, Hypermedia Learning and Internet Use. “The school is lucky to have Dr. Cortese as their associate …
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