Veteran political journalist John Harwood to speak Feb. 7

John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent for CNBC and a political writer for the New York Times, will give a public lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. titled “Fragmented Politics, Fragmented Media: Challenges to American Journalism.” The lecture, sponsored by the Laird B. Anderson and Florence H. Ashby Lectureship on Public Policy …

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Gubernatorial Fellows accepting applications until March 2

Applications are being accepted until March 2 for the Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program, a prestigious fellowship that provides nine months of professional experience in high levels of state government. Applicants may be from any field and should be have a strong interest in public service. Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students (juniors or seniors) are …

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CCI's Raulston wins Florida Campus Compact's Community Engagement Educator Award

By Andrea Wolf Project SPARTA. Sounds like an obscure movie reference, doesn’t it? Short for “Supervised Practical Application of Research, Theory and Academics,” it’s actually a unique service learning program created by Florida State University’s Melissa Raulston. Raulston, a webmaster and service learning coordinator with the College of Communication & Information, was recently awarded the …

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Raney gives keynote at sports media conference in China

Arthur A. Raney, professor and director of doctoral studies in FSU’s School of Communication, delivered a keynote address at an international conference on sports media and communication hosted by Chengdu Sport University in Chengdu, China — the first of its kind ever convened in mainland China. Raney was one of three U.S. sports media scholars invited to headline …

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Call for Papers: UDC Conference on ‘Climates of Change’

The Union for Democratic Communications has issued a call for papers for its 2012 international conference on “Climates of Change: Democracy Movements, Media and Global Environments.” The deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan. 15, 2012. Hosted by The Florida State University’s School of Communication, the conference will be held May 10-12 at the Turnbull …

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FSU School of Communication hosts Dr. Binod C. Agrawal

Presentations (All CCI students welcome) this coming week at by Dr. Binod C. Agrawal is the guest of the School of Communication at Florida State University during the week of November 28 to December 2, 2011.  During his visit to FSU, Dr. Agrawal will lead two workshops on qualitative research methods (each offered two times), …

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