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2014-15
MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION
REILLY CENTER FOR MEDIA & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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LETTER FROM THE DEAN
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ENROLLMENT & CURRICULUM
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FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT
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ALUMNI
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DIVERSITY AND OUTREACH
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INTERNATIONAL
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INTERNSHIPS
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GUEST SPEAKERS
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STUDENTS
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FACULTY AND STAFF
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OFFICE OF STUDENT MEDIA
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REILLY CENTER FOR MEDIA
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Roxanne Dill, instructor, journalism
Jerry Ceppos, dean and William B. Dickinson Professor
Johanna Dunaway, associate professor; holder of the
Howard and Nantelle Mitchiner Gittinger Professorship
in Mass Communications; holder of the R. Downs
Poindexter Endowed Professorship in Political Science
Martin Johnson, Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair and Professor
in Political Communication and Professor in the
Department of Political Science; holder of the Scripps
Howard Professorship in Media and Politics; interim
associate dean for graduate studies
Andrea Miller, associate dean for undergraduate
studies and administration; holder of the Huie-Delmon
Professorship
Meghan Sanders, associate dean for sponsored
research and programs; holder of the G. Lee Griffin
Distinguished Professorship (Bank One); holder of a
Doris Westmoreland Darden Endowed Professorship;
director, Media Effects Lab
Faculty
Joshua Grimm, assistant professor; holder of the J.
Patrick Gebhart Professorship
John Maxwell Hamilton, Hopkins P. Breazeale Professor
and Doris Westmoreland Darden Professor; Senior
Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, Washington, D.C
Michael Henderson, assistant professor of research;
PPRL research director
Jun Heo, assistant professor; holder of the D. Jensen
Holliday Professorship
Leonard Apcar, Wendell Gray Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair
in Media Literacy
Ralph Izard, Sig Mickelson Professor Emeritus
John Breaux, distinguished professor and senior
Reilly Center fellow
Yongick Jeong, associate professor; holder of the Remal
Das and Lachmi Devi Bhatia Memorial Professorship
Jinx Broussard, Bart Swanson Endowed Professor
Laura Lindsay, professor emerita
Steve Buttry, director, Office of Student Media;
professional-in-residence
Robert Mann, Manship Chair; Professor in Media
and Public Affairs
Cindy Carter,Tiger TV adviser; professional-in-residence
Jensen Moore-Copple, assistant professor, holder
of the Katheryn Pate Callahan Professorship
Erin Coyle, assistant professor; holder of the Joe D. Smith
Hibernia Professorship
Louis Day, Ouachita Parish Chapter Alumni Professor
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Ronald Garay, professor emeritus
Joshua Darr, assistant professor in political
communication and assistant professor in the
Department of Political Science
Margaret DeFleur, Doris Westmoreland Darden Professor
Melvin DeFleur, distinguished professor
William B. Dickinson, distinguished professor emeritus
Lance Porter, associate professor of
Mass Communication; director of the Laboratory
for Creative Arts & Technologies; holder of the
Mary P. Poindexter Professorship
Bill Ross, distinguished professor emeritus
KatieSearles, assistant professor in
Mass Communication; assistant professor,
Department of Political Science; holder of the
William K. “Bill” Carville Professorship in
Communication & Political Empowerment
Jay Shelledy, Fred Jones Greer Jr. Endowed Chair
in Media Business and Ethics
Judith Sylvester, associate professor; holder of the
Patrick J. Sorrells Professorship
Sadie Wilks, instructor, public relations
Kasey Windels, assistant professor; holder of the
Bill and Avis Ross Professorship and the
Doris Westmoreland Darden Professorship #4
Paige Jarreau, Lamar Family Postdoctoral Researcher
Manship School Staff
Tad Odell, instructor; Student Media adviser
Mike Bosworth, assistant dean for finance
Sara Courtney, development director
John Friscia, broadcast engineer
Lyn LeJeune, counselor
Kelli Palmer, communications manager
Renee Pierce, network manager
Linda Rewerts, assistant dean for administration
Mary Ann Sternberg, internship coordinator
Helen Taylor, assistant dean for student services
Hyojung Park, assistant professor, holder of the
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Professorship in
Health Communication
Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs
Public Policy Research Lab
Jay Perkins, associate professor emeritus
Raymond J. Pingree, assistant professor, holder of the
Douglas L. Manship Professorship and the Don Owen
Professorship
Michael Henderson, research director
Meghan Sanders, director, Media Effects Lab
Belinda Davis, deputy director
Michael Climek, operations manager
Srinivas Thouta, technology manager
Student Media Staff
Steve Buttry, director
Cindy Carter, Tiger TV adviser
Brian Charles, adviser
Molly Holmgren, advertising director
Tad Odell, adviser
John Friscia, engineer and KLSU adviser
Jann Goetzmann, administrative
specialist
Megan Stone, business manager
Dan Borné, president
Louisiana Chemical Association
Baton Rouge
Sandy Breland, vice president and
general manager
Fox 8 WVUE-TV Louisiana Media Co., LLC
New Orleans
Sharon Weston Broome
Louisiana state senator, Baton Rouge
Affiliated Faculty
Donald Cass Jr.
Dallas, Texas
James Garand, Emogene Pliner
Distinguished Professor, Department
of Political Science
Charles E. Cook Jr.
Publisher, The Cook Political Report
Washington, D.C.
Stacia Haynie, dean, College of
Humanities & Socila Science
Mark Dollins, president
North Star Communications Consulting
Ridgefield, Conn.
Robert E. Hogan, professor,
T. Wayne Parent, Russell B. Long
Professor of American Politics,
James Richardson, director and professor,
Public Administration Institute; Harris
J. and Marie P. Chustz Distinguished
Professor in Business Administration;
John Rhea Alumni Professor in
Economics, E.J. Ourso College of Business
MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS
COMMUNICATION BOARD OF VISITORS
Chair
Robert W. Mong Jr., president
University of North Texas, Dallas
Vice Chair
Mary Ann Sternberg, author
Internship coordinator, Manship School
Baton Rouge
Board members
Jim Amoss III, editor and vice president
NOLA Media Group, New Orleans
Paul Anger (retired)
Editor and publisher
The Detroit Free Press
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Margo DuBos, president, CEO and
publisher
Gambit Communications Inc.
New Orleans
BEBE Facundus, president
Botero & Associates, Baton Rouge
John Frazee, senior vice president,
news service (retired)
CBS News, New York
Manny Garcia, editor, Naples Daily News
Naples, Fla.
Richard Gingras, senior director of news
and social products
Google Inc.
Mountain View, Calif.
G. Lee Griffin, president emeritus
LSU Foundation, Baton Rouge
Peter Kovacs, editor
The Advocate, Baton Rouge
Charles Lamar, chairman/CEO
Woodlawn Investments, Baton Rouge
Douglas L. Manship Jr.
Manship Media, Baton Rouge
Josh Mayer, chief creative director
Peter Mayer Advertising, New Orleans
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Marcy McGinnis, freelance visiting
faculty, guest lecturer,
communications trainer
Stony Brook University, New York
Arlene Morgan, special assistant
to the dean for external affairs
Temple University School of Media
and Communications
Philadelphia
Laine Glisson Oliver, senior public
policy adviser
Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz
Washington
William A. Oliver
New Orleans, La.
Sean Reilly, CEO
Lamar Advertising Co., Baton Rouge
Oliver G. Richard III, president
Empire of the Seed, Lake Charles, La.
Thomas O. Ryder, chairman and CEO
Reader’s Digest Association Inc. (retired)
Vero Beach, Fla.
Len Sanderson, president
Sanderson Strategies Group,
Washington
MASS COMMUNICATION
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
President
Margaret E. “Meg” Casper
Louisiana Deputy Secretary of State
Baton Rouge
Board Members
Jennifer Boneno, director of
account services
Zehnder Communications, Baton Rouge
Elizabeth Tadie Canfield
communications specialist
BASF Corporation, Geismar, La.
Stephanie Cargile, manager, public and
government affairs
ExxonMobile, Baton Rouge
Charlotte Johnson Cavell, corporate
communications
Entergy New Orleans Inc.
Melinda Deslatte, reporter
Associated Press, Baton Rouge
Kim Ginn, vice president, marketing
L’Auberge Baton Rouge
Rachel Henry, communications manager
LSU College of Human Sciences & Education
Tod Smith, president and
general manager
WWL-TV, WUPL-TV, WWLTV.com,
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New Orleans
Brad Lambert, president
Harris, Deville & Associates, Baton Rouge
Dane Strother, president and CEO
Strother Strategies, Washington
Venessa Lewis, owner
Lewis Graphic Design, Denham Springs, La.
Rene Syler, author, blogger, cancer
survivor advocate, speaker, www.
Goodenoughmother.com
Westchester, NY
Andrea Clesi McMakin
Baton Rouge
Lauren Tucker, president/CEO
Cooler Heads Intelligence
Richmond, Va.
Ron Thibodeaux, associate editor
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
New Orleans
Jack M. Weiss III
Law Chancellor Emeritus
Professor of Law
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, LSU
Kristi Williams, chief of public affairs,
parks division
Maryland National Parks Planning
Commission
Riverdale, Maryland
Mark Lambert, president
Lambert Media Communications, Baton Rouge
Stephanie Riegel, editor
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
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from the Dean
Dear alums and other friends,
This was the year when three of our oldest, and best, ideas came to life.
First, we began our long-discussed Washington class, a perfect complement to our signature
emphasis on media and public affairs.
Second, we announced a new statehouse program to teach students about state government
and how to cover it, yet another element of our emphasis on media and public affairs.
Finally, we built a laboratory to study social media, another part of our growing emphasis on
the role of technology in mass communication. The lab is the first of its kind at a masscommunication school.
The reaction to “Media & Politics in the Nation’s Capital,” a month-long program that met three times
a week in class and many other times outside of class, was what we had hoped for. “I really had an
awesome month and would recommend it to anyone who just wants to experience D.C. in a new
way,” one student wrote on an evaluation. “It was amazing,” wrote another.
Jack Hamilton, Manship’s founding dean, taught the course, with assistance from doctoral student
Eric Robinson, who arranged numerous field trips, from the Newseum to Gettysburg National Military
Park to the Holocaust Memorial Museum. The group also had lunch with public-affairs professionals
at Baker, Donelson (thanks to Laine Glisson Oliver, a member of our national board of visitors) and
visited with James Carville at his home. We plan to offer the program every summer.
In the statehouse fall semester program, students will learn about state government by meeting with
everyone from Secretary of State Tom Schedler to Robert Travis Scott, a former newspaper reporter
and editor who is president of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana.
While I described the Social Media Analysis and Creation Lab as a part of our technology initiative, it
also fits in perfectly with our media-and-politics mission. Students and researchers will be able to test
reaction in real time to political candidates, new products and the kinds of unanticipated news stories
that light up social media.
We’re heading into the perfect period for all three of these expansions: the Louisiana gubernatorial
(and other) campaigns this fall and the presidential (and other) campaigns next fall. We already have
planned about a dozen classes or activities about the campaigns: our every-four-years trip to the Iowa
caucuses, at least one class directly about covering the campaign, new efforts about media literacy in
a digital age and conversations about the future of polling.
We’re excited about the year past and the year coming up. We hope that you are, too.
Please let us know if you’d like to visit and chat about the Manship School.
Best,
Jerry Ceppos, Dean
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enrollment and curriculum
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2014-15 MANSHIP AMBASSADORS
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Undergraduate Enrollment
In fall 2014, the Manship School welcomed 265 full-time, first-time freshmen planning to major in
mass communication. Of that number, 27.3 percent were minorities and 31.3 percent were from outof-state or other countries. The overall total number of mass communication majors and pre-majors
was 1,047 (535 in the school) as of fall 2014.
The public relations area continues as the largest concentration with 235 majors. Journalism is again
second with 126 majors. Digital advertising has 93 majors, and political communication is up to 70
majors.
The Manship School continuously manages enrollment and school admissions and has the highest
retention and graduation rates of any school on the LSU campus. In spring 2014, almost 92 percent
of mass communication graduates started at LSU as freshmen, with the majority graduating in four
years. To improve our retention and school admissions rates, the Manship Mentor program will
continue next year to help freshmen transition into their sophomore year and into the Manship School.
Undergraduate Curriculum
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Introduction to Mass Media continues to be an important class for our majors as well as for recruiting
new majors into the school. The class is required for mass communication majors and is a General
Education class for the rest of the university. Going forward, the course will be taught by former senior
New York Times Editor Len Apcar, the first Wendell Gray Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair in Media Literacy.
The School also expanded its elective course offerings last year by offering an advanced visual
communication and web design class as well as a coastal environmental communication class.
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THE ADVOCATE
JAMES CARVILLE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RAY PINGREE WITH STUDENTS
Graduate Program
This year, Dr. Martin Johnson,
Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair in Political
Communication, will serve as interim
associate dean for graduate studies as we
continue our national search for a new
associate dean.
2015 Incoming Doctoral Students
Nia Mason has been a community
development specialist for the Louisiana
Office of Community Development for the
past six years. She earned a master’s
degree in mass communication from
Louisiana State University (2006) and
a bachelor’s in English literature with a
minor in communications from George
Washington University (2003). Her
research interests focus on public affairs
and health communication especially in
communities of people of color.
Meghan Menard has a master’s degree
in mass communication (2015) from
Louisiana State University and a
bachelor’s degree in history from the
University of Alabama (2010). Meghan
worked as the student life editor and as
a senior staff reporter for The Crimson
White at the University of Alabama.
Meghan’s research interests include
the evolution of U.S. government public
relation practices and relationships
between journalists and government.
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Brian Watson earned a master’s degree
at Louisiana State University (2015) and
an undergraduate degree from Baylor
University (2011), both in political
science. Brian works for the Public
Affairs Research Council of Louisiana and
previously for Crosswind Public Relations
& Media, U.S. Rep. Kay Granger
(Texas), Waco Family Abuse Center
and the Democratic Party of McLennan
County. Brian’s interests include political
communication, electoral politics and
research methods.
Lamar White Jr. has been writing about
Louisiana on his website, CenLamar, for
nearly a decade. He earned a juris doctor
from Southern Methodist University’s
Dedman School of Law in 2015 and a
bachelor’s degree in English and religious
studies from Rice University in 2005.
He is a contributing writer at Salon and
The Independent of Lafayette. In 2012,
he won the Ashley Morris Award for best
embodying the spirit of Louisiana. Lamar
worked as a special assistant to the mayor
of Alexandria, Louisiana, from 2006 to
2012.
Stephanie Whitenack completed her
master’s degree in communication at
the University of Cincinnati (2015).
She holds an undergraduate degree in
strategic communication from Ohio State
University (2012). Stephanie’s thesis
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PAIGE BROWN JARREAU HOODED BY DEAN
CEPPOS & ASSOCIATE DEAN AMY REYNOLDS
examines “parasocial relationships and
loneliness among people with Down
Syndrome.” Stephanie is a member of
the Midwest Popular Culture Association
and presented her research on parasocial
relations in reference to people with Down
Syndrome at a recent conference.
Congratulations to our new
2014-2015 Ph.D.s
May 2015 Graduates:
Zeynep Altinay is a part-time instructor
at the Manship School.
Britt Christensen began teaching this fall
at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.
Keren Henderson is an assistant
professor of broadcast and digital
journalism at Syracuse’s S.I. Newhouse
School of Public Communication.
Paige Brown Jarreau was selected as the
first post-doctorate Lamar Family Visiting
Scholar in the Manship School for
2015-16.
August, 2015 Graduates
Ellada Gamreklidze is a part-time
instructor in the Manship School.
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THE NEW SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS AND CREATION LAB
The Manship Social Media Analysis and Creation Lab allows faculty
and students to visually track social media content and respond to
that content in real time, empowering students and faculty to engage
in social media conversations on the subjects of their choice. Also,
this facility allows faculty and students to conduct social media
academic research. The SMAC lab currently features four 80-inch
screens powered by computer that allow us to use an extensive
suite of software and services to track levels of conversation and
sentiment in real time around events such as presidential debates,
special events, branding campaigns or breaking news. Eventually,
the lab will also program content via a live studio feed broadcast to
additional screens in the Holliday Forum.
Through the SMAC Lab, we will establish the Manship School as the
pre-eminent program to study social media and public affairs.
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JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION GRANT
BY STEVE BUTTRY, GRANT ADMINISTRATOR
We awarded 12 grants in 2014-15 for student-run projects
in the Social Media News Challenge, funded by our 2013
grant from the Knight Foundation.
Wilborn Nobles and Elbis Bolton won prizes for the best
project and the riskiest project. Their POWER app (Police
Officer Event Watchdog Reporter) was designed to help
citizens document conduct by police and send their photos
and videos to news media organizations. They plan to use
their award money to promote distribution and use of the
app. Their app drew media coverage from The Washington
Post, MediaShift blog and other media throughout
Louisiana.
The award for best reporting on a project went to Madelyn
Duhon for a project reporting on efforts to restore and
protect Louisiana’s coastline.
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L-R BETH COLVIN (JUDGE), WILBORN NOBLES, ELBIS BOLTON, DEAN CEPPOS,
(JUDGE), CHRIS BRANTON (JUDGE)
Mass Communications students Darrick Landreneau and
Caleb Phillips made a special application after grants had
already been awarded. Their project will use a quadcopter
drone to shoot aerial videos and use social media to
share their video products. We are awaiting a certificate
of authorization for their aircraft from the Federal Aviation
Administration.
Highlights From Areas of Concentration
DIGITAL ADVERTISING
For the second time in three years, the Manship team of
digital advertising students advanced to the finals in the
National Student Advertising Competition, sponsored by the
American Advertising Federation.
In the national competition finals held in Las Vegas,
Manship students came in fourth, the highest ranking in
the school’s history. About 150 schools participated in the
competition this year, and Manship students were among
eight finalists.
Manship Dean Jerry Ceppos said, “I had the pleasure of
watching our students present their plans for a campaign
for Pizza Hut, this year’s client. The students were polished,
professional and fully understood the client. I was especially
impressed with how well the students answered questions
from the client, the part of the program that is almost
impossible to prepare for.”
Assistant Professor Kasey Windels and Associate Professor
Yongick Jeong were the advisers.
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MANSHIP AMBASSADOR KELLI GRIFFIN
DIGITAL ADVERTISING TEAM
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JOURNALISM
underwritten by a grant from the national Ethics and
Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the Manship
School Excellence Fund.
Cold Case Project
BY JAY SHELLEDY
GREER CHAIR PROFESSIONAL-IN-RESIDENCE
Members of the Manship School Cold Case Project website team
Back row, from left, undergraduate Drew White, graduate student Ward
Colin, undergraduate Justin McAcy
Front row, from left, doctoral student Minjie Li, graduate student Olivia
McClure and undergraduate Marylee Williams
The site was designed by Minjie Li, a doctoral student
at Manship. The content was assembled and
programmed by undergraduates Joshua Jackson,
Justin McAcy and Jennifer Vance.
The investigative reports had been stored in FBI files
and in the National Archives until requested by the
Project Team under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Justice Department’s next-of-kin letters and
memoranda of findings also were released under
FOIA requests to the Manship School team. The
latter were featured on the front page of The
New York Times in March 2013.
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“The team’s primary focus is to bring
closure to African-American communities
which have lingered decades without
fully knowing what federal agents
learned about the deaths of family
members and friends,” said Jay
Shelledy, who teaches the course.
Agents at the time were often thwarted by
intimidated witnesses, Klan-sympathizing
local lawmen and white juries which refused
to convict whites of murdering blacks.
The School has launched a searchable website
detailing heretofore sealed FBI investigative findings in
a dozen Civil Rights-era hate murders in Louisiana and
southern Mississippi.
The site displays the ongoing work of the school’s Cold
Case Project and includes more than 150,000 pages of
FBI findings, resulting stories, photographs and letters
from the U.S. Department of Justice to the victims’ next
of kin.
The Cold Case Project is part of the Field
Experience class in which students report and
write stories for daily newspapers in Louisiana
and southern Mississippi. The class also houses
the Wrongful Conviction team which reports on cases
where Louisianians, almost always black, are serving
life sentences in prosecutions and trials that may have
been prejudicial, unfair or otherwise tainted.
The interactive site can be accessed at
www.lsucoldcaseproject.com.
The Cold Case Project was launched in 2010
and nearly three dozen students have worked on
cases since then. The creation of the website was
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public Relations Student Society of America
National Conference
In October, the Public Relations Student Society
of America received seven awards at the PRSSA
National Conference in Washington. The awards
included a Teahan Award, the Star Chapter Award,
first place in the National Organ Donation Awareness
Competition and four individual awards. This was the
greatest number of awards the chapter has received
at a PRSSA national conference.
Manship School junior JoLena Broussard was
presented two scholarships: the PRSA Diversity
Multicultural Scholarship and the Stephen D. Pisinski
Memorial Scholarship.
Former PRSSA national committee member and
former PRSSA president, Mallory Richardson,
received the Golden Key Award for excelling in the
study of public relations, pursuing professional
development opportunities and serving as a leader in
her chapter.
The 2014 president, De’Andra Roberts, was
awarded the National President’s Citation for her
leadership skills, understanding of PRSSA and active
membership in the chapter.
LSU’s Love Purple Live Gold awards
The Public Relations Student Society of America
was awarded six Love Purple Live Gold awards by
LSU’s Campus Life in recognition of the organization’s
positive contribution to student life at LSU.
They won the Most Outstanding Student Organization
award and the Commitment to Community
award. Their diversity mixer was named the Most
Outstanding Collaborative Program, and the diversity
committee won the Most Outstanding Multicultural/
Diversity Program award.
In addition, public relations student Darla Nguyen
won the Emerging Leader award, and Lindsay
McCluskey won the Graduate Student Leader of the
Year award.
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POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Let’s Geaux to Iowa!
Once again, faculty members will take a group of
students to Iowa for the 2016 Presidential Caucuses.
The School is offering “Iowa of the Tiger,” a winter
session course that will offer students the chance to
study, observe and participate in every aspect of the
Iowa Caucuses.
Depending on which course students choose, they
will study presidential politics, examining the role of
the news media in the process or reporting the events
they attend on the program’s blog.
Institute of Politics at Harvard University
Manship School political communication students
Kira Schuette and Valencia Richardson attended
the annual National Campaign for Political and Civic
Engagement at Harvard University’s Institute of
Politics in September, 2014. Sponsored by the Reilly
Center for Media & Public Affairs, Manship School
students have been attending this annual conference
for more than 10 years.
Schuette and Richardson joined a group of college
students from around the country at Harvard’s
Kennedy School of Government for a weekend
seminar on how to engage their fellow students in
public and political affairs. The two are also campus
ambassadors for the Vote Everywhere Project,
sponsored by the Andrew Goodman Foundation.
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New Statehouse Courses
The school has begun this fall a new set of courses taught
at the state Capitol. As news organizations cut back on
coverage of state government, a number of schools have
assigned student reporters to cover legislatures, agencies and
governors.
This fall Dr. Martin Johnson, Reilly Chair in Media & Public
Affairs, is teaching a course based in the Capitol about how
state government works. In the spring, students who have
taken the course will report on state government under
the supervision of Greer Chair Professional-in-Residence
Jay Shelledy. Their work will be distributed by the existing
Manship News Service, which distributes articles to Louisiana
and south Mississippi news organizations.
Political Communication Research Group
Student members of the political communication research group
had the opportunity to share and receive feedback on their
work from a leading scholar in the field and brainstorm new
ideas, methods and applications of their work at the Political
Communication Research Group 2014 Mini-Conference on
Nov. 14.
Sponsored by the Don Owens Professorship, this mini-conference
was the first Manship research forum organized by students.
Students shared their summer work from externships,
conferences, courses and previous PCRG collaborative efforts.
Brendan Nyhan, assistant professor in the Department of
Government at Dartmouth College, delivered a keynote speech
on “Research and Misperceptions.” Nyhan, a contributor to
The Upshot at The New York Times and former media critic for
Columbia Journalism Review, also met with the group to discuss
its works in progress.
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The conference also featured presentations by political
communication faculty and students, including undergraduate
students Lindsey Spillman and Jacob Irving; doctoral students
Newly Paul and Mingxiao Sui; and faculty members Ray Pingree,
Rosanne Scholl, Johanna Dunaway, Martin Johnson and Katie
Searles. Doctoral students Paige Brown Jarreau and Myounng-Gi
Chon also presented their work.
LSU Manship in Washington
Twelve students attended the Manship School’s inaugural program,
“Media & Politics in the Nation’s Capital” this summer. They got a closeup view of how news media and politicians interact in Washington.
Students met with governmental officials including Louisiana Senators
David Cassidy and David Vitter and media professionals such as
Supreme Court correspondent Anthony Mauro, AP congressional
correspondent David Espo and former Washington Post ombudsman
Andy Alexander.
The group studied how officials build media support, how lobbyists
and public affairs officers operate and how our government projects its
message abroad.
The school’s founding dean, John Hamilton, taught the course and
doctoral student Eric Robinson, a media lawyer, helped administer the
program. Between classes, the group toured D.C. news bureaus, the
Newseum, National Geographic, the Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Gettysburg battlefield, Mount Vernon, Capitol Hill and other important
locations.
They also heard from Manship alumni working in Washington-Ted Greener (2011), Dane Strother (1985), Amy Brittain (2009), Frances
Seghers (1974), Margaret Looney (2010) and others.
A kick-off reception was held June 16 for Washington-area alumni and
friends. The program complements the school’s study of media and
politics, and also fits in with the new statehouse program beginning
this fall.
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“The Manship in DC program
was absolutely incredible. The
opportunity to live and learn
in the nation’s capital was
invaluable and provided me
with an experience I’ll never
forget. In just a few short
weeks, I learned so much
and made connections that
will help me put my Manship
education to good use after
graduation.”
–NOAH BALLARD,
MANSHIP JUNIOR
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finance and development
1913 Society
The 1913 Society, named for the first year journalism courses were
offered at LSU, honors major investors in the school. Alumni and
friends whose contributions during the past 12 months totaled $1,000
or more are listed as members each year. “Permanent Members” are
those who have made lifetime donations exceeding $500,000.
We thank alumna Meg Casper, president of the Manship Alumni
Executive Board, and its members for managing a successful alumni
outreach campaign this past year. This effort brought additional
funds to the Manship Excellence Fund that has been conducted
annually since 1994. This fund is vital to the school in supporting
scholarships, guest lecturers, conferences, seminars and student
travel.
All donors to the Manship School will be guests of honor at the
Manship School Open House Reception and Annual Meeting to
be held Friday, Oct. 2 at the Holliday Forum in the Journalism
Building. It will be a celebration to honor donors, students and
faculty. Save the date and stay tuned for more information coming
your way.
Thank you, Doris Darden
DA
RD
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We celebrate the life and generous contributions of 1949 alumna
Doris Westmoreland Darden. Doris served as editor of the Gumbo
and often contributed to The Daily Reveille. She spoke fondly of her
time at the “J- School” and LSU where she met her husband Julian.
Through their consistent generosity and Julian’s matching gift from
ExxonMobil, six professorships were created in Doris’ name at the
Manship School.
Doris died March 18 of this year. We are grateful for her lifelong
support. She will be missed.
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“Doris Darden’s passion for the Manship School fueled much
generosity over the past 20 years—six professorships, which have
greatly impacted our faculty’s ability to conduct research.” said Dean
Jerry Ceppos.
JOHN MAGINNIS
Sponsorships
Dr. James Jackson in memory of his father
The Manship School Hall of Fame Gala
was sponsored by Randy Hayden, Creative
Communications, Public Relations Society
of America, Louisiana Chemical Association,
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Tiger Rag
magazine, Press Club of Baton Rouge, Lambert
Media LLC, Louisiana Radio Network, family of
Mike Dunne, Angela deGravelles & Associates,
Public Relations Association of Louisiana and
Zehnder Communications.
James Kyle Bryan in memory of John
Henderson Cade
Terri Ramos in memory of James W. Russell
Contributions in honor of Jay Perkins
Albert P. Comeaux, GE Foundation, Betsy Cobb,
Joshua A. Mayer, Delia A. Taylor, Reed L. Branson,
Donald F. Cass Jr., Sara Courtney, Bebe E.
Facundus, and Kristan E. Trugman
Contributions in memory of Luke Bashore
The Manship Media Group sponsored the 1913
Society Dinner.
Barbara F. Schweikle, Randall and Gail Bashore
and Brett R. Schweikle, Julie O’Bryant, Lisa
Dunkum, Robert & Karen J. Feathers and
Fluvanna Education Foundation Inc.
The Scripps Howard Foundation sponsored the
Academic Leadership Academy.
The Louisiana Association of Broadcasters
sponsored the Louisiana Scholastic Journalism
Institute.
Contributors to the John J. Maginnis
Scholarship Fund
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation funded
the Outstanding Student Service Award.
MEMORIAL AND HONOR GIFTS
Gwen G. Bylinsky in memory of Gene M. Bylinsky
Louis D. Curet and David T. Harvey in memory of
Jean Harvey Curet
Mr. & Mrs. David M. James in memory of Jean
Harvey Curet & David M. James Jr.
Laura Fletcher Lindsay family in memory of
Thomas M. Fletcher
Ms. Suzanne E. Mouch in memory of Patrick Sorrells
Libby Jones and Baton Rouge Area Foundation in
memory of Roberta G. Falk
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Richard A. Lipsey; Andrew T. McMains; John Diez
Jr.; Lois L. Elisar; Robert T. Mann Jr.; A. Bridger
Eglin; Paul P. Marks Sr.; Karen B. Drinkwater;
Jacqueline D. Maginnis; David Speights;
Richard A. Gautreaux; Robert J. Lorio; Jenny P.
Sutcliffe; Milton D. Moore; David Drinkwater,;
Louisiana Resource and Development Council;
Jonathan L. Martin; Sally A. Nungesser; Baton
Rouge Area Foundation; Courson Nickel LLC;
Catherine H. Coates; F. Charles McMains Jr.;
James R. McLellan; Liz Hampton; Frank J. Hall
Jr.; Dr. Michael W. Dole; Bebe E. Facundus; Karla
Swacker, Wrenwood Commercial Partnership;
Clyde C. LeBlanc; Cranch-Hardy & Associates
Inc.; David R. Dodson; Rep. Major Thibaut; Larry
L. Murray; Ann Edelman; Fran B. Gladden, Gaylord
M. Hoyt; Tyler E. Bridges; Margo and Clancy
Dubos; Jacklyn H. Ducote; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5
Moret; Christopher A. Murray; Paul S. West; Susie
and Carl Blyskal, Miriam Delrio
Contributors to Michael J. Danna
“This Week in Louisiana Agriculture”
Scholarship
The Estate of Michael J. Danna; Rene’e Danna;
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation; James
Monroe; Digital Insurance; Michael L. Orso;
Wendell G. Miley; Edwin M. Reeves Jr.; Penny C.
Heuiser; David Lewis; Southern Farm Bureau
Casualty; Grayson K. Close; Amanda Goodrum;
Michael J. Siegel; Kelli S. Hobgood; Gwenette
Aubert; Amanda J. Hamilton; Lauren E. Moulin;
Kristi A. Oxford; Avery J. Davidson; Camille
Fontenot; Melanie S. Dennis; Darlene Burrell; Joni
S. Aucoin; Ashley T. Melancon; M. A. Blanchard;
Tangipahoa Parish Farm Bureau; Iberia Parish
Farm Bureau; Vermillion Parish Farm Bureau,
Inc., Madison Parish Farm Bureau, Cathleen C.
Williams; William R. Davie; Jerry Ceppos; Ken
Kashian; Susan W. Staid; Mary L. Faulkner; Lisa
Hebert; Edward J. Breckwoldt, Monica M. Verde,
Viviane B. Verde, Carco Trophies & Awards;
Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau; David C. Cupp;
Triton Industries, LLC; Mapes & Mapes Inc.;
Elizabeth A. LeBlanc; Hon. Robert J. Barham;
Elaine F. Michel; Sandra C. Bevens; Hollie H.
Hotard; Michael J. Nelson; Ascension Parish Farm
Bureau; Linda G. Zaunbrecher; Kyle L. McCann;
Ann Edelman; Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemine
Farm Bureau Inc.; Union Parish Farm Bureau
Inc.; Avoyelles Parish Farm Bureau Inc.; Shelby
L. Robert; Margaret E. Casper; Clint M. Cole; John
R. Walter; Charles W. and Andrea McMakin; Dr.
Martha A. Littlefield; Elizabeth S. Sibley; Denise
R. Hymel; Mark G. Tassin; Jayme Fanucci; Sara
Courtney and Lauren A. Michaud.
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1913 Society Members
Matching Companies
AT&T Foundation
BHP Billiton
BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana
CB&I
ExxonMobil Foundation
GE Foundation
Key Energy Services Inc.
Monsanto Fund
Union Bank of California
Founders ($500,000 or
more lifetime cumulative)
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Imo Brown
Fred J. Greer Jr.
Charles and Carole Lamar
and family
Charles P. Jr. and Paula G. Manship
Douglas L. Manship Sr. and family
Kevin P. Sr. and Dee Dee Reilly
& family
Darlene and Thomas O. Ryder
Dean’s Club ($100,000 or
more during past year)
Randall and Gail Bashore
Chairman’s Club
($25,000 or more during
past year)
Jacqueline D. Maginnis
Jones Walker LLP
Partners ($10,000 or more
during past year)
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Capital One Services Inc.
Estate of Michael J. Danna
Michael W. Dole
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Reilly Family Foundation
Dee Dee Reilly
Kevin and Winifred Reilly
Sean E. and Jennifer Eplett Reilly
Scripps Howard Foundation
Leaders ($5,000 or more
during past year)
Laura F. Lindsay and family
Louisiana Association of
Broadcasters
Builders ($2,500-$4,999
during past year)
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alario
Louis A. Day
Freda Y. Dunne
Penny C. Heuiser
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lamar III
Fernando E. Martinez
Patrick E. McCarthy
Sustainers ($1,000-$2,499)
Patricia K. Benoit
Kyle Bryan
Jerry and Karen Ceppos
Beverly and Dudley W. Coates Jr.
Albert P. Comeaux
Miriam Delrio
Digital Insurance
David Drinkwater
Jacklyn H. Ducote
Bebe E. Facundus
John A. Frazee
GBC of Baton Rouge LLC
Frank J. Hall Jr.
John Maxwell and Regina Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. James Hickson
Ralph S. Izard
The Lotus Group LLC
Madison Parish Farm Bureau
Marcy A. McGinnis
Rep. and Francis McMains
Andrew T. McMains
McMains Foundation
Charles W. and Andrea McMakin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rainer
Oliver G. Richard III
Brett R. Schweikle
James E. Shelledy
Millicent S. Short
Raymond D. Strother
Beverly J. Tally
$500 to $999
Ram N. Bhatia
Susie and Carl E. Blyskal
Daniel S. Borne’
Jinx M. Broussard
Donald F. Cass Jr.
Brian J. Hales and Catherine Coates
Courson Nickel LLC
Cranch-Hardy & Associates Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Cullen
Rene’e Danna
Degravelles and Associates
Delatte & Edwards
John Diez Jr.
David R. Dodson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Dollins
Karen B. Drinkwater
Friends of the Iberville Public
Libraries
Ronald and Mary Sue Garay
Christine A. Graham
Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Griffin
John W. Grubb
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Harvey Jr.
Susanne C. Hiegel
Mary Louise C. Hopson
Iberia Parish Farm Bureau
James W. Jackson
Louisiana Business Inc.
Louisiana Chemical Association
Louisiana Radio Network and Tiger
Rag magazine
Kevin L. Louth
Robert T. and Cindy Mann
Carolyn and Michael Marsh
Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe H. McCollister Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen Penniman
Press Club of Baton Rouge
Frances Seghers
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty
Vermillion Parish Farm Bureau, Inc.
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Carol Yarbrough
$250 to $499
W. J. Amoss III
Carol N. Blitzer
Michael V. Bodin
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bonnette
Edward J. Breckwoldt
Elizabeth and J. Blake Canfield
Rob Caruso
Margaret E. Casper
John Champagne
Bradley Chaney
Sara Courtney
Creative Communications Inc.
Louis D. Curet
Louisiana Resource and
Development Council
Lt. Governor and Mrs. Jay Dardenne
Mr. and Mrs. Clancy Dubos
Ann Edelman
Fluvanna Education Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Gladden III
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lipsey
Lauren A. Michaud
Faith Miller
Milton D. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Moret
Christopher T. Normand
Robert G. Pou
Terri Ramos
Robert W. Ritter
Joyce Sigler
Judith L. Sylvester
Delia A. Taylor
Union Parish Farm Bureau Inc.
Virginia A. Warner
Wrenwood Commercial Partnership
$100 to $249
Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Abshire
Ascension Parish Farm
Bureau
Avoyelles Parish Farm
Bureau Inc.
Nicole R. Barbier
Hon. Robert J. Barham
Elliot Baringer
Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Bateman
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Bender
Becky Benelli
Dana Benelli
Chad E. Bidner
Ernst G. Boehringer Jr.
Eileen Angelico Bongiovanni
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Bouchie
Timothy C. Bowlin
Tyler E. Bridges
Cecilia Broussard
Gwen G. Bylinsky
Stephanie S. Cargile
Mr. and Mrs. William N.
Chapman
Patricia L. Cheramie
David Chicoine
Michael Chol and Andree
Dalovisio
Claiborne Parish Farm
Bureau Inc.
Jonica M. Coates
Betsy Cobb
Denni R. Cravins
Raphael Crawford
William C. Credo III
David C. Cupp
Anne E. Darling
Avery J. Davidson
Laura G. Deavers
Jeannie Decuir
Mr. and Mrs. Roger DeKay
Thomas A. Deritter
Mr. and Mrs. Norman A.
Deumite
A N N U A L
Matthew D. and Jessica A.
Diez
Paul R. Dry
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bridger Eglin
Rafael Espinoza
Mary L. Faulkner
Karl H. Feldner
Mary J. Finney
Ryan Fitzgerald
Michael R. Fontham and
Elizabeth T. H. Fontham
Barbara Friscia
Richard A. Gautreaux
Zachariah Glascock
Lauren Gossen
Ted C. Greener
Mr. and Mrs. Philip T.
Hackney
Charles J. Hadley
Liz Hampton
Lauren Herring
Michael E. Hiller
Jane Honeycutt
Hollie H. Hotard
Gaylord M. Hoyt
Mr. and Mrs. Randall R.
Hudson
Gary G. Hymel
Jefferson, St. Bernard,
Plaquemine Farm
Bureau Inc.
LCDR Gerald J. Johnson
John Kaltakdjian
Ken Kashian
Kyle Kershaw
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Keville
Amber King
Delos L. Knight Jr.
David D. Kurpius
Howard M. Lambert
Brad A. Lambert
Lambert Media LLC
Megan C. Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Charles LeBlanc
David Lewis
Louisiana Companies
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Jean Lowery
John M. Lowry
Donald Luther
Mapes & Mapes Inc.
Patrick Masse
Mr. and Ms. Kyle L. McCann
TaRhonda T. McKee
Adam McNair
Wendell G. Miley
Andrea L. Miller
Granton A. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Miller
Jeffrey M. Mitchell
Suzanne E. Mouch
Larry L. Murray
Sally A. Nungesser
Ouachita Parish Farm
Bureau
Scott G. Paddock
Shawn Palmer
Donald A. Patterson
Elizabeth C. Perrier
Randall Peterson
Renee W. Pierce
Luke Francis and
Melinda Piontek
Public Relations Society
of America
James N. Reaux
Ray F. Rials
Ryan J. Rogers
Rhonda P. Shay
Joel D. and Marla C.
Silverberg
Taylor J. Simon
John and Linda Spain
David Speights
Jenny P. Sutcliffe
Karla Swacker
Tangipahoa Parish Farm
Bureau
Mark G. Tassin
Thomas E. Taylor
Rep. Major Thibaut
Joshua Throne
Tiger Rag Magazine
Pamela M. Tischler
2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5
Triton Industries LLC
Kristan E. Trugman
Michael A. Vicknair
John R. Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. West
Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Young
Kathryn E. Yurk
Linda G. Zaunbrecher
$99 and under
Deborah Abernathy
Akram Albarghouti
Mary C. Alsfeld
Robert A. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson
Debbie Asaro
Michael S. Asnes
Gwenette Aubert
Joni S. Aucoin
Kevin C. Ayer
Brett J. Babin
Taylor J. Balkom
Ryan J. Baniewicz
Michael Bank
Andrea L. Barbier
Bevan Barringer
Jaquelyne E. Barrow
Jesse Barrow
John Basso
Mr. and Mrs. Chad M. Bates
Nichola G. Battaglia
Billy K. Baucum
Tiffany A. Bellanger
Victoria Bello
David Benedetto
Louis D. Benedetto Jr.
Thomas J. Bergman
Trever Berryman
Sandra C. Bevens
Kodi Bewley
Donna Biddick
Harris Bienn
Lawrence C. Bird
Masudul K. Biswas
M. A. Blanchard
Patrick D. Bonin
Joseph A. Bono
Michael E. Bosworth
Madison Boudreaux
Wendy W. Boyle
Nancy Brackin
Reed L. Branson
Marian B. Braud
Mary Brechtel
Katrina P. Briggs
Edward C. Britton
Nancy N. Broussard
Blayre Brown
Janet Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Tad Brown
Zachary A. Brown
Yvette Browning
Matthew D. Bruce
Joel C. Bucci
Elizabeth J. Bullington
Emily A. Burch
Stephen K. Burchfield
Mary Burnett
Darlene Burrell
Jacob E. Brumfield and
Doris M. Mejia
Stephen A. Buttry
Conner Caffarel
Cristina M. Caminita
Concordia Parish Farm
Bureau Inc.
Thornton L. Cappel III
Carco Trophies & Awards
Taylor Carlson
Kyle S. Cash
Rickey A. Causey
Tyler Cazes
Collin Chapman
Jessie Chappuis
Hill E. Chefteen IV
Elizabeth B. Chiasson
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M.
Christensen
Grayson K. Close
Caitlyn C. Clyne
Clint M. Cole
David Coleman
Joseph C. Coleman
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Kirsten Collins
Spencer Comeaux
Madeline Commander
Kelly Connelly
Alex V. Cook
Emily M. Cotten
Erin K. Coyle
Yevette Creel
Laura H. Crosswell
Gary L. Crystal
Matt Cummings
Christine Daigle
Mark J. David
William R. Davie
Margaret H. DeFleur
Nicolas de Godoy Lopes
Michael H. Delatin
Aaron J. Delaup
Cristina Dellinger
Barbara L. Dellinger
Jonathan P. Denham
Melanie S. Dennis
Paulo Desouza
Roxanne K. Dill
Mark Ditusa
Dr. & Mrs. John F. DiTusa
Mary A. Dixon
Caroline C. Dixon
Rebecca Dobrez
Melissa Dodson
William H. Dodson V
Eric Dubic
Andrew Dufrene Jr.
Steven C. Duhe
Karen Duhe
Christine M. Duhe’
Lauren C. Duhon
Lisa L. Dunkum
Collin W. Durrett
Whitney D. Eanes
Tyler Eddlemon
Briel Edmonds
Lois L. Elisar
Clifford Elliot
Donald B. Engler
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Erny III
Lauren E. Exnicios
Jayme Fanucci
David Fertitta
Marcella A. Fink
Martin Flinders
Alex Flinders
Campbell Flynt
Camille Fontenot
Lindsey Foreman
Jennifer Foreman
Hayley Franklin
Laurel Fridge
Chris C. Friley
Donna Friscia
John R. Friscia
Peter Frost
Jourdan Fulbright
Lisa C. Fulda
Gaylyn L. Fullington
Kailey K. Gallegos
Andrea E. Gallo
Christopher M. Galyean
Shelby B. Gamble
Manuel R. Garcia
Lisa Garrison
Benjamin P. Gauthier
Joseph L. Giglio
Anthony Giglio
Ann R. Gilbert
Jerry Gilmer
Claire A. Giroir
Doris Glenn
Gordon B. Golsan III
Amanda Goodrum
Parker Griffin
Joshua T. Guagliardo
Stewart S. Guerin
Gay Gueringer
Kathryn L. Guidry
Christy Haik
Amanda J. Hamilton
Kelly Hamilton
Colleen Hart
Mr. and Mrs. George M.
Hearne IV
Lisa Hebert
Kenneth D. Hegmann
Rebecca H. Hegmann
Rikki L. Hegwood
Jordan L. Henderson
Heather Hendrick
Michelle D. Hennessey
Samantha Hewitt
Claire Hilse
Michael Hinton
Kelli S. Hobgood
Robert W. Holeman
Mason D. Hood
Jasmin Hughes
Sergio Hurtado
Denise R. Hymel
Devon Irwin
Denise A. James
Greta K. Jines
Jeramie Johnson
Lorelei Johnson
Jeanne C. Johnston
Melanie N. Jones
Dee W. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Lafayette Jones
Brennan C. Jones
Annalese M. Kaiser
Barbara L. Kearny
Jessica N. Keene
Allison Kelly
Leslie Kelly
Garrett Kent
Jennifer Kenyon
Lindsay L. Key
Shadi A. Khoury
Norisha R. Kirts
Konner Kite
David F. Knight
Paulette Koveal
Hye Kung
Thomas R. Labone
Lagniappe Records
Samantha A. Landry
Kellie Langley
Elizabeth A. LeBlanc
Juliette LeBlanc
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A.
LeBlanc
Jason K. Lee
Julie A. Lefebvre
Natalie Levy
Bonnie Lewis
Robert B. Lewis
Jaynie C. Lighter
Dr. Martha A. Littlefield
Julie Liu
Susan Liu
Dillon J. Lockwood
Robin C. Lockwood
Darren London
Adrienne M. Lopez
Robert J. Lorio
Joseph Loupe
Mark A. Louque
Mary S. Love
Catherine Lowe
Ann N. Luck
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C.
Lund
The Honorable Jennifer Luse
Jill Lutz
Matt Lynn
Allen Magnitzky
Ivan A. Magnitzky
Savarra M. Mantvor
Paul P. Marks Sr.
Jonathan L. Martin
Judith R. Mayer
Joshua A. Mayer
Lynne A. Mayes
Emily McCollister
Sarah A. McCormick
Chris Mcgizaren
Ian M. McGregor
Kyle McKinley
James R. McLellan
William McManus
Sally K. McPherson
Sara V. Melancon
Ashley T. Melancon
Patrick C. Merrell
Chelsey Meyer
Joan P. Michaelis
Elaine F. Michel
Sean Middleton
Harry J. Middleton Jr.
Steven J. Mikes
Madison Mikes
Alison Mikes
Claude L. Miller Jr.
Desiree A. Miller
Julius A. Miller
Heather Moats
Anna Molesini
Leslie P. Molieri
Kimiko Mooneyham
Rion Mooneyham
Lauren More
Nicole and John L. Morello
Allen R. Moritz
Lauren E. Moulin
Claire Murphy
Thomas G. Murphy III
Christopher A. Murray
Aaron A. Muse
Katie Napoli
Michael J. Nelson
Phat Ngo
Cindy Nguyen
Joshua C. Nichols
Justin E. Nicks
Ian A. Nicolosi
Laura K. Norman
Neal A. Novak
Heidi Nowakowski
Craig W. Nunez
Jeffery Obelcz
Christopher Obrien
Julie O’Bryant
Caitlyn Oquin
Michael L. Orso
Daniel M. Ory
Ann E. Ostrom
Virginia Overbay
Blake Overton
Kristi A. Oxford
Dale L. Paccamonti
Gavin Pak
Patrick Palombo
Patricia A. Parish
William L. Parker
Peter Parrie
Rachel Parsons
John S. Patin
Laura Pease
Gabriel Peixoto
Emily G. Perkins
Blake Perkins
Nicole Perrie
Christopher J. Peyton
Michele M. Picou
Joshua R. Pinkston
Emily Pontiss
Jeremy S. Poursine
Katlin Powajbo
Jill Prados
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Prather
Samantha Prather
Thomas C. Prestidge
William L. Prestidge
Sarah Prewett
Michael Prince-Bouton
Jacob Putnam
Renee Puyau
Eugene Radcliff
Kathlene Ralsh
Chelsea Ramirez
Sam Ray
Mark D. Redmond
Bernard A. Reed
Edwin M. Reeves Jr.
Mr. Joel E. Register
Grace E. Reinke
Linda K. Rewerts
Alicia D. Ridout
Brandon P. Ringe
Caroline Rino
Peyton C. Robert Jr.
Mary E. Robert
Mr. & Mrs. Shelby L. Robert
Paige Roberts
Jordan Roberts
Josh Robertson
Jolie M. Robichaux
A N N U A L
John Robinson
Charles Rodenkirch
Mitchell Rodgers
Grant Rodriguez
Kathleen D. Rosenberg
Ariston Ross
Joseph Rotolo
Hon. Frederick C. Routt
Blake A. Ruiz
Ian Runnels
Bryan S. Rushing
Shaun Rushing
William O. Saas
Amanda A. Sager
Michael F. Sager
Savannah Sanchez
Michael Savario
Leslie Schepp
Angela R. Schifani
Eddie Schneider
Catherine C. Schroeder
Daniel E. Schwank
Carolyn M. Schwarzhoff
Thomas W. Scroggins
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G.
Scully Jr.
Philip E. Seghers
Stephen Shady
Brandy M. Shillings
Elizabeth S. Sibley
Paul A. Sicard
Leah Siefka
Michael J. Siegel
Nancy M. Sievert
Amy E. Sigler
Ronald F. Sigler
Isabella Simon
Hannah Simpson
Rhett P. Sloan
Jeannie Small
Bradley Smith
Tyler Smith
Lisa S. Snedigar
Caleb N. Soileau
Maryanne Spangenberg
Julie Spencer
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Herndon Spillman
Susan W. Staid
Kelcee M. Stallings
Amy E. Stanley
Evelyn Stanley
Megan J. Stone
Kate Stuckwish
Connie Sung
Laura Swackhammer
Margrethe K. Sylvester
Karen Sylvester
Katelyn Sylvester
Charlotte Tammami
Destin Tate
Evan C. Terrell
Patricia M. Tessier
Laura Theobald
Brent Thibodeaux
Patrick Thibodeaux
Travis Thitts
Mary Kent Thomas
Melissa D. Thompson
Terry Travis
Ryan Travis
Rick Tuminello
Leslie Tuttle
Merri Tweedel
Melissa Tyler
Stephen F. Urquhart
Kurt Vance
Dottie A. Vaughn
Viviane B. Verde
Monica M. Verde
Beverly B. Vial
Daphne Villemrette
Julie Vincent
Clayton J. Walker
Jean S. Wall
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wallace
Kelly Ward
Katie Warner
Elizabeth Warner
Catherine Warner
Michael Wax
Rachel Weaver
Quinn Welsch
2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5
James West
Tom Whalen
Paul L. Whitlock
Neal M. Whitlow
Rachel M. Whittaker
Adrien Wiegnan
Major General Bailey Wilder
Teresa Willcox
Mary C. Willcox
Nelson D. Williams
Leland W. Williams
John C. Williams
Kathryn M. Williams
Mark and Cathleen Williams
Jeffrey R. Williams
Donovan Williams
Victoria M. Willis
Patrick J. Wilmot
Duane C. Wilson
Seth Wilton
Lea R. Witkowski-Purl
Paul A. Woodward
John Wycliffe
John S. Young
YourCause LLC
Dayna M. Zrinski
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Traveling Scholar Awards
JoLena Broussard, a public relations senior, received the Luke S. Bashore Traveling
Scholar Award, which supports a student for a semester of studying abroad. Broussard
spent the spring semester studying in the United Kingdom at the University of Leicester.
Valencia Richardson, a political communications junior, was awarded the Jay Perkins
Scholarship, given to students willing to travel off the typical study abroad path. She
lived in Córdoba, Argentina, for a month while taking nine hours of Spanish classes at
the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, enabling her to complete the requirements for a
Spanish minor at LSU.
Hannah Bishop, a political communication junior, received the inaugural Adrienne
Moore Award in Media & Public Affairs, which made it possible for her to attend the
Manship in Washington program.
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JOLENA BROUSSARD
“The Manship School has
provided me with opportunities
that I would not have had
otherwise, including internship
opportunities, amazing classes,
trips and access to scholarships
like this,” Richardson said.
“This study abroad experience
will be incredible, and I am
grateful for the help this
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scholarship will provide.”
–VALENCIA RICHARDSON
GARY G. HYMEL, JAMES O’BYRNE, MICHAEL DANNA AND MALVA HAYNES HUSON BROWN
alumni
41st Annual Hall of Fame Gala and
2015 Homecoming Festivities
The school will honor Gary G. Hymel, James O’Byrne, the late
Michael Danna and the late Malva Haynes Huson Brown at its 41st
annual Hall of Fame gala on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Juban’s Restaurant
in Baton Rouge. Cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. and dinner will be
served at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person; $500 per table and may
be purchased at www.lsufoundation.org/manshiphalloffame.
MANSHIP HOMECOMING WEEK FESTIVITIES
THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL JOURNALISM
Friday, Oct. 23, 1-2 p.m.
Journalism Building Holliday Forum
RSVP at above link
JOURNALISM BUILDING OPEN HOUSE
RECEPTION AND TOURS
RSVP at above link
ALUMNI TAILGATE REUNION
Saturday, Oct. 24
1 p.m.- until game time
Journalism Building Terrace
Cost: $25 per person; children 17 and under free
RSVP and purchase tickets at above link
WESTERN KENTUCKY VS. LSU
Tickets available at group rate
Time: TBD
RSVP at above link
Contact Garrett Miles for ticket information
or questions at 225-578-1899.
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How to nominate
for Hall of Fame
Alumni and faculty of the school are
invited each year to make nominations
to the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame
honors alumni, faculty or friends
whose distinguished careers reflect
on the school in three areas:
(1) outstanding professional record;
(2) demonstrated distinguished service
to the profession including interest in
and dedication to the school;
(3) a personal reputation at the local,
state or national level for outstanding
character and citizenship for a period
of time to reflect great credit and
honor upon the university.
No university employee, while
in active service, is eligible
for the award.
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diversity
2014 SENATORIAL DEBATE.
DORI J. MAYNARD CHAIR IN RACE, MEDIA &
CULTURAL LITERACY
LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander identified
our Chair in Race, Media & Cultural Literacy as one of five
academic fundraising priorities for LSU with a far-reaching
impact on students, faculty, staff and communities. The
proposal states that news coverage of today’s increasingly
diverse global culture lacks a progressive approach to the everchanging dynamics of race, ethnicity and class. The chair will
take action to improve cultural literacy in the news media and
beyond.
MEDIA DIVERSITY FORUM: 2014-15
The Reilly Center remains active with the Manship School’s
Media Diversity Forum. The online resource (http://www.
mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu) continues to grow with more new
content. In 2014 – 2015, the Forum expanded its pool of
editors from 12 to 16, representing 13 U.S. universities and one
Chinese university.
New editors for 2014-15 are Dr. Maria Len-Rios (Georgia) for
Latin Americans and the media; Drs. Jinx Broussard (Louisiana
State) and Mia Moody-Ramirez (Baylor) for African Americans
and the media and Dr. Gary Hicks (Southern Illinois at
Edwardsville) as a new editor for LGBTQ.
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In addition to working with the Forum, the Reilly Center
sponsored a panel discussion on Hispanic Media and Elections.
Stanford University’s Gary Segura and Manny Garcia, editor,
Naples Daily News, Fla. and a member of the Manship School
Board of Visitors, joined Martin Johnson, the Kevin P. Reilly
Chair in Political Communication, to discuss the impact of
Hispanic media on voting and engagement.
OUTREACH
U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN COMES TO MANSHIP
BY DEAN JERRY CEPPOS
The Manship School became the country’s center of political
news Oct. 29 when we hosted the final Louisiana senatorial
debate. It was one of only two in which the leading Republican,
Rep. Bill Cassidy, appeared. He debated Democratic Sen. Mary
Landrieu and Col. Rob Maness, a Republican backed by the
Tea Party.
John Snell of WVUE-TV in New Orleans anchored the debate
from our Holliday Forum, with ample Manship School and LSU
signs in the background. It aired live on the Raycom Media
stations in Louisiana (including WAFB in Baton Rouge), on
WRKF in Baton Rouge and public-radio stations in New Orleans
and Monroe and on C-SPAN. We credentialed reporters from
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune, The Advocate, the Associated
Press, WRKF, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Germany,
The Times of London, CBS.com, Yomiui Shimbun of Tokyo,
the Huffington Post, Politico and Algemeen Dagblad in the
Netherlands.
Of course, the Daily Reveille and Tiger TV covered the debate
in depth. In addition, Professors Martin Johnson and Kathleen
Searles and their students took the opportunity to use a handheld response dial to measure the emotions of some viewers.
They hope to better understand the way people report their
feelings about politics.
The Manship School has sponsored other debates, including
the 2012 Baton Rouge mayor’s race, but none with the national
implications of the Senate race. The debate was, of course, a
perfect example of the Manship School’s goal of teaching and
conducting research at the intersection of media and public affairs.
PHOTO BY AARIEL CHARBONNET
SCRIPPS HOWARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS.
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISTS LEARN SKILLS AT
LOUISIANA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
SUMMER INSTITUTE
BY AARIEL CHARBONNET,
MASTER’S STUDENT AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Thirty-six teenagers, representing five states, filled the Manship
School’s classrooms from June 14-20 as part of the Louisiana
Scholastic Press Association Summer Institute, an intensive
one-week journalism training program for high school students.
Students from Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Illinois and Georgia
attended broadcast, design and multimedia/print classes,
where they learned reporting and writing for print and digital
platforms; created newspaper layouts and photo essays in
Adobe InDesign and received hands-on training in video
production and anchoring.
Recognized as the Southeast’s number one high school medialearning program, the LSPA Summer Institute’s mission is to
provide high school students with the skills needed to produce
top-notch scholastic media, including newspapers, broadcast,
yearbooks and multimedia. Students work closely with faculty
and media professionals, utilizing Manship’s state-of-the-art
laboratories and production facilities.
WATCHDOG JOURNALISM WORKSHOP
The Manship School hosted a Watchdog Journalism Workshop
Jan. 3-Feb. 3 sponsored by Investigative Reporters and
Editors Inc. The workshop drew 106 journalists representing
TV, newspaper and digital outlets. Participants came from
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee.
In an era when government and private institutions increasingly
restrict the flow of information, journalists must redouble efforts
to air and publish stories that reveal wrongdoing, stories that
arouse public interest, and stories that make a difference to
readers, viewers and their communities.
2015 SCRIPPS HOWARD ACADEMIC
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Eighteen professors, administrators and communication
professionals in dean, director and chair positions around
the country were selected for the eighth annual Scripps
Howard Academic Leadership Academy held June 7-11 at the
Manship School. The academy, co-sponsored by the Scripps
Howard Foundation and the Manship School, brings together
academics and professionals to learn administrative strategies
and to gain insight into academic leadership.
During their time in the academy, mid-career academics
and professionals meet with seasoned administrators to learn
about management, discuss the future of media education
and consider issues critical to those interested in or new to
leadership roles.
Nearly 100 participants have graduated from the academy and
hold administrative positions at institutions around the country
including the University of Florida, the University of Maryland,
Kent State, Elon University, The Pennsylvania State University,
Hampton University and Northwestern.
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international
Hidden Treasures in Prague...
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HANNAH MCLAIN
internships
INTERNSHIPS/ PROFESSIONAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES
MARY ANN STERNBERG, INTERSHIP COORDINATOR
Internships
Internships continue to be a vital element in our mass communication
curriculum, even though the Manship School does not require students
to take them. We do, however, strongly encourage our students to have
at least one of these hands-on experiences before graduating, knowing
that internships not only allow students to apply their academic skills in
the field but are also essential to be competitive in the job market.
Our program offers a diversity of local, regional, and national internship
opportunities in each of the school’s curriculum areas: advertising
(digital), journalism (print/broadcast/digital), political communications
and public relations (with digital components).
We were again grateful to have been selected to receive two Scripps
Howard Foundation summer internship awards this year to help
underwrite unpaid multimedia internships. This year the selected
Manship students interned at Foote Cone & Belding in Chicago and at
The Advocate in Baton Rouge.
PHOTO BY GARRETT MILES
We continue to seek other supporters interested in assisting our
qualified students when they must take unpaid internships for the
experience but find the expense of doing so unaffordable. (If you’re
interested in helping our students in this way, please contact the
internship coordinator.)
The following list includes only internships taken for academic credit.
For a description of requirements for an academically accredited
internship, please refer to the Internship section on the school’s website.
If your company or organization is not already engaged with our
internship program and would be interested in offering a substantive,
mass communication experience to our students, please contact the
internship office.
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PHOTO BY BOTTESY BAILY
REP. STEVE SCALISE WITH ZACHARY BARNETT; WILBORN NOBLES WITH JAQUES WEST
INTERNSHIPS
TAKEN FOR
CREDIT:
2014-2015
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AARP LA
ALSAC/St. Jude
Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Bite and Booze
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Bobby Jindal Campaign
Bourne Braves (Mass.)
BR Area Sports Foundation
BR Chamber of Commerce
BREC
Caliente Mexican Craving
Celtic Media
Charlotte Hornets
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship
Rep. Ralph Abraham
Louisiana 5th Congressional District
Rep. Steve Scalise
Louisiana 1st Congressional District
Covalent Logic
Creative Communications
Cystic Fibrosis
Diane Allen & Associates
Dig Magazine
DSLD Homes
Exit Realty Group
First United Methodist Church
Friends of Paul Dietzel
FUSE Branding & Advertising
Gatorworks
HEROfarm Marketing, Public Relations
& Design (Metairie)
House of Blues (New Orleans)
Impression Works
InRegister
Inside Northside (Covington)
JDRF (Juvenile diabetes)
John Young campaign
KETC-TV public radio (St. Louis)
L’Auberge Casino
Launch Media
Lamar Advertising
Louisiana Business Inc. (225/BRBR)
Louisiana Democratic Party
Louisiana Dental Association
Louisiana Department of Transportation
Louisiana DOTD
Louisiana GOP
Louisiana Governor’s office
Louisiana state Capitol
Louisiana state Library
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
LSU Athletic Department
LSU Athletics
LSU College of Human Sciences and
Education
LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts
LSU Executive Education
LSU Office of Enrollment Management
LSU Sports Information
Louisiana Travel Promotion Association
Manship Theatre
Marathon Music (Nashville)
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
MESH Integrated Marketing
NOLA.com
Nylon Mag (New York)
Old Governor’s Mansion
Open Range Management
Otey White & Associates
Paul Dietzel Campaign
Peak Media
Pennington Biomedical Research
Center
Postlethwaite & Netterville
Prevent Child Abuse LA
Primerica Financial Services
RE/MAX Real Estate
Red Six Media
Slate Public Relations
Spencer Studios
Stine
Susan G. Komen Baton Rouge
Synergy Outdoors
Tech Advocate Group
Teach for America–LSU
The Advocate
The Gazette (Colorado)
The Moran Group
The Patent Pump
The Shobe Financial Group
The Varsity Theatre
VIP Ink Publishing
Volunteer Health Corps
WAFB- TV
WBRZ- TV
Women’s Hospital
WRKF FM
WVUE- TV (New leans)
WWL-TV (New Orleans)
YMCA
Yolo Design
Your Brand Voice Agency
Zehnder Communications
PHOTOS BY GARRETT MILES
Networking Night
Twenty-five employers and almost 120
students mingled at Networking Night in
the Holliday Forum, an annual collaboration
of the Manship School and the LSU Olinde
Career Center. Employers present included
WBRZ-TV (a sponsor), the Greater Baton
Rouge Business Report, Delta Media
Corporation, MESH Integrated Marketing
and Advertising, American Red Cross, LSU
Sports Information, The Ehrhardt Group, The
Richards Group of Dallas and others.
Capstone Colloquium
The second annual Manship School Capstone
Colloquium, showcasing the hard work and
dedication graduating seniors have put into
their final projects in capstone courses, was
held May 2 in the Journalism Building.
All four mass communication areas –
digital advertising, journalism, political
communication and public relations –
were represented at the event by student
presenters in capstone courses. Their
professors chose the best projects to be
included in the colloquium.
“The Manship School is proud to
acknowledge the fine work of our senior,
undergraduate students in a public venue,”
said Dr. Andrea Miller, associate dean for
undergraduate studies and administration.
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Zachary Barnett
“This summer I interned in Washington for House Majority
Whip Steve Scalise in the Capitol. It was an amazing
experience getting to watch the legislative process from the
start of the bill to the voting in the House Chamber.”
Wilborn Nobles
Wilborn Nobles spent his summer interning at The
Washington Post. “We were in Bywater, a historic New
Orleans neighborhood, where I was learning about Jaques
West’s (pictured) 13-day experience in New Orleans during
and after Hurricane Katrina.”
Hannah McLain
“I had an internship with the Smithsonian American Art
Museum working in their Luce Foundation Center, the
visible storage facility for part of the museum’s collection.
I’ve learned about a number of aspects of museum work:
in the curatorial field, researching and writing labels; in
visitor services, giving tours and editing scavenger hunts;
and in marketing and public relations, designing ads and
promotional materials for museum events.”
Margaret Manning
“My time in Washington has been an invaluable experience.
I thank the office of Congressman Abraham for presenting
me with such a wonderful opportunity!”
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guest speakers
ALICE WOMBLE, KELSEY WINGERT, CAMI GEISMAN AND CHRISTIAN PERSAUD
GUEST SPEAKERS 2014-2015
DIPLOMA CEREMONY SPEAKERS
December, 2014
Marcy McGinnis, freelance visiting faculty, lecturer and
communication trainer, Stony Brook University, New York;
formerly at CBS News and current member of Manship Board of
Visitors
May, 2015
James Carville, political consultant and Democratic Strategist
Women in Media Panel
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In honor of Women’s History Month, four alumnae visited
the Manship School to share their experiences and careers
as women in communication with an audience of Manship
students and faculty.
The women on the panel, all of different backgrounds, fielded
questions from Associate Deans Meghan Sanders and Andrea
Miller, who organized the event, and from the student audience.
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The Women in Media Alumnae Panel included Alice Womble,
health management resource consultant for Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Louisiana; Christina Persaud, account executive
and public relations manager for MESH Integrated Marketing
and Advertising; Kelsey Wingert, sports anchor and reporter
for KALB-TV in Alexandria; and Cami Geisman, deputy
communication director for the Office of Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne.
OUT-OF-STATE SPEAKERS
Len Apcar, editor, The New York Times
James Asher, Washington Bureau Chief,
McClatchy News Co.
Jesse Barnett, account executive, The Richards
Group, Dallas
Natalie Jennings, web producer, Post TV, The
Washington Post
Edward Schumacher-Matos, former NPR
Ombudsman
King Kaufman, manager, Writer Program,
Bleacher Report
Frances Seghers, principal, consultant, Global
Digital Insider LLC, Washington
Erin Kenna, public relations/media manager,
Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast, Biloxi
Jack Shafer, senior media writer, Politico
Kevin Kosar, director of the Governance Project
and Senior Fellow Program, ESPN, Bristol, Conn.
Eric Bershon, senior vice president and general
manager, FotoKem, Los Angeles
Gregg Leslie, legal defense director, Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press
Amy Brittain, investigative reporter, The
Washington Post
Charles Lewis, former Washington Bureau Chief,
Associated Press and Hearst
Jill Ann Bouffard, manager, content associate
program, ESPN, Bristol, Conn.
Christina Cobaugh, policy advisor, Brownstein
Hyatt Farber Schreck, Denver
Anthony M. Limperos, assistant professor,
Department of Communication, University of
Kentucky (Skype)
Nicole Dahmen, assistant professor, School of
Journalism and Communication, University of
Oregon
Margaret Looney, editor, International Center for
Journalists, Washington
Edward Downs, associate professor, Dept. of
Communication, University of Minnesota-Duluth
(Skype)
Sydni Dunn, writer, Chronicle of Higher
Education, Washington
Sam Novey, partnerships director, TurboVote,
New York
David Espo, journalist, Associated Press,
Washington
Brendan Nyhan, assistant professor, Department
of Government, Dartmouth College
Peter Finn, national security editor, The
Washington Post
Arthur Raney, James E. Kirk Professor of
Communication, Florida State University (Skype)
Lance Frank, director of communications, CBS
News with Scott Pelley, New York
Maria Recio, culture and arts reporter, McClatchy
Newspapers; writer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Manny Garcia, editor, Naples Daily News, Fla.
Ted Greener, director, DCI Group, Washington
Rob Rehg, regional president, Edelman
Washington
Eric Holl, deputy research director, Mark Warner
for U.S. Senate campaign (Virginia)
Chris Sasser, television photojournalist
Sasha Issenbert, journalist, author, “The Victory
Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns”
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Tony Mauro, Supreme Court reporter, National
Law Journal
Mike McCurry, partner, Public Strategies
Washington Inc.; former White House press
secretary under President Bill Clinton
Ann Edelman, director of public relations,
Zehnder Communications, Baton Rouge
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University of Oregon
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Gary Segura, UCLA and Latino Decisions
consulting firm
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Marc Smith, director, Social Media Research
Foundation, Belmont, Calif. (Skyped)
Marcus Spears, SEC network football
commentator, former Dallas Cowboy
Dane Strother, partner, Strother Strategies,
Washington
Neisha Tweed, senior copywriter, McGarryBowen,
New York City
Heidi Tworek, professor of history, Harvard
University
Lucien Vattel, CEO, Gamedesk, Los Angeles
Alexandra Washington, assignment editor,
TVH11, CBS affiliate, Little Rock, Ark.
John Williams, producer, photojournalist
Kyu Ho Youm, international free speech scholar,
University of Oregon
LOCAL AND REGIONAL SPEAKERS
Aziz Ali, cultural strategist, Peter Mayer
Advertising, New Orleans
Tyler Allen, W. Tyler Allen Consulting, Baton Rouge
Allison Bell, marketing, Walk-On’s Bistreaux,
Baton Rouge
Ashley Berthelot Arceneaux, director of policy
communications, LSU
Cyone Batiste, public and media relations
manager, Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation
Alex Biggs, graphic designer, Wright Feigley
Communications, Baton Rouge
Patrick Box, account executive, The Moran Group,
Baton Rouge
Jeremy Boyte, Yolo Designs, Baton Rouge
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Gabrielle Braud, writer, Baton Rouge Business
Report
Blake Breaux, art director, Otey White and
Associates
Cami Geisman, deputy communication director,
Office of Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne
Sharon Weston Broome, state senator, Louisiana
Victoria Gomez, consumer facing systems intern,
Nissan Motor Ltd.
Blaire Broussard, vice president, AR PR Public
Relations
Vilien Gomez, researcher, Center for Computation
& Technology Research Lab, LSU
Blair Brown, president, Equality for HER LLC
Ginger Guttner, public relations director, LSU
School of Veterinary Medicine
Tara Brown, communications and event planner,
Baton Rouge Zoo
Brandin Campbell, sales manager, NOLA Media
Group
Stephanie Cargile, public and government affairs
manager, ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge
Tyler Carlos, film production assistant, 4PM Media
Brent Chapuis, student representative, Teach for
America
Debra Coltharp, horticulturalist, LSU
Joe Coussan, public information officer,
Department of Louisiana Economic Development
Elizabeth Crisp, reporter, The Advocate
Jarvis DeBerry, columnist, Nola.com
Paul Dietzel, candidate for Congress, 6th
congressional district
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Chase Freeman, interactive director, Gatorworks
Risa Hall, director, community relations, Greater
New Orleans Sports Foundation
Casey Rayborn Hicks, public information director,
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Department
Quincy Hodges, reporter, Nola.com
Keegan Lanier, operations manager, Walk-On’s
Bistreaux
Nicholas LeBlanc, graphic designer, Lamar
Graphics
Robert Lee, activist, Ferriday, Louisiana
Stan Levy, founder, president and CEO, FUSE
Mike Manning, president and CEO, Greater Baton
Rouge Food Bank
Emily Mastrontonio, marketing communications
specialist, Neighbors Federal Credit Union
Jennifer Mayer, recruitment coordinator, Capital
Area CASA
Gavin Michelli,graphic designer, Lamar Graphics
Bob Johannessen, director, corporate
communications, Our Lady of the Lake Regional
Medical Center
Kenneth Miles, assistant vice chancellor for
academic affairs; executive director of Cox
Communications Academic Center for Student
Athletes
Jennifer Johnson, president, LJR Custom
Strategies, New Orleans/Washington
Charlene Montelaro, vice president of development
and philanthropy, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
Meredith Johnson, graphic designer, Lamar
Graphics, Baton Rouge
Chelsea Moreau, regional development manager,
ALS Association Louisiana-Mississippi
Kathy Jones, assistant director, LSU Campus Life
Stanley Nelson, editor, Condordia Sentinel,
Ferriday, Louisiana
Robert Killeen, Big Fish Presentations, Baton
Rouge
Kenny Nguyen, CEO & founder, Big Fish
Presentations, Baton Rouge
Lindsey Duga, project manager, GatorWorks
Norisha Kirts, director of development, LSU E.J.
Ourso College of Business
Chrissy Dupuy, development associate, Cancer
Services
Peter Kovacs, editor, Baton Rouge/New Orleans
Advocate
Ann Edelman, director, public relations, Zehnder
Communications, Baton Rouge
Chelsey Laborde, social media director, Fuse,
Baton Rouge
Cydney Palmer, local digital, OOH strategist,
Lamar Advertising, Baton Rouge
Will Edwards, owner, Kolache Kitchen, Baton
Rouge
Sarah Laborde, managing supervisor, FleishmanHillard, Houston
Kelly Parker, marketing director, Walk-On’s
Bistreaux
Stuart Feigley, partner, Wright Feigley
Communications
Capt. Cory Lalonde, LSU Police Department
Chuck Perrodin, public information director,
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
Lauren Felter, communication coordinator, LSU
Office of Enrollment Management
Lauren Land, sustainability coordinator, Louisiana
Sea Grant
Brandon Landry, CEO, Walk-On’s Bistreaux
Theresa Nguyen, account executive, Rocket
Science, Baton Rouge
Daniel Nunes, marketing director, LSU Athletics
Elizabeth Perry, art director, Harris, Deville
& Assoc.
Christina Persaud, account executive and public relations manager, MESH
Integrated Marketing and Advertising
Marie Powell, owner/creative director, BREW Designs, Baton Rouge
Mallory Richardson, account associate, Search Influence, New Orleans
Valencia Richardson, fellow, Andrew Goodman Foundation, Baton Rouge
Mendi Robinson, creative director, Lamar Graphics
Gordy Rush, vice president, Guaranty Broadcasting
Corey Schneider, art director, Big Fish Presentations
Kira Schuette, fellow, Andrew Goodman Foundation, Baton Rouge
Christina Stephens, senior public relations manager, Covalent Logic
Todd Sterling, owner, Alpha Media and Public Relations
Scott Taylor, president, Walk-On’s Bistreaux
Cherie Teamer, press secretary, Mary Landrieu for Senate campaign
Hunter Territo, creative director, X-Design
Melissa Thompson, LSU Communication Across the Curriculum
Michael Tipton, executive director, Teach for America, South Louisiana Region
Clyde Verdin, LSU Sports Information
Natasha Walker, graphic designer, Community Coffee
Lamar White Jr., investigative journalist and blogger
Kyle Whitfield, digital director, The Advocate
Kristi Williams, executive director, Louisiana Job Connection
Dan Windels, account planner, self-employed, Baton Rouge
Kelsey Wingert, sports anchor and reporter, KALB-TV, Alexandria, La.
Alice Womble, health management resource consultant, Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Louisiana
Stafford Wood, president/owner, Covalent Logic
Jeff Wright, partner, Wright Feigley Communications
Terry Young Jr., campus organizer, Feminist Majority for a Democratic Senate
Emily Zering, public relations and special events coordinator,
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
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THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS CAME IN REMOTELY
USING GOTOMEETING:
David Cohn, executive producer, AJ+, San Francisco
Rafa Gutierrez, development, Mapbox, Portland, Oregon
Lyzi Diamond, education coordinator, Mapbox, San Francisco
Rachel Bartlett, editoral planning and training manager, Shorthand, London
Mandy Jenkins, Open Newsroom editor, Storyful, New York
Annette Arrigucci, freelance journalist, Augusta, Georgia
Rayan Graff, editor, Knight Lab (three times), Evanston, Illinois
Michelle Rogers, content editor, Redding Record Searchlight (twice), Redding, California
Buffy Andrews, assistant managing editor, York Daily Record (twice), York, Pennsylvania
Margot Touitou, content author, PlayBuzz, Tel Aviv, Isreal
Ivan Lajara, life editor, Daily Freeman (three times), Kingston, New York
Tom Meagher, deputy managing editor, The Marshall Project, New York City
Gray Beltran, design director, Atavist, New York City
Jake Beckman, creative director, RebelMouse, New York City
Tracy Simmons, founder, Spokane Faith and Values, Spokane, Washington
Mirko Lorenz, manager, Data Wrapper, Cologne, Germany
Mark Dent,reporter, Billy Penn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Melissa Broder, director of media & special projects, NewHive, Venice, California
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Nicole Seguin, assistant community manager, Leo Burnett, Detroit, Michigan
Michael Richardson, founder, Timeglider, Boise, Idaho
Lisa Yanick-Jonaitis, community engagement editor, The Morning Sun, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
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students
2014-15 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS
NATIONAL AWARDS
Manship sophomore Quint Forgey was chosen for the 2015
News 21 program—one of the most prestigious student
journalism programs in America. He received a paid fellowship
for a 10-week investigative reporting assignment at the digital
media complex of The Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State
University.
The National Association of Black Journalists named
Tierra Smith, an incoming master’s student, the association’s
student journalist of the year.
In the College Media Association Pinnacle competition,
The Daily Reveille won first place for Best Sports Section, and
lsureveille.com won first place in the spot news category.
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LEFT TO RIGHT
KELSEY KING, CHANDLER ROME,
WILL GLASS
RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM
ELIZABETH KUEBEL;
CECIL RUCKER, VICTORIA
CATHERINE WARD
REGIONAL/STATE AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Scholarship: Elizabeth Kuebel
American Advertising Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Scholarship: Sophie Goodgion
2015 Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalists Scholarship: Cecil Rucker
Jack Sanders Public Relations Scholarship: JoLena Broussard
Jean Wheeler Women in Media Scholarship (2015-16): Kaci Cazenave
WBRZ-TV externship for graduating senior: Kevin Dupuy Jr.
UNIVERSITY AWARDS/HONORS
University Medalist: (graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa in spring) Victoria Catherine Ward
Honors College Upper Division Honors: Danielle Kelley
Tiger 12 Outstanding Senior: Katelyn Gross
A.P. Tureaud Milestone Award: Bradley Williams for first-time achievement,
the university’s first African-American homecoming king
Homecoming Court: Juniors Alexande DeBlieux and Evan Loukadakis, sophomores
Drake Boudreaux and Margaret Manning and freshmen Jacob Phagan and Brenna Vial
MANSHIP SCHOOL AWARDS 2014-15
2015 Manship Student Award Winners
John Maxwell Hamilton Fellowship Award—Young Kim
Charles Manship Outstanding Graduate Student Award—Will Glass
David Yates Outstanding Senior Male—Chandler Rome
Margaret Dixon Outstanding Senior Female—Kelsey King
Hugh Mercer Blain Service Award—Caroline Hoogland
Errol Savoie Student Writing Award—Marcus Rodrigue
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Become a Manship Scholar Donor
At the Manship School we value our students. To be
a leading school in the field of mass communication,
we must attract the very best students by creating a
scholarship package that provides incentive to come to
LSU and that is competitive with the premier schools in
the country.
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If you would like to discuss the possibilities of being a
Manship Scholar donor, please contact Sara Courtney,
development director (phone: 225/578-2418; or
[email protected]).
MANSHIP SENIOR BRADLEY WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT AND
CHANCELLOR F. KING ALEXANDER, CHI NGUYEN
Kappa Tau Alpha recognition
KAPPA TAU ALPHA INDUCTEES
Manship students present undergraduate research
at LSU Discover Research Day
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Seventeen Manship students presented original research at
the Research Day undergraduate symposium at LSU. This
new initiative aims to engage and strengthen undergraduate
research. Winners were:
Jacob Irving, LSU Discover Scholar
Hannah McClain, Flagship Scholar
KTA is a college honor society that recognizes academic
excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and
mass communication. Membership is available only to
juniors, seniors and graduate students. Only students in
the top 10 percent of their Manship class are eligible to
join KTA. Selection for membership is a mark of highest
distinction and honor. The initiation ceremony was held
April 24, in the Holliday Forum. Inductees are:
Seniors
Juniors
Master’s
Kaylyn Blosser
Sophie Goodgion
Cristopher Handy
Alyssa Henke
Caroline Hoogland
Thanh-Thanh Pham
Rhett Pritchard
Valencia Richardson
Aysha Jones
Kathryn Williams
Kaci Cazenave
Elizabeth Giattina
Alexis Newkirk
Amy Gonzales
Maggie Valdes
Paige Fary
Meagan Johnson
Maura Maher
Ryan DeLaune
Ashley Hesson
Meghan Menard
Isabelle Moore
faculty and staff
LEN APCAR, JOSHUA DARR, PAIGE BROWN JARREAU
New Faculty and Staff
Len Apcar
Len Apcar, a senior New York Times
editor is the school’s first Wendell Gray
Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair in Media
Literacy. The chair is the only one of its
kind in the country devoted to teaching
and researching media literacy.
Apcar will join the Manship faculty after a
24-year career at The Times that included
business, international and Washington
editing posts, as well as web editor-inchief and chief Asia editor.
“Both the public and those in the media
need better tools to evaluate information
and information sources, whether it’s
news or advertising, especially with
the growth of social media and the
disruptions that have revolutionized how
we take in information,” said Manship
Dean Jerry Ceppos.
Apcar will teach media-literacy courses,
conduct research in media-literacy and
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public-policy issues, and help organize
media-literacy workshops, conferences
and symposia locally and nationally. As a
professional-in-residence he also will be
a fellow at the Manship School’s Reilly
Center for Media & Public Affairs, which
examines social, economic and political
issues at the intersection of media and
public affairs.
Funding for the chair was a gift from the
late Kevin Reilly Sr. and his wife, Dee Dee
Reilly. It is named for Mrs. Reilly’s brother,
who died while serving in the military. The
chair also received matching funds from
the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Joshua Darr
Josh joins the Manship School this fall
as an assistant professor in political
communication and an assistant
professor in the Department of Political
Science. His research focuses on the
placement and effects of campaign
field offices, the importance of local
newspapers for voter learning and
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political awareness, and the ability of
campaigns to influence the quantity and
tone of their local media coverage. In his
dissertation, “From the Ground Up: The
Strategic Interaction of Campaigns and
Local Media,” Darr makes a case for the
continued importance of local political
journalism to campaigns and voters in
elections, despite the recent struggles of
local news sources.
Paige Brown Jarreau
Paige joins the school as the 2015-2016
Lamar Family Visiting Scholar, the first
postdoctoral professional to hold this
position. Paige received her doctorate
degree in the Manship School in May.
Her research focuses on science and
environmental communication. Her
dissertation, titled “All the Science That’s
Fit to Blog,” explores science blogging
practices, or how scientists, journalists
and others who blog about science
decide what to blog about.
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HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
International
Manship School faculty, graduate students and alumni left their
mark on the 65th Annual International Communication Association
Conference May 21-25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
SADIE WILKS
KELLI PALMER
Sadie Wilks
Sadie joins the faculty as a public relations
instructor and adviser for Public Relations
Student Society of America. She has worked
at the Louisiana State Medical Society in Baton
Rouge as vice president for administration and
communication for the last nine years. She has a
deep background in public relations, government
relations, media relations and publications.
Sadie, a Manship grad, is APR certified, a very
significant credential in public relations. She is a
past president of the Public Relations Association
of Louisiana and winner of its First Circle Award in
2012 and its Senior Practitioner Award in 2013.
Kelli Palmer
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Kelli is our new communications manager,
succeeding Emily Wascom. Kelli has been a
research translation coordinator for more than
two years at LSU’s Superfund Research Center.
Explaining research to the public will be an
important part of her job, along with maintaining
the website, helping with events and generally
promoting more of a national footprint for our
school. Kelli earned her bachelor’s degree in film,
theater and communication arts at the University
of New Orleans. She earned her master’s in mass
communication at Southern University.
The faculty-student research
team of Professor Amy Reynolds
and doctoral candidates Zeynep
Altinay and Paige Brown Jarreau
received a top paper award from
the Environmental Communication
Division for their paper, “Best
Practices in Environmental
Communication: A Case Study of
Louisiana’s Coastal Crisis.”
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National
Public Policy Research Lab Director Mike Henderson and
Operations Manager Michael Climek received nationwide coverage
of the lab’s Katrina survey. (see more in Reilly Center section)
Steve Buttry, the first Lamar Visiting Scholar and now director of
LSU Student Media, was named the winner of the Glamann Award
from the American Copy Editors Society. The award recognizes
people and organizations that have contributed to the society and
the craft.
Assistant Professor Kasey Windels’
dissertation work is credited with
starting a movement among
advertising agencies to increase the
number of female creative directors
in the industry. Kasey’s work is
cited as establishing a benchmark
eight years ago that showed that
only 3.6% of creative awards went
to female creative directors. That
number has now increased to
11.5%, and Kasey is getting credit
for bringing this issue to the attention of the industry. Kasey Windel’s
research was also discussed in Ad Age, May 11, 2015 edition.
Professor Jack Hamilton and doctoral student Elisabeth Fondren
co-authored an article that appeared in The Conversation on the
100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
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MARTIN JOHNSON & MEGHAN SANDERS
Judith Sylvester, who authored a book
about the media’s coverage of Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, was quoted in The
Washington Post regarding Katrina and
Brian Williams. Jason Sickles of Yahoo
News also quoted her.
Johanna Dunaway’s research was cited in
Politico magazine regarding differences
in how media cover female candidates.
Also, she was quoted in a Slate magazine
article about the Koch brothers’ political ad
machine.
Regional/State
Manship associate professor and
advertising area head Dr. Yongick Jeong
received the Ralph Sims Award, honoring
a lifetime of achievement in advertising
education, at the Baton Rouge American
Advertising Federation luncheon May 1.
Jeong was nominated by Jesse Barnett, an
LSU alumna who felt Jeong was especially
influential in her life. In her letter, she
said, “Dr. Jeong is an involved professor, a
devoted researcher and a creative genius.”
She noted that she was especially grateful
for “how he helps students make good life
choices regarding jobs, internships and
resumes.”
Jensen Moore, assistant professor, was
named Educator of the Year by the
Southern Public Relations Federation in
recognition of her dedication to advance
public relations commitment to service.
She was also selected as the Kopenhaver
Fellow for 2015-2016 by the Association
for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication.
University
Tiger Athletic Faculty
Teaching Awards
Associate Professor
Yongick Jeong
Assistant Professor
Erin Coyle
Assistant Professor Josh Grimm
Assistant Professor Ray Pingree
Bob Mann received the Robert L. “Doc”
Amborski Award from the Roger Ogden
Honors College. The award is given to a
faculty member who has demonstrated
excellence in teaching, devotion to the
Honors College and support of Honors
student activities.
Meghan Sanders’ title changed from
Associate Dean for Sponsored Research and
Programs to Associate Dean for Research
and Strategic Planning to better reflect her
expanded duties.
Amy Reynolds and Andrea Miller released
their book, “News Evolution or Revolution:
The Future of Print Journalism in the Digital
Age,” on Nov. 3 with a panel discussion and
celebration in the Journalism Building. Their
book examines the digital transformation of
modern-day journalism and draws on a wide
variety of scholars and professionals.
Several Manship graduate students worked on
the book project, including doctoral students
Minjie Li who designed the cover, Paromita
Saha, Young Kim and master’s student
Lindsay McCluskey. All authored or coauthored chapters in the book.
Adjunct Instructor Venessa Lewis was
named Communicator of the Year by the
Public Relations Association of Louisiana.
She is a Manship alumna and owner of
Lewis Graphic Design.
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TAF FACULTY TEACHING AWARD
WINNERS ERIN COYLE, YONGICK
JEONG & JOSH GRIMM (RAY
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student media
LEFT TO RIGHT: STEVE BUTTRY, MOLLY HOLMGREN, BRIAN CHARLES
STUDENT MEDIA
BY STEVE BUTTRY, DIRECTOR
Student Media is under new leadership and seeking new
direction.
The student leadership, of course, turns over every year. That is
the nature of Student Media. But the 2015-16 academic year
will start with new leaders in three professional roles: director,
editorial adviser and editorial director.
Change in Student Media is being driven by a variety of factors,
including the retirements of Director Bob Ritter and Content
Adviser Tim Schreiner, a decline in advertising revenue and the
continuing expansion of digital opportunities and challenges in
media.
In interviewing for the director position, Buttry promised to
lead discussions to develop a new strategy for Student Media,
focused on five goals:
Meeting the media needs of the immediate university
community.
2.
Expanding our audience more effectively to the extended
university community.
3.
Developing new and effective products to serve these
audiences.
4.
Building strong revenue streams for the future based on
these audiences and products.
5.
Providing LSU students with valuable experience in
journalism, media management, digital sales and product
development.
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In May, Buttry began work filling
other key leadership positions as well
as starting strategy discussions with
students in key leadership positions. In
July, we hired Brian Charles as editorial
adviser and Molly Holmgren to lead the
student advertising and marketing teams.
Instructor Tad Odell also agreed to work
part-time as an editorial adviser.
The 2015-16 year will be a time of
strategic discussions involving students,
faculty, alumni, advertisers, the Student
Media Board and other interested parties.
Those discussions started over the
summer among the staff and student
leaders of our various operations.
When a story in The Advocate reported
on the discussions, Reveille alumni
expressed concern about one of the
many possibilities involved in the
discussions: reducing the print frequency
of the Reveille. That decision has not
been made. If we make any changes
to the Reveille production schedule or
significant changes to other products,
those changes will be made after
extensive discussions with Student Media
staff, alumni, student government leaders
and other interested parties during this
school year. The fall-semester discussions
started with an August meeting with
alumni and students.
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While the costs of producing The Daily
Reveille are a factor in the strategic
discussions, bigger factors are our
commitment to serving the university
community’s media needs and to
preparing our students for successful
media careers. The rapid growth of digital
media compels us to examine how we
can provide more and better digital media
for the LSU community and more and
better digital experience for our students.
two editions per semester to one,
increasing its digital production and
profile throughout both semesters,
using Tumblr.
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KLSU radio will get a new transmitter
and antenna during the school year.
And, of course, it will repeat its
annual fund-raiser, which brought in
$35,000 in 2015.
•
Tiger TV will use a new streaming
solution to expand its live coverage
and the web-first approach it used
to cover the news in 2014-15.
By breaking news online before
the evening news, sports and
entertainment newscasts, Tiger
TV gained national attention on
programs such as Good Morning
America and ESPN for two viral
videos. Using our “live pack”
backpack, students were the only
media outlet in Baton Rouge to live
stream the LSU student protest
at the State Capitol over possible
budget cuts.
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Gumbo yearbook will continue
development of its digital presence,
which included the popular Humans
of LSU feature, which drew 2,000
Facebook likes in its first year.
While the strategic discussions continue,
we are already working on some
important changes in Student Media for
the coming year:
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We will publish game-day editions of
The Reveille at least five Saturdays
this fall, giving us an opportunity to
serve the tailgating audience that
fills campus for home games and
giving us an opportunity to sell ads
to businesses interested in reaching
that audience. We will coordinate the
game-day print edition with gameday Tiger TV coverage and game-day
coverage on LSUReveille.com and
social media.
Legacy Editor Akeem Muhammad
has decided on a change for the
2015-16 year: The magazine will
reduce its print production from
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STUDENT MEDIA AWARDS
Regional awards
National awards
2015 Louisiana/Mississippi Associated
Press Managing Editors Awards
College Media Association
Pinnacle Awards
Yearbook of the Year
First Place, Gumbo 2013
Best Infographic
Third Place, LSU Student Media
Best Magazine Contents Page/Spread
Third Place, LSU Student Media
Best Breaking News Coverage
Second Place, LSU Student Media
Best Sports Multimedia Story
First Place, LSU Student Media
Best Sports Section
Best Online Sports Section
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Best News Package
Third Place, The Daily Reveille
Best Profile Story
Third Place, Student Media
College Breaking/Spot News
The Daily Reveille staff
College Enterprise/Investigative
Andrea Gallo; Quint Forgey
College Features
Chandler Rome; Quint Forgey;
Brennen Lege
College General Excellence
College Layout and Design
Camille Stelly
College News Bureau—Features
Julie Hebert; Annie Ourso
College News Bureau—News
Annie Ourso; Olivia McClure
College Personal Columns
Gordon Brillon
College Sports—Breaking News
Chandler Rome; Joe Mallette
College Sports Photos
Charles Champagne
College Sports Enterprise—Feature
Chandler Rome (2)
David Gray
College Sports Photos
Angela Major
Zoe Geauthreaux
College Spot News Photos
Raegan Labat
Best College Web Site
College Editorials
Editorial Board
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL
JOURNALISTS
Photo Illustration (Large)
10,000+ Students
Winner: Birds and bees
- by Anne Lipscomb
Finalist: Blame game
- by Anne Lipscomb
Non-Fiction Magazine Article
Logan Anderson
Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper
Finalist: The Daily Reveille Staff
Breaking News Reporting (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalists: Trey Labat; The Daily Reveille Staff
Editorial Writing
Winner: The Daily Reveille Editorial Board
Feature Writing (Large) 10,000+ Students
Winner: Olivia McClure
General News Reporting (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalist: Quint Forgey
In-Depth Reporting (Large) 10,000+ Students
Winner: Quint Forgey
Finalists: Renee Barrow; Quint Forgey
Sports Column Writing
Winner: Column: James Moran
Finalist: Tommy Romanach
Sports Writing (Large) 10,000+ Students
Winner: David Gray
Finalists: Chandler Rome; Morgan Beard
Television News and Feature Photography
Winner: Benjamin Papac
Finalists: Sydney Kern; Johnny Lombardi
Television Sports Reporting
Finalist: Patrick Clay
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Former LSU football player Marcus Spears visited LSU’s
Student Media, where he gave Tiger TV employees advice
about effective reporting. After playing for LSU, Spears went
on to play for the Dallas Cowboys and the
Baltimore Ravens. Currently, he is a football
analyst on the SEC Network for ESPN.
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reilly center for media & public affairs
On August 24, the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the
Public Policy Research Lab received nationwide coverage of its
Katrina survey. Director of Research Mike Henderson was part
of a televised Atlantic magazine forum in New Orleans, and The
New York Times placed a story about the survey near the top of
its home page.
This national attention was a result of Manship faculty
collaboration. Director Mike Henderson and Operations
Manager Michael Climek came up with the idea; Professor Jack
Hamilton and Switzer Chair Len Apcar made the connection
with The Atlantic and The Times, and Apcar helped polish the
press release.
Press Law & Democracy Project
This year the Press Law & Democracy Project partnered with
the Reilly Center for two events. The first was an advance
documentary screening of “Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall
& The NAACP.” Filmmaker Mick Caouette introduced the film
and answered audience questions after the screening. The
second event featured noted international law scholar Kyu Ho
Youm, who holds the Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair
at the University of Oregon. Dr. Youm gave a public talk about
the “Right to be Forgotten” in Europe and he met with classes,
students and faculty during his visit.
Vote Everywhere & TurboVote
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This year the two students who attended the annual National
Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement at Harvard also
served as Vote Everywhere ambassadors. Manship students Kira
Schuette and Valencia Richardson led LSU’s Geaux Vote efforts
and served as Andrew Goodman Foundation Vote Everywhere
ambassadors. They helped register LSU students to vote and
promoted civic engagement on campus. They also organized
a campus forum on the budget cuts to higher education so
student voices were heard. In addition to working with the
Vote Everywhere ambassadors program, the Reilly Center also
teamed up with Turbo Vote to sponsor an LSU-specific portal
to help LSU students register to vote online. Hundreds of new
voters signed up through the TurboVote/Reilly Center portal.
Lamar Family Visiting Scholar’s Program
In 2014-15, the Reilly Center launched the Lamar Family
Visiting Scholars Program, which promotes innovative thinking
about the nexus of media and politics. The inaugural Lamar
Family Visiting Scholar was Steve Buttry, the nation’s top expert
in using social media to communicate the news. This year,
Paige Jarreau will hold the Lamar Family Visiting Scholar as a
post-doctorate. Jarreau completed her Ph.D. in the Manship
School and holds an M.S. in Biological and Agricultural
Engineering from LSU. She is nationally known for her science
blogging network SciLogs, and she is quickly becoming a leader
in the study of science communication with a focus on science
blogging.
Visualizing Coastal Environmental Communication
Reilly Center Director Amy Reynolds teamed with doctoral
students Paige Jarreau and Zeynep Altinay to win a National
Association of Science Writer’s grant to help cover the cost of a
one-day workshop for scientists, journalists, LSU students and
community members. The goal of the workshop, which was
jointly sponsored by NASW and the Reilly Center, was to
teach people how to tell better stories about coastal
environmental issues through the use of visuals (photos,
maps, illustrations, etc.)
PROFESSORS ROBERT MANN AND AMY REYNOLDS, FILMMAKER MICK CAOUETTE
AND DERECK J. ROVARIS, VICE PROVOST AND CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER;
MICHAEL CLIMEK; MIKE HENDERSON; PPRL
Media & Diversity
“Hispanic Media & Elections” panel
Gary Segura, professor of American
politics and chair of Chicano/aLatina/o Studies at Stanford University,
whose research focuses on political
representation and politics of America’s
growing Latino population; and Manny
Garcia, editor of Naples Daily News
and former editor of El Nuevo Herald
were panelists on the Hispanic Media &
Elections program.
The discussion focused on the 2014
midterm elections, how Hispanic media is
different from traditional media, Hispanic
voting trends, political issues important to
the Hispanic community and the impact
of Hispanic media on voting and civic
engagement.
Martin Johnson, LSU’s Kevin P. Reilly Sr.
Chair, moderated the discussion.
The 2015 Louisiana Survey
In 2015, the Louisiana Survey attracted
a lot of media attention. Results showed
that a large majority of the public – 83
percent – wanted the state budget
shortfall resolved through a combination
of spending cuts and additional revenue;
however they opposed reductions in key
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areas such as higher education
and health care. Despite a
preference for spending cuts
in general, the public wanted
more spending when asked
about specific policy areas such as
elementary and secondary education,
higher education, transportation and
health care.
“This puts policy-makers in a real bind,”
said Michael Henderson, research
director of the Public Policy Research
Lab. On the one hand the public says
they support spending cuts and tax
increases in general – especially spending
cuts – but when you get down to it
they simply do not back most specific
reductions. They do not want to cut
education. They do not want to cut
health care.”
Each year, the Reilly Center commissions
the Louisiana Survey, administered by
the Public Policy Research Lab. The
Reilly Center created the annual survey
to serve as a barometer of statewide
public opinion. It tracks advancements
and regression of views regarding state
services over time. Each year, the survey
grows in value as events and conditions
drive important changes in public
perceptions, opinions and behaviors.
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The full 2015 report can be found at
www.survey.lsu.edu.
Academy of Applied Politics Skills
Workshops
This is the second year the Reilly Center
presented political skills workshops open
to the public. These workshops were
intensive, half-day sessions held in May
and June that covered social media,
fundraising and media relations.
Bi-partisan teams of leading political
professionals and faculty experts from
the Manship School led the workshops.
The emphasis of each workshop was on
strategies and techniques that are useful
and necessary for candidates of either
party to run for any office. Each workshop
included discussion of strategies and
techniques, plus hands-on practice with
the skills.
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