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TABLE OF CONTENTS 6

LETTER FROM THE DEAN



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ENROLLMENT & CURRICULUM

FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT



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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNSHIPS

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FACULTY AND STAFF

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OFFICE OF STUDENT MEDIA



REILLY CENTER FOR MEDIA



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MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION Jerry Ceppos, dean and William B. Dickinson Professor Amy Reynolds, director of the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs; holder of the Thomas O. & Darlene Wood Ryder Professorship II and George D. Nelson Professorship Andrea Miller, associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration; holder of the HuieDelmon Professorship and the Ken Kansas 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 John Breaux, distinguished professor and senior Reilly Center fellow

Ronald Garay, professor emeritus Joshua Grimm, assistant professor; holder of the Bart Swanson Endowed Professorship John Maxwell Hamilton, Hopkins P. Breazeale Professor and Doris Westmoreland Darden Professor Michael Henderson, assistant professor of research; PPRL research director Ralph Izard, Sig Mickelson Professor Emeritus

Laura Lindsay, professor emerita Lisa Lundy, associate professor; holder of the Patrick J. Sorrells Endowed Professorship; public relations area head

Steve Buttry, Lamar Visiting Scholar

Jensen Moore-Copple, assistant professor, holder of the John Bateman Professorship (Bank One)

Margaret DeFleur, Doris Westmoreland Darden Professor Melvin DeFleur, distinguished professor William B. Dickinson, distinguished professor emeritus Roxanne Dill, instructor Johanna Dunaway, associate professor; holder of William K. “Bill” Carville Professorship of Communication and Political Empowerment

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Jay Shelledy, Greer Chair in Media Ethics Judith Sylvester, associate professor Kasey Windels, assistant professor; holder of the Tom Jarreau Hardin Professorship

Elizabeth Cadarette, administrative coordinator

Robert Mann, Professor in Media and Public Affairs and Manship Professor

Louis Day, Ouachita Parish Chapter Alumni Professor

Tim Schreiner, content manager; professional-in-residence

David Kurpius, associate vice chancellor for enrollment management; Thomas O. and Darlene Wood Ryder Distinguished Professor

Robert Brown, visiting public relations instructor

Erin Coyle, assistant professor; holder of the Joe D. Smith Hibernia Professorship

Rosanne Scholl, assistant professor; holder of the Doris Westmoreland Darden #5 Endowed Professorship; political communication area head

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Jinx Broussard, professor; holder of the F. Walker Lockett Distinguished Professorship (Bank One)

Alex Cook, media presentation adviser; professional-in-residence

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Yongick Jeong, associate professor; holder of the D. Jenson Holliday Endowed Professorship; advertising area head

Christopher B. Mann, assistant professor; holder of the Belo Corp. Endowed Professorship and the J. Patrick Gebhart Professorship

Cindy Carter,Tiger TV adviser; professional-in-residence

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Mike Bosworth, assistant dean for finance

Sara Courtney, development director John Friscia, broadcast engineer Lyn LeJeune, counselor Renee Pierce, network manager Linda Rewerts, assistant dean for administration Mary Ann Sternberg, internship coordinator Helen Taylor, assistant dean for student services Emily Wascom, communications manager

Tad Odell, instructor; journalism area head

Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs

Hyojung Park, assistant professor, holder of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Professorship in Health Communication

Amy Reynolds, director

Jay Perkins, associate professor emeritus

Public Policy Research Lab

Raymond J. Pingree, assistant professor, holder of the Douglas L. Manship Professorship

Michael Henderson, research director

Lance Porter, associate professor of Mass Communication and the Laboratory for Creative Arts & Technologies; holder of the Mary P. Poindexter Professorship

Emily Wascom, program coordinator

Amy Reynolds, director Meghan Sanders, director, Media Effects Lab Belinda Davis, deputy director Michael Climek, business manager Srinivas Thouta, technology manager

Robert Ritter, director, Student Media; professional-in-residence Bill Ross, distinguished professor emeritus

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Student Media Staff Bob Ritter, director Cindy Carter, Tiger TV adviser Alex Cook, media presentation adviser Tim Schreiner, content manager John Friscia, engineer and KLSU adviser Megan Stone, business manager Donna Arnold, advertising manager Jann Goetzmann, administrative specialist Affiliated Faculty James Garand, Emogene Pliner Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science Stacia Haynie, J. W. Annison Jr. Family Alumni Professor, Department of Political Science Robert E. Hogan, professor, Department of Political Science T. Wayne Parent, Russell B. Long Professor of American Politics, Department of Political Science 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 and editor Dallas Morning News Vice Chair Mary Ann Sternberg, author Baton Rouge Board members Jim Amoss, editor The Times‑Picayune, New Orleans Dan Borné, president Louisiana Chemical Association Baton Rouge Sandy Breland, vice president-general manager Fox 8 WVUE-TV, New Orleans

Mark Dollins, consultant Ridgefield, Conn.

Lauren Tucker, senior vice president The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va.

Margo DuBos, president and CEO/publisher Gambit Communications Inc. New Orleans

Jack M. Weiss III, chancellor Paul M. Hebert Law Center

BEBE Facundus, president Botero & Associates, Baton Rouge John Frazee, vice president, news service (retired) CBS News, New York Manny Garcia, editor, Naples Daily News Naples, Fla. Richard Gingras, head of news and social products Google Inc. Mountain View, Calif. G. Lee Griffin, president and CEO LSU Foundation Charles Lamar, chairman/CEO Woodlawn Investments, Baton Rouge Douglas L. Manship Jr., former publisher (retired) The Advocate, Baton Rouge Josh Mayer, creative director Peter Mayer Advertising, New Orleans Marcy McGinnis, senior vice president, newsgathering Al Jazeera America, New York Arlene Morgan, special assistant to the dean for external affairs Temple University School of Media and Communication Cherry Hill, NJ Laine Glisson Oliver, senior policy adviser Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Washington William Oliver, president (retired) AT&T Louisiana, New Orleans Sean Reilly, CEO Lamar Advertising Co., Baton Rouge Oliver G. Richard III, president Empire of the Seed, Lake Charles Thomas O. Ryder, chairman and CEO (retired) Reader’s Digest Association Inc. Vero Beach, Fla. Len Sanderson, president Sanderson Strategies Group Washington

Donald Cass Jr., CEO/president Long Range Systems, Addison, Texas

Tod Smith, president and general manager WWL-TV, WUPL-TV, WWLTV.com NewsWatch15 New Orleans

Charles E. Cook Jr. Publisher, the Cook Political Report Washington

Raymond Strother, president Raymond Strother Ltd. Bozeman, Mont.

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James Yeldell, attorney Rankin, Yeldell & Katz, Bastrop MASS COMMUNICATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION President Brad Lambert Harris, DeVille & Associates Baton Rouge Board Members Elizabeth Tadie Canfield, communications specialist BASF Corporation Geismar, La. Stephanie Cargile, manager, public & government relations ExxonMobile Baton Rouge Margaret “Meg” Casper, press secretary Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office Baton Rouge Charlotte Cavell, corporate communications Entergy Louisiana LLC Melinda Deslatte, reporter Associated Press, Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Kim Ginn, vice president, marketing L’Auberge Baton Rouge Rachel Henry, Baton Rouge Mark Lambert, president Lambert Media Communications Consulting, Baton Rouge Venessa Lewis, A.P.R. Lewis Graphic Design, Baton Rouge Jennifer P. Boneno, director of account services Zehnder Communications Baton Rouge Stephanie Riegel, editor Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Ron Thibodeaux, associate editor Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Kristi B. Williams, executive director, Louisiana Job Connection Louisiana Economic Development Baton Rouge Ex-Officio: Nancy Malone, public affairs American Red Cross, Baton Rouge

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LETTER FROM THE DEAN

DEAR ALUMS AND OTHER FRIENDS:

It won’t be easy to follow the excitement of last year’s centennial celebration. But two developments slated for this academic year may do just that—and change the Manship School forever. Better yet, both support our twin signatures: teaching and studying media and public affairs and pushing technology into every corner of our program. Speaking of technology, note the new graduate on the cover taking a selfie! First, we plan to start our much-discussed “LSU in Washington” program during summer 2015. Founding Dean Jack Hamilton, who knows more about Washington than most Washingtonians, will teach the class. Being based in Baton Rouge is a tremendous advantage because many of our students work in state government or attend classes focusing on it. But we think learning how Washington works will offer a different kind of advantage. When this experimental class wraps up, we’ll decide whether summer or a full semester is more appropriate for future sessions. Second, we plan to open a new social-media laboratory in Hodges Hall during spring or summer 2015. With the speed of change in social media, it’s almost silly to predict what could happen in the lab. (For example, who would have thought that Twitter would be a tool of war, as it is in the Gaza conflict? As I was writing this, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Israel Defense Force’s main Twitter account has more than 327,000 followers, with the military arm of Hamas counting more than 58,000 followers.) But, even without making predictions, we know that many companies already gather representatives of advertising, public relations, brand management and other divisions in one room to monitor social-media postings by watching live messages on multiple screens. The organizations then respond in real time to consumers who write on such platforms as Twitter and Facebook. We want to teach our students what those professionals look for and how they use social media to their advantage. We plan eventually to pipe social-media feeds into the Holliday Forum, where we can watch them during public events. The lab also ties in beautifully with our grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to encourage students to develop new ways to communicate news through social media. Most important, both the Washington program and the social-media lab will serve students in all of our concentrations—public relations, news, digital advertising and political communication.

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We’re also excited about our new hires: > Dr. Martin Johnson, Kevin P. Reilly Chair in Political Communication. A former editor of The Daily Reveille, Martin studies media politics, public opinion, political psychology and public policy. He joins us from the University of California, Riverside. > Dr. Michael Henderson, research director of the school’s Public Policy Research Laboratory. Mike focuses on how information shapes what citizens learn about public affairs. > Dr. Jun Heo, an assistant professor of digital advertising. His research areas are emerging advertising media, media audiences, media effects and agency-client relationships. Before joining the academic world, he worked for such ad giants as Dentsu Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy & Mather and Universal McCann. He joins us from the University of Southern Mississippi. > Dr. Kathleen Searles, an assistant professor of political communication, studies political communication, psychology, behavior and American politics. She previously taught at Georgia Regents University. > Steve Buttry, the country’s top expert in social media and news, becomes our first Lamar Visiting Scholar. He will help lead our Knight grant in social media. Steve previously worked for Digital First Media. Finally, we hope that many of you will have feelings similar to alum Alex Martin, Page One editor of The Wall Street Journal. Alex wrote the other day, saying: “Just wanted to let you know that my wife and I so enjoyed our visit to campus last year [during the centennial celebration] that we’re planning to come down again for Homecoming this year.” We hope that all of you who visited during the centennial, and even those who couldn’t come, will join the Martins and visit during this exciting academic year. That would be the very best way to extend the excitement of our centennial year. Best,

Jerry Ceppos, Dean | [email protected] or 225-578-9294

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CENTENNIAL HIGHLIGHTS Hundreds of alumni, students and other friends of the Manship School attended the centennial celebration Oct. 23-26. Among the highlights was a surprise, unsolicited $150,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to experiment with student and faculty ideas that bring news to communities through social media. Another surprise was a $100,000 gift in honor of the centennial from the Manship family, which has done so much for the school, to our annual Excellence Fund. Many others of you contributed when you registered for centennial activities, and we thank all of you. Other highlights of the centennial included a student meeting and then a speech by Carl Bernstein, half of the most famous reporting team in journalism, Woodward and Bernstein of Watergate fame...reminiscences about student media through the years...a day devoted to digital education....a spectacular new video about the Reveille Seven by Bill Sherman of Sherman Video Productions of Baton Rouge and alum Mike Danna, director of public relations at the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. The video is still available at http://vimeo.com/78094037.

BELOW: CARL BERNSTEIN LOWER LEFT: PRESIDENT/CHANCELLOR KING ALEXANDER WITH MANSHIP AMBASSADORS LOWER RIGHT: PRESIDENT/CEO OF THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION, ALBERTO IBARGÜEN AND DEAN CEPPOS

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LETTER FROM ALUM Ted Spiker @ProfSpiker · Jul 8 WRITING ANATOMY 1st draft: Skeleton Verbs: Muscle Adverbs: Fat Punctuation: Connective tissue Lede: Face Nut: Heart Story: Soul

HI, JERRY...

I just wanted to thank you for the fantastic Manship School celebration weekend. I enjoyed it all. The speakers were super and the forums extremely interesting. But...your smart and very bright students impressed me the most. They were the nicest and most polite students I have ever met. They called me by name every day and never forgot (and with so many people there to remember). They also commented on my photos, which made my weekend! You are sending out some very smart, sharp, and polite journalists into the world. The world is waiting for such a group! I am so proud of my school of journalism! I hope to get back soon. Don’t know if I will make the 200th celebration, but I will surely try. Cheers, Terri Creswell (1956) San Carlos, California

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CENTENNIAL SPEAKERS

Tiger TV Retrospective

Dan Davis (1990) editor-in-chief, The Fabricator, flagship publication of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Crystal Lake, Ill. Wade Henderson (1999) owner, Henderson Media, Baton Rouge Anthony Germade Jr., video director, media consultant, New Orleans Nick Varisco (1993) general manager and head of marketing, Café Degas, New Orleans Stephen Pitalo (1990) music video historian, writes for Maxim Magazine, New York Morgan Stewart (1990), president, Stewart Communications, New Orleans Noah Authement (2000) special projects coordinator with WNTZ-TV (Communications Corp. of America), Alexandria, La. Reveille Retrospective

Ginger Gibson (2008) vice president, media relations and communication, Seven Twenty Strategies, Washington Leroy Colter (1961) retired newspaper co-owner, editor, governmental affairs director Andrea Gallo (2013) intern, Wall Street Journal, New York Laura Pennino (1980) owner, Pennino and Partners, Houston Adam Causey (2005) enterprise and investigative reporter, the Las Vegas Review-Journal Public Relations Panel

Nicole Marshall (2007) senior account executive, Rubenstein Associates, Denver Justin Runyon (2009) community manager, The Marketing Arm, Dallas Sarah Laborde (2011) senior account executive, FleishmanHillard, Houston JaSalyn Smith (2010) account executive, Edelman, Dallas Ted Greener (MMC, 2011) account executive, DCI Group, Washington Amy Martin Kugler (MMC, 2008) communications and outreach manager, National Center for Responsible Gaming, Seattle Donna Dees (1979) formerly with CBS, now serves on Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year advisory board, New York Future of News

Alex Martin (1981) deputy managing editor and page one editor, The Wall Street Journal, Tokyo Natalie Grantham Jennings (2005) Web producer for PostTV at The Washington Post Tod Smith, president and general manager, WWL-TV Inc., New Orleans Jerry Ceppos, dean, LSU Manship School of Mass Communication Digital Spread

Dr. Stephen David Beck, School of Music, LSU Dr. Lance Porter, associate professor, Mass Communication, LSU Jesse Hoggard, Louisiana Technology Park, Baton Rouge Blake Killian, social media director, Zehnder Communications, New Orleans Mark Aubanel, director of digital media arts & engineering, LSU Joshua Teixeira, vice president/director of strategy, BEAM Interactive, Boston Rebecca Beacham (2006) account director, Beeby, Clark + Meyler, New York Dr. Jay Rosen, director, Studio 20, NYU, New York Malcolm Schwarzenbach, partner, Trumpet Media, New Orleans

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ENROLLMENT AND CURRICULUM

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT

In fall 2013, the Manship School welcomed 297 full-time, firsttime freshmen planning to major in mass communication. Of that number, 26.6 percent were minorities and 26.9 percent were from out-of-state or other countries. The overall total of mass communication majors and pre-majors was 1,151 as of fall 2013. The public relations area continues as the largest concentration with 264 students in the school. Journalism is again second with 167. Digital advertising is up to 115 students, and political communication has 65 students.

NEW COURSE FOR FALL “See How They Run: The Race for Congress” Manship students will learn the fundamentals of political coverage during the most critical months of Louisiana’s Congressional races.

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 2013, more than 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 Ambassadors will take part in a pilot mentoring program beginning in fall 2014 to help freshmen transition into their sophomore year and into the Manship School. UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM

After three years of research and hard work, the Manship School launched its new digitally focused curriculum in fall 2013. The transition was smooth. Some of the changes to the curriculum included a laptop requirement, introduction classes for each concentration and a digital focus across all classes. As part of the Manship School’s commitment to undergraduate research, areaspecific research classes were also introduced and are required for all students. In turn, 17 Manship students participated in the inaugural LSU Discover Research Day Poster Session in the spring. Additionally, the school hosted its inaugural Capstone Colloquium at the end of the school year where one student group from each concentration presented research projects for peers, family, friends and industry representatives. CAPSTONE COLLOQUIUM

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GRADUATE ENROLLMENT AND CURRICULUM

Enrollment in the master’s program overall increased again this year to 63 students, which is more student growth than we targeted in our six-year strategic plan. The goal was to reach 59 students over six years, and we are in the fourth year of the plan. In terms of enrollment as compared to the prior year, the master’s program shrank just slightly with regard to out-of-state students (down 3%), but student diversity increased 11%. The diverse students in the master’s program represent a variety of backgrounds – Hispanic, African-American, bi-racial and international (including students from India, the U.K. and China). Last year, the school achieved its goal of enrolling at least 25% diverse students each year. We have improved upon that for this year (38% overall diversity in the master’s program). Three students received doctoral degrees during the 2013-14 academic year, and all landed tenure-track positions at universities. The school’s 15th doctoral class arrived in fall 2014 with six new students. The incoming doctoral class is 66% diverse, with all of the students coming from outside Louisiana. Admission to the doctoral program was highly competitive, with a 17% acceptance rate. The four new doctoral students bring the school’s total Ph.D. program enrollment to 26. In 2013-14 the faculty approved revisions to the doctoral curriculum that will take effect in the fall of 2015. The primary goals of the revision are to give doctoral students more opportunities to produce

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publishable research and to enhance methodological training, a weakness that regularly shows in our assessment data. The new curriculum adds more methods courses, highlights and enhances our mass communication and public affairs signature, and adds a pedagogy course to help doctoral students develop their teaching skills. The school has continued to maintain increases in the number of ways in which graduate students can receive financial support and resources. In 2011-12, we doubled the amount available to doctoral students for national or international conference travel. In 2012-13, we utilized an endowment/foundation account to provide additional funding to students who earned top paper honors at a conference. The typical award is an additional $500. This year, we had three students earn top paper awards at national conferences, the most yet for the program. The Hamilton Fellowship continues to be our primary vehicle for supporting doctoral dissertation research. INTERIM GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTORS

This year, Professor Peggy DeFleur and Associate Professor Lance Porter will serve as interim graduate program directors as we conduct a national search for a new associate dean for graduate studies. Dr. DeFleur will oversee the doctoral program, and Dr. Porter will manage the master’s program. This division is temporary to make the duties more manageable for these faculty members.

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THE LSU SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSE LAB

Lance Porter, digital media lab director The Social Media Response Lab will allow us 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. Furthermore, this facility will allow faculty and students to conduct both quantitative and qualitative social media academic research. lab and a working space for student media and student organizations. By using rolling whiteboard Z racks, foam cubes and T walls, the large space will be instantly configurable for collaboration and innovation. Background

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The lab will feature an entire wall of touch screens that will allow users to manipulate social media visualizations without interacting with computers. We will provide an extensive suite of software and services that will allow users to track levels of conversation and sentiment in real time around events such as presidential debates, special events, branding campaigns or breaking news. The lab will also program content via a live studio feed broadcast to additional screens in the Holliday Forum so that the Social Media Response Lab can provide visualizations of social media content related to Manship School classes and events as they are happening throughout campus. Collaboration

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Numerous organizations (Gatorade, Dell, Nike, the Red Cross and Clemson University among them) have established dedicated spaces that allow them to track brands, issues and campaigns in the social media space. Typically, representatives from brand management, advertising and public relations divisions and their respective agencies gather in one room and monitor social media postings about specific brands by watching live visualizations on multiple screens. The organizations then respond in real time to consumers’ postings on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook with content created in real time. Our Idea

We could expand on this idea by establishing a similar mission control within our facilities where all of our areas as well as faculty and graduate students could take advantage of visualization and measurement technology to conduct studies such as campaign analytics, content strategy and development, crisis communication, debate analysis and tracking trends, to name only a few.

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

DIGITAL ADVERTISING

National Advertising Competition A senior advertising team earned second place this spring in the District 7 National Student Advertising Competition hosted by the American Advertising Federation in Birmingham, Ala. The client for the campaign was Mary Kay Cosmetics. The students were tasked with increasing awareness, positive perception and purchase intention among 18-25 year-old women. The presenters were Rebecca Milazzo, Matthew Rogers, Kimberley Rushton, Tyler Carlos, Claire Ballay and Jacy Baggett (alternate). Advisers were Dr. Yongick Jeong and Dr. Kasey Windels. JOURNALISM

Huffington Post blog praises “First-Ever Guide to Online Media Ethics” When Manship student Andrea Gallo tweeted a photo of her class project, the First-Ever Guide to Online Media Ethics, the Twitterverse took notice and wanted to know where they could find a copy. The booklet is an annual project for students in Dean Ceppos’ media ethics classes, based on class discussions throughout the semester. Gallo’s tweet caught the attention of Magda Abu-Fadil, a journalist and media consultant in Lebanon, who praised the First-Ever Guide to Online Media Ethics on the HuffPost blog and inquired about translating it into Arabic. Various organizations have published online media ethics guidelines, but few have made the effort to disseminate them in an easy-to-use Arabic-language compendium. Rouba El-Helou, a media studies faculty member and journalist, translated the text into Arabic and Abu-Fadil edited the booklet.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

PRSSA National Convention PRSSA at LSU hosted the 2014 PRSSA Region 5 Conference March 21-23 at the Manship School. The theme, “Hollywood Under the Oaks,” refers to Louisiana’s popularity as a location for music, television and film productions. Public relations professionals in the arts and entertainment industries shared insights on working in areas including film, fashion, television and sports. Region 5 includes 40 student chapters in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Hawaii. Approximately 100 students from the region attended the convention. The LSU chapter walked away with five national awards. Honors included the Dr. F. H. Teahan Chapter Diversity Award, a Star Chapter Award, two President’s Citations (Mallory Richardson, 2012-13 chapter president; and Paige Weber, 2013-14 president) and an individual PRSA Diversity Multicultural Scholarship (Cyone Batiste, codirector of PRSSA at LSU’s student-run firm, ImPRint Communications) LSU Bateman team competes in national competition KREWE Public Relations, a team of five Manship School public relations seniors, represented LSU in the Public Relations Student Society of America 2014 Bateman Case Study Competition against more than 75 teams nationwide. The teams were required to research, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive public-relations campaign for Popmoney®, a personal payment service that allows users to send and receive money digitally using email addresses or mobile phone numbers. KREWE members are Emily Beck, Elise Bernard, Erin Kenna, Anna Long and Allison Sage. Dr. Jensen Moore-Copple was the team’s adviser. A N N U A L

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POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

Aryanna Prasad, a political communication and international studies sophomore, writes a regular blog for the Huffington Post about college life and related issues. Her blog says, “Aryanna Prasad is a girl from everywhere raised in nowhere.” “Indian and Irish New Yorker parents brought my family to Opelousas, Louisiana, where I have lived most of my life... I have not started a company, written a book, or won a Nobel Peace Prize. I’m just trying to get through college...I am a journalism geek working for the campus television station, Tiger TV, writing for the campus magazine Legacy, and coming up with the ‘next big thing’ with Create Lab.” Create Lab is an interdisciplinary extra-curricular activity taught by Professors Lance Porter and Alex Cook as part of our Digital Media Initiative. It helps private-sector clients that need advice about the digital world.

Institute of Politics at Harvard University Political communications students Gabrielle Braud and Myles Brumfield attended the annual National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics in October, 2013. Through the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, Manship students have been attending the annual conference for 10 years. They were accompanied by Professor Robert Mann, who spoke at the conference. Manship alumna Aly Neel (now a Princeton University graduate student) also spoke to the group about her political activism in Turkey.

jourdan @jourdanwms · Jul 8 I know I’ve said this before, but I MUST say it again. The @ManshipSchool is the BEST college on campus! Seriously! Reply

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TOP ROW: ELISABETH FONDREN, A-REUM JUNG, MINJIE LI; BOTTOM ROW: PAROMITA SAHA, ROBYN STILES, RUI WANG

Graduate Program

2014 Incoming Doctoral Students Elisabeth Fondren, from Germany, worked in print journalism and public relations before joining the doctoral program. She has an M.A. in International Journalism from City University London (2013) and a B.A. in English and German philology, politics and cultural studies form the University of Heidelberg in Germany (2012). She also spent one semester of research and study at the School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University (2011). A-Reum Jung, from South Korea is transferring from the doctoral program at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has a master’s degree in advertising from the University of Tennessee (2012) and a master’s degree in journalism from Dankook University in South Korea (2009). Her primary research area is in advertising effects as well as advertising policy and regulation. Minjie Li, from China completed his master’s degree from the Manship School in May. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the College of Culture and Communication at the China Institute of Industrial Relations (2011). He has worked as a journalist and graphic designer in both China and the United States. His  primary  research areas are media psychology and media sociology in technology and public affairs. More specifically, his studies focus on how these elements reshape media industry and modern democracy for gender and sexual minority groups. Paromita Saha, from the United Kingdom, holds a B.A. in English literature with public media from the University of Leeds (1995) and a master’s degree from the Manship School. Paromita has more than a decade of professional experience, working for the BBC in London as a producer, reporter and researcher; for ITN; and for the UK government in public relations. Her primary research area is in comparative media law and ethics. Robyn Stiles, from California was an online fund-raising manager at Eberle Communication Group in Virginia. She has an M.P.S. degree in political management from George Washington University (2013) and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley (2011). Broadly speaking, her research interest is “in the ongoing evolution of digital media within the field of political communication and the role that social media plays in increasing civic participation and the accessibility of democracy.” Rui Wang, from China was the deputy director of the business news department at China National Radio in Beijing, where he worked for more than a decade. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute (2003) and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute (2000). His research area is new media technology and society.

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Congratulations to our 2013-2014 Ph.D.s This fall, Jeremy Padgett will work as a tenure-track assistant professor of communication in the Department of Humanities at the University of Mobile in Alabama. He will defend his dissertation this summer. Jason Turcotte has accepted a position as a tenure-track assistant professor of journalism in the Communication Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Chance York will join the faculty in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University as an assistant professor of mass communication.

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2013-14 Graduate Student Accomplishments Master’s student Minjie Li was selected as the 2014 Outstanding Graduate Student. Minjie had three nominators, all of whom acknowledged the quality of his scholarship, teaching assistance, his collegiality and the great work he has done in the Media Effects Lab. Also, Minjie received top-paper honors from the Entertainment Studies Interest Group of AEJMC for “The Parasocial Contact Hypothesis Revisited: An Individual Differences Perspective.” He is a first-year doctoral student in the Manship School. Doctoral student Newly Paul was awarded the 2014 Hamilton Fellowship for Media and Public Affairs Research. Her research will explore how women political candidates portray themselves in their advertising as well as how the strategies they choose influence news media portrayals of these candidates. Doctoral student Keren Henderson will start as an assistant professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication this fall. She is scheduled to graduate in May, 2015. First year doctoral student, Myoung-Gi Chon received the Top Student Paper award at the International PR Research Conference in Miami. His paper focuses on the perception of crisis responsibility in crisis communication. Mia Kamal won a top paper award from the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Her paper focused on a cross-national analysis of frames used for immigrants. Young Kim won a National Communication Association Top Paper Award about the Korean 18

American Communication Association about precrisis communication pre-crisis communication of Hyundai Motors Regarding its Overestimated Gas Mileage Issue.” The paper was co-authored with Wonjun Chung. Doctoral student Gheni Platenburg and master’s student Amber Smith attended the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Boston July 30 through Aug. 3. Master’s student Lacey Sanchez was crowned Miss Louisiana 2014. She will take a year’s leave from school to travel and compete in the Miss America contest. Lacey is one of the top pole vaulters in the history of the Lady Tiger program. Doctoral student Zeynep Altinay was inducted into the Binghamton University Athletic Hall of Fame for 2014. She was a four-year conference all-star tennis player for the Bearcats during their early Division I years from 2004-2007. Altinay was the school’s Athlete of the Year in 2004-05. Elizabeth Cuttner first student to receive dual degree Elizabeth Cuttner is the first graduate of the Manship School’s dual degree program with the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of LSU. The program allows students to pursue both a law degree and a master’s in mass communication in four years, instead of the usual five. Students are able to apply credits from law school to their MMC degree and vice versa. Ultimately, Cuttner hopes to practice communications law in either New York or Washington. Regardless, she knows that the opportunities Manship has provided her will prove to be invaluable for the future. As she explains, “I certainly think that the Manship degree is fantastic and will take me many places.”

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“I have to give a huge thank you to the Manship School of Mass Communication for the overflowing amount of support extended to me as I begin this yearlong journey as Miss Louisiana!” –LACEY SANCHEZ

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FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT 1913 SOCIETY David Yarnold

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. Members are honored each year at the school’s annual 1913 Society Dinner. The featured speaker for the fall 2014 dinner is David Yarnold, president and CEO of the National Audubon Society. The dinner will be held Sept. 26 at Boudreaux’s on Government Street in Baton Rouge.

ANNUAL EXCELLENCE FUND DRIVE RAISES RECORD $300,000 IN ITS 20th YEAR Ralph Bender, CFO, Manship Media Group, and his committee led the 2013-14 fund drive to a record-breaking $300,000. This fund is vital to the school in supporting scholarships, guest lecturers, conferences, seminars and student travel. The excellence fund was started in 1994 by Dean John Maxwell Hamilton. The 2014-2015 chair is Meg Casper along with her committee whose members are the Manship Alumni Executive Board. Casper is press secretary for the Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler. “Who doesn’t have cherished stories of their days at the Manship School during their time at LSU? When I think about how much of my college career I spent within the walls of the Journalism Building, it seems only fitting to lend my support as Chairman of the Manship Excellence Fund this year. Giving back to the students, faculty and staff who are currently benefiting from Manship’s reputation of excellence is a fabulous way to demonstrate your gratitude for the memorable experience you had at LSU. I look forward to engaging with all of Manship’s supporters as we strive to build on the momentum of our record breaking centennial celebration last year. ”

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Mr. and Mrs. David T. Harvey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Cordell H. Haymon Mrs. Mary Louise C. Hopson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. McCarthy Mr. Thomas H. Rainwater Jr. Mr. Oliver G. Richard III

1913 SOCIETY Founders ($500,000 or more lifetime cumulative)

Baton Rouge Area Foundation Mrs. Imo Brown Mr. Fred J. Greer Jr. Charles and Carole Lamar and Family Louisiana Board of Regents 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

$250 to $499

MANSHIP EXCELLENCE FUND Dean’s Club ($100,000 or more during past year)

Manship Family

Partners ($10,000-$99,999)

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Barnidge Baton Rouge Area Foundation Capital One Bank Reilly Family Foundation

Leaders ($5,000-$9,999)

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alario BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cook Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clancy Dubos Jones Walker LLP The Picard Group LLC

$100 to $249

Ms. Carol E. Appelbaum Mrs. Erica M. Badinger Ms. Nicole R. Barbier Mr. Ralph B. Bender Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin H. Bender Mr. Ram N. Bhatia Mrs. Gwen G. Bylinsky Ms. Patricia M. Byrd Mr. David A. Cannon Mrs. April A. Cardinale Mr. and Mrs. John N. Carmena Ms. Cindy Carter Ms. Margaret E. Casper Mrs. Cassandra M. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. William N. Chapman Mr. Frank M. Coates Jr. Mr. Clark H. Cole Mrs. Amy E. Collier Lambert Mrs. Laura R. Condeluci Mr. William J. Cooper and Mrs. Kathleen F. Cooper Ms. Sara Courtney Mr. William B. Dickinson III Mr. Karl H. Feldner Mrs. Mary J. Finney Mr. Walter R. Fulton Ms. Emilia P. Gilbert Mrs. Deborah L. Gonzales Mr. Theodore C. Greener Mr. John W. Hart Ms. Jane Honeycutt Mrs. Cynthia M. Hudson Mr. Gary G. Hymel Mr. and Mrs. David McGuire James

Builders ($2,500-$4,999)

Dr. Louis A. Day Mrs. Freda Y. Dunne ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lamar III Mr. Robert W. Ritter Sustainers ($1,000-$2,499)

Mr. and Mrs. J. Terrell Brown Mrs. Stephanie S. Cargile Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ceppos Mr. and Mrs. Dudley W. Coates Jr. Diane Allen & Associates Mrs. Jacklyn H. Ducote Mr. Julian B. Feibelman Jr. Mr. John A. Frazee Ms. Liz Hampton Ms. Penny C. Heuiser Dr. Ralph Izard Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. McMakin Mr. Robert W. Mong Jr. Mr. Robert R. Rainer Mrs. Millicent S. Short Ms. Margaret M. Sullivan The Cobb Family Foundation Inc. The Times-Picayune $500 to $999

Mr. Donald F. Cass Jr. Drs. Mary Sue & Ron Garay Ms. Jennifer L. Goundas Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Griffin

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“(After enrolling in the Manship master’s program)... the next 18 months were some of the best of my life. My professors and classmates at LSU became like family to me. They welcomed me with open arms. And I’ll never forget that as long as I live. And I’ll never forget the opportunity LSU gave me to help me get where I am today.” - Patrick McCarthy, executive director ExxonMobil Foundation (L TO R) PROVOST STUART BELL, DEAN CEPPOS, PATRICK MCCARTHY, SARA COURTNEY, STEPHANIE CARGILE, MARK BOUDREAUX

Lt. Gerald J. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Keville Mr. Delos L. Knight Jr. Mr. Brad A. Lambert Mrs. Megan C. Lawson Mr. Gilbert J. LeBreton Mrs. Vivian D. Leopold Mr. John W. Lilley III Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lipsey Ms. TaRhonda T. McKee Mr. Lawrence A. Michaud Mr. Parker Middleton Mr. Claude L. Miller Jr. Ms. Jacqueline E. Mouton Dr. Hyojung Park Ms. Susan Polowczuk Ms. Ruth E. Ragland Mr. Jason R. Redmond Mr. Michael A. Reed Ms. Rhonda P. Shay Mr. James E. Shelledy Dr. Joel D. Silverberg and Dr. Marla C. Silverberg Ms. Katherine Silverberg Mrs. Renee Smith-Tadie Mrs. Delia A. Taylor Mrs. Donna Dees Thomases Mr. Jon Witkin Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Young Ms. Dong-mei Zhang

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Mr. Robert B. Anderson Ms. Angela J. Baham Mrs. Angela L. Bergeron-Marchetti Mr. Michael E. Bosworth Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Nielsen Mr. Edwin S. Bufkin Ms. Arden Caneza Mr. and Ms. Skye C. Cooley Dr. Erin K. Coyle Mrs. Shikha Dalmia Mr. Matt M. Dardenne Mr. John Y. Devereaux Ms. Mary A. Dixon Mr. James G. Dodson Mrs. Lori S. Duke Mr. Jeffrey A. English Mr. Walter J. Gabriel Mr. Manuel R. Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gilbert Mrs. Rebecca L. Glasgow Mr. Stephen J. Gonzalez Ms. Jennifer E. Gormley Mrs. Angela M. Granier Mrs. Kathryn L. Guidry Mr. Robert W. Holeman Mrs. Judith A. Hughes Mrs. Dee W. Jones Ms. Norisha R. Kirts Dr. Svetlana V. Kulikova Ms. Katherine M. Landry

Mrs. Elaine D. LeBlanc Mrs. Ann N. Luck Mr. Jordy J. Luft Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lund Mrs. Judith R. Mayer Mr. Robert M. McCorkle Ms. Ashley R. McMaster Mr. Harry J. Middleton Jr. Mr. Joel P. Mullen Mr. Robert J. Neese Mr. Craig W. Nunez Ms. Meisie G. Pacris Ms. Margaret T. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Clair Picou Mr. James F. Robertson Mrs. Kathleen D. Rosenberg Mr. Jon A. Russo Ms. Alexis C. Sarver Mr. Thomas W. Scroggins Mr. and Mrs. John B. Shortess Mr. Raymond G. Sievert Mr. and Mrs. David Lamar Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Thomas Tessier Mr. and Mrs. John D. Trice Mrs. Beverly B. Vial Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wallace Mr. Leland W. Williams Mrs. Marilyn C. Wilson Jr. Mrs. Kay A. Zagst

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DEAN CEPPOS, HUNTER MANSHIP, JAKE MANSHIP, RALPH BENDER

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

William Randolph Hearst Foundations added to the Hearst Endowment for Visiting Professionals. Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education matched the Darlene and Thomas O. Ryder Professorship #2, #3, #4 and #5 as well as the Ken Kansas Professorship. Randy and Gail Bashore completed the Luke S. Bashore Traveling Scholar Award and pledged to double the Luke S. Bashore Scholarship. The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report completed the John Maxwell Hamilton Fellowship in Media & Public Affairs. Kelly Bingel completed the Jay Perkins Scholarship for Study Abroad. Additional donors were Taylor Media Services, Albert P. Comeaux, Dr. Pressley M. Johnson, Cheryl A. Albrecht, Dr. and Mrs. J. Craig Flournoy, John R. Porretto, Roy E. Kron III, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Elfman, GE Foundation, Brett J. Blackledge, Reed L. Branson, Cynthia M. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray O. Dreher Jr., Julie E. Lindy, Gannett Foundation Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. Danny Heitman. Farrukh Zaman, John Maxwell Hamilton and Ross Roberts made gifts to the Ken Kansas Professorship fund. Doris Westmorland Darden completed the fifth Doris Westmoreland Darden Professorship. Laura Fletcher Lindsay Family added to the Thomas M. Fletcher Advertising Support Fund. Jerry Ceppos and John Maxwell Hamilton contributed to the Adrienne Moore Student Award for Media and Public Affairs. Libby Jones and Baton Rouge Area Foundation to the Roberta Gilkison Falk Student Travel Fund. James Kyle Bryan and Andrew van Leeuwen in memory of John Henderson Cade to the John Henderson Cade Memorial Scholarship Fund. Ralph Izard donated to the Chair in Media, Race and Cultural Literacy. The Iris Norris Estate contributed to the Nancy C. Norris Memorial Scholarship. John W. Lilley III, Dr. Siobhan E. Smith, Susanne C. Hiegel, Matthew L. Schafer, Leslie R. Burt, Paul P. Marks Sr., Wanda F. O’Shello and Fannie Mae Match Program made gifts to the Manship Excellence Endowment Fund. A N N U A L

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UNENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND SPONSORSHIPS

Matching Companies

Dow Jones & Company Inc.

Union Bank of California

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation awarded $25,000 to the Cold Case Civil Rights Era Project.

GE Foundation

AT&T Foundation

Key Energy Services Inc.

Freeport McMoRan

Microsoft Corp.

Network for Good

PNC Foundation

Fannie Mae

Turner Broadcasting System

Gannett Co Inc.

The Scripps Howard Foundation sponsored the Academic Leadership Academy. Friends of the Iberville Public Libraries donated to the Deidre Cruse Memorial Scholarship for a female journalism student. Christopher B. Hincks and Lindsay Newport gave to the Advertising Program Support Fund.

BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana ExxonMobil Foundation

Charles Schwab Foundation Monsanto Fund

Memorial and Honor gifts

The Manship Family made an unrestricted gift of $100,000 in honor of the Manship School’s centennial. Guaranty Broadcasting donated a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to a student interested in broadcasting. Beverly J. Tally, Jesse T. Hoggard and Elisabeth J. O’Beirne donated to the Manship School’s general scholarship fund.

Randy and Gail Bashore, Barbara F. Schweikle, Brett Schweikle and the PNC Foundation added to the Luke S. Bashore Scholarship in memory of Luke Bashore. Barbara F. Schweikle, Randall and Gail Bashore and Brett R. Schweikle, Julie O’Bryant, Lisa Dunkum, Robert & Karen J. Feathers donated in memory of Luke S. Bashore to the Luke S. Bashore Traveling Scholar Award. Farrukh Zaman, John Maxwell Hamilton and Ross Roberts made gifts to the Ken Kansas Professorship Fund in memory of former Manship Board of Visitors member, Ken Kansas.

Dr. James Jackson contributed to the Edward R. Jackson Computer Lab. Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation funded the Outstanding Student Service Award of $500. Dr. Louis Day donated the proceeds from the sales of his book, “Ethics in Media Communications: Cases and Controversies.” Louisiana Association of Broadcasters and the Louisiana Press Association sponsored the Louisiana Scholastic Journalism Institute. John Q. and Nancy Barnidge, Manship Media, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, The TimesPicayune, NOLA.com, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, ExxonMobil and the family of Mike Dunne sponsored the Manship School Centennial events including the 1913 Society Dinner. The Manship School Hall of Fame Gala was sponsored by the centennial sponsors listed above as well as The Advocate, Lamar Advertising, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Louisiana Radio Network, Otey White & Associates, Angela deGravelles & Associates, Baton Rouge Press Club, Creative Communications, Lambert Media, Public Relations Association of Louisiana, Public Relations Society of America and Zehnder Communications. Robert W. Ritter made a gift to the Student Media Development Fund.

Gwen G. Bylinsky donated in memory of Gene M. Bylinsky. Louis D. Curet and David T. Harvey donated in memory of Jean Harvey Curet. Mr. & Mrs. David M. James contributed in memory of Jean Harvey Curet & David M. James Jr. Laura Fletcher Lindsay family contributed in memory of Thomas M. Fletcher to the Thomas M. Fletcher Advertising Support Fund. Kelly R. Bingel, Taylor Media Services, Albert P. Comeaux, Dr. Pressley M. Johnson, Cheryl A. Albrecht, Dr. and Mrs. J. Craig Flournoy, John R. Porretto, Roy E. Kron III, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Elfman, GE Foundation, Brett J. Blackledge, Reed L. Branson, Cynthia M. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray O. Dreher Jr., Julie E. Lindy, Gannett Foundation Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. Danny Heitman donated to the Jay Perkins Scholarship for Study Abroad in honor of Jay Perkins. Libby Jones and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation gave to the Roberta Gilkison Falk Student Travel Fund in memory of Roberta G. Falk. Dr. James Jackson contributed to the Edward R. Jackson Computer Lab Fund in memory of his father. James Kyle Bryan and Andrew van Leeuwen gave in memory of John Henderson Cade to the John Henderson Cade Memorial Scholarship. Carol Anne N. Blitzer gave in memory of Evelyn Loopoo and Beatrice Lopoo Nathanson.

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INTERNATIONAL HIDDEN TREASURES—2014

Thirteen students, four countries, two continents, four weeks. That’s the story of the LSU study abroad program, Hidden Treasures of Europe. This year, the students, led in part by Manship faculty members Bob Mann and Rosanne Scholl, visited Prague, Vienna, Croatia, Turkey and London (Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir and Ephesus) during the month of July. (Mann led a separate group of four students in late July to Turkey and London as part of his Turkish Delight program.) Students not only learned about the political and media environments of each country, they explored each country’s unique culture, history and cuisine. Highlights of the trip included a visit to Radio Free Europe in Prague, the Third Man Museum in Vienna, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, the ruins of Ephesus and visits with members of Parliament in London. “Throughout the past month,” one student remarked, “I was able to meet many types of people from all over the world. I was able to discuss their lifestyles, their views of the world, and their views of themselves, and of the U.S. I saw the real culture of these cities and am now consider myself a citizen — a citizen of the world.”

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THREE MANSHIP SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EARNED SCHOLARSHIPS TO ASSIST WITH STUDY ABROAD EXPENSES. Jay Perkins Scholarship for Study Abroad

Funded primarily by his former students, this award is named for journalism associate professor emeritus Jay Perkins whose love of overseas travel is equal only to his love of teaching. Shannon Roberts, print journalism junior, will travel to London and Edinburgh for a five-week summer program. This will be Roberts’ first trip to Europe. She said she’s always wanted to visit England and an LSU British literature course strengthened her resolve to go.

Luke Bashore Traveling Scholars

The award is for a Manship student interested in study abroad for fall, spring or summer semesters, study in Washington, or study in the News 21 program at Arizona State University. Randy and Gail Bashore of Fork Union, Va. established this award in memory of their son, Luke, an LSU Manship School junior, who died in an automobile accident in 2008. The Bashores want students to live their dreams, and they believe a semester away can be a lifealtering experience. This year’s recipients: Alex Lancon, public relations sophomore, traveled to London and Edinburgh for a fiveweek summer program. Michael Edmonson, political communication junior, will travel to Spain for a semester-long study abroad program. Edmonson will attend Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

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EDWARD R. MURROW PROGRAM

The Manship School was honored to be chosen again to host the U.S. State Department’s Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. Our visitors were five professional journalists from the People’s Republic of China, Malaysia and Singapore. The group visited Louisiana Business Inc., publisher of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, 225 Magazine and InRegister; The Advocate newspaper and WLPB-TV (public broadcasting) and finished up with a visit to LSU’s campus newspaper, The Daily Reveille, where they gave the staff professional tips on newspaper layout. This is the seventh year the U.S. State Department has sponsored the Murrow program. Each year about 130 international journalists participate in 9-10 regional projects. The target audience is up-and-coming, younger journalists working in newly emerging independent media outlets.

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DIVERSITY MEDIA DIVERSITY FORUM: 2013 – 2014

By Masudul Biswas, site editor and webmaster The Media Diversity Forum (http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu) continued to expand its staff as well as outreach with both national and international forums and initiatives on diversity in 2013 – 2014. The forum expanded its pool of editors from 9 to 12 this year representing 10 U.S. universities and one university in China. Two new editors on gender issues and a new research and database editor joined the forum this year. Among the new editors is Dr. Amy Reynolds, director of the Manship School Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs. With regular contributions from these national scholars, the forum was able to enhance the depth of its content by adding issue-oriented pages with contemporary news and research articles on ethnicities, gender, sexuality, religion, immigration and diversity in general. The forum expanded its web presence by launching a new site specific to diversity resources – http://mediadiversityforum-resources.net – in fall 2013. This new site includes information about diversity-related publications (mainly books) and academic and professional opportunities. Moreover, the Forum editors continue to share the Web updates with scholars, professionals, students and social media users through its weekly email newsletter (Media Diversity Update), Facebook and Twitter accounts. Dr. Ralph Izard, executive director of Media Diversity Forum, conducted multiple sessions on the fundamentals of news reporting for ethnic media journalists in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 6 – 8, 2013. The forum co-sponsored a research panel at the 2014 annual convention of Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication in Montreal with the association’s Minorities and Communication Division and Community Journalism Interest Groups. PRSSA wins diversity award

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The Public Relations Student Society of America at LSU won the Outstanding Collaborative Program Award for Diversity Day at the Love Purple, Live Gold Awards April 22. This marks the second consecutive year the chapter has been recognized with a Love Purple, Live Gold Award sponsored by LSU Campus Life. The LSU Love Purple, Live Gold Awards recognize outstanding students and organizations that contribute to the LSU community. The award is presented to the organization with the best program implemented with other student organizations or university departments. New officers elected for that group include Dr. Masudal Biswas, vice head and webmaster; Dr. Josh Grimm (Manship faculty) faculty research chair and Dr. Victoria LaPoe (recent Manship alumnus) PF&R chair. A N N U A L

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OUTREACH Louisiana Scholastic Journalism Institute

High School Journalists Learn Web, Broadcast and Design Skills at the Louisiana Scholastic Journalism Institute –by Aariel Charbonnet Forty-three teenagers, representing six states, filled the LSU Manship School’s classrooms June 8-14 as part of the Louisiana Scholastic Journalism Institute, an intensive oneweek journalism training program for high school students. Recognized as the Southeast’s No. 1 high school media-learning program, LSJI’s mission is to provide high school sophomores, juniors and seniors 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. A focal point of LSJI was the mock press conference; LSU Police Capt. Cory Lalonde and LSU Gymnastics Coach D-D Breaux were guests. LSJI students learned how to behave as professional reporters in a press conference setting, recording the guests, asking tough questions and getting story ideas. For incoming LSU freshman McKenzie McClain, LSJI has been a permanent fixture throughout high school. Having participated in the program three times, she feels confident entering LSU with plans to pursue journalism at the Manship School. “It’s because of the experiences at LSJI that I’ve chosen to be a part of the Manship School,” McClain said. “When I first started LSJI, I didn’t really know if journalism was for me. Due to the guidance given to me by the staff and faculty at LSJI, I not only found my niche in journalism, but I learned how to cultivate it. I feel prepared to construct my future in journalism because of the foundation given to me at LSJI.” For more information about LSJI, visit www.lspa.lsu.edu or email [email protected]. 2014 Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy

Seventeen professors, administrators and communications professionals traveled to Baton Rouge for the seventh annual Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy held June 1-5. The academy, co-sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Manship School, brings together academics and professionals to learn administrative strategies and gain insight into academic leadership. Nearly 100 participants have graduated from the academy and hold various administrative positions at institutions around the country. Associate Dean Meghan Sanders of the Manship School is director of the academy. PHOTO BY RENEE PIERCE

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2014 Courage and Justice Award

By Jay Shelledy, Greer Chair Zachary Sawyer Kopplin is the third recipient of the Manship School’s Courage & Justice Award and the accompanying $1,000 prize. HANS AND DONNA STERNBERG, KOPPLIN, DEAN CEPPOS

The 20-year-old Baton Rouge native received the honor at an award ceremony April 23, 2014 in the school’s Holliday Forum.

While still a student at Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Kopplin launched a crusade to halt the teaching of creationism in Louisiana’s public high schools. His social and political activism since has expanded to Texas and to charter schools. He has been recognized nationally for his efforts. Kopplin gathered the signatures of 78 Nobel Laureate scientists and the support of a number of national science organizations in opposing the teaching of creationism at tax-supported schools. He played a key role in getting the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt new life-science textbooks, prompting The Advocate to label the then-senior “the newest giant-killer in state education policy.” “No matter where you stand on this issue, most would agree it takes an extraordinary amount of courage for someone of his age to mount a campaign that has such a sweeping consequence,” Jerry Ceppos, dean of the Manship School, said. The Courage & Justice Award is given to an individual whose efforts are mounted in pursuit of a perceived just cause and civic benefit that display “courage and ethics in the face of opposition” while operating with a lack of resources and under a substantial time commitment, as well as overcoming other challenges. The $1,000 prize is underwritten by the Donna and Hans Sternberg Foundation. Kopplin has been featured in national newspaper stories and has been a guest on a number of television shows. He resides in Houston where he is a history major at Rice University and is the son of Andy and Andrea Kopplin of New Orleans.

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INTERNSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES INTERNSHIPS

Internships remain a vital element in a mass communication curriculum, even as the Manship School does not require students to take one. But we strongly encourage our students to have at least one of these hands-on experiences before graduating. And professionals agree that internships not only allow students to use academic skills in the field but are essential for competiveness in the job market. The program offers a variety of local, regional and national internship opportunities in all of the school’s curriculum areas: advertising (digital), journalism (print/broadcast/digital), political communications and public relations. We are grateful to have again been selected as a recipient of two Scripps Howard Foundation summer internship awards, which help underwrite unpaid multimedia journalism internships. This year the selected Manship students interned at the Commercial Appeal in Memphis and NBCnews.com in New York. We continue to seek other underwriters to help assist qualified students who are unable to afford the expense of unpaid internships away from home. The following list represents only internships taken for credit during this academic year (For a description of requirements, please refer to the Internship section on the school’s website.)

Kathryn Stuart at BOLD

Kayla Moffatt at Spongecell

“This summer I have been interning at Bold Films, an independent film company, in Los Angeles. My time here at Bold and in L.A. has been amazing! My internship has given me invaluable insight into the film industry, the opportunity to see the day-to-day operations of production and a chance to improve my writing skills through script coverage. My appreciation for the industry and my love for films have grown immensely after seeing what it really takes to make a movie!”

“Interning at Spongecell in New York City was an incredible experience. Not only have I had the opportunity to work with an amazing team, but learning to adapt to a big city for the summer has made me a more confident and independent person and has given me invaluable life and professional skills.”

Palmer Black, full season internship at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (graduated December, 2013) “I vividly remember when I was a senior in high school visiting LSU and listened to the presentation at the Journalism building where you detailed all these amazing jobs the current and former students had landed. I never forgot about that and I used that as motivation throughout my college career.”

Networking Night

About 30 employers and more than 100 students mingled at Networking Night in the Holliday Forum, an annual collaboration of the Manship School and the LSU Career Center. Both numbers were dramatically up from last year. There was a wide range of employers, from WBRZ-TV (a sponsor) to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, Edelman public relations, WRKF public radio, the NOLA Media Group and Cumulus Broadcasting to the Capital Area United Way, LSU Athletics and others. First undergraduate colloquium

The first Manship undergraduate colloquium was held Saturday, May 3, in the Holliday Forum. One group from each of the concentrations—journalism, public relations, digital advertising and political communication— presented highlights of its capstone project. This was a big success and a good way to understand the final projects of some of our very best seniors. 30

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2121 Design 4AM Saatchi&Saatchi (Honduras) A.C. Lewis YMCA ALSAC St. Jude’s American Cancer Society Antioch Community Church BASF Baton Rouge Bar Association Baton Rouge Business Report BR River Center BR Zoo BREC Caliente Mexican Restaurant Cancer Services Capital Area United Way Catholic Life TV CBS Studio Center (Calif.) Celtic Studios Clear Channel Covalent Logic Diane Allen & Associates Dig Magazine Dobie Media EBR District Attorney’s office Families Helping Families Films in Motion Foundation for Historical Louisiana FrenetiCore Dance Theatre (Houston) Friends of Dietzel Frock Candy FUSE marketing Gallery Bohemia Geaux Between Magaxine Georgia Tech (Atlanta) Girls on the Run Good Clean Fun Production Co. (Los Angeles) Gorilla Analytics (Palo Alto) Guaranty Broadcasting Harris Deville Health Enrichment Network House of Blues, New Orleans InRegister KATC TV(Lafayette) Kean Miller Law firm Kenneth Wilkinson DDS L’Auberge Casino Louisiana Business and Tech. Center Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services Louisiana Department of Economic Development Louisiana Republican party Louisiana Governor’s Mansion/first lady Louisiana Oil and Gas Association Louisiana Radio Network Lakeshore Chinooks baseball (Wisconsin) Lamar Advertising Louisiana Business Inc.

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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. Nominations, including biographical data and other supporting documentation, should be submitted to Sara Courtney at [email protected]

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ALUMNI 40TH ANNUAL HALL OF FAME GALA

The School will honor a legendary reporter and cartoonist, a long-time CBS publicity official, a Walmart vice president and an interim dean of the school at its 40th annual Hall of Fame gala Friday, Sept. 19 at Juban’s in Baton Rouge.

Edward E. “Jersey” Smith (deceased)

Smith, a World War II veteran, business executive, journalist and cartoonist, graduated from LSU in 1949. Smith continued his prolific, lifelong interest in cartooning and had his work published in independent comic books such as “Eddie Extra,” “Li’l Partner” and “Illustrated Classics” and other periodicals.. He was a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal’s op-ed cartoon “Pepper...and Salt,” and his cartoons appear in several books published by Dow Jones, including the “Wall Street Journal Portfolio of Business Cartoons,” “Women in Business Cartoons” and “Golf Cartoons.” Donna Dees

Dees graduated from LSU in 1979 and began her career in journalism in Shreveport, later becoming assistant press secretary to Russell Long. Over the past 25 years, she has managed publicity and communications for CBS for multiple programs of the CBS-affiliated networks, most recently as vice president of communication for the CBS distribution of “Inside Edition.” She is co-producing a documentary about the pioneers of the gun violence prevention movement. Dees was perhaps the first to bring wide scale attention to this movement with the organization of the “Million Mom March” on Washington in May 2000. Mona Williams

Williams, a 1975 bachelor’s and 1976 master’s graduate from LSU, spent more than 11 years as vice president of corporate communications for Walmart in Bentonville, Ark. She led all external communication in the U. S. for the massive chain. PR Week magazine called her role one of the “10 Toughest Jobs in PR” and named her to its “People We Love” list. Williams spent much of her career with AT&T, eventually leading AT&T’s efforts against SBC in the “telecom wars,” ultimately assuming this responsibility for the 24 states west of the Mississippi River. Williams went on to lead worldwide field public relations for AT&T Business Services, directing teams in the U.S., France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., Hong Kong and Latin America. Ralph Izard

Izard has been an active part of the Manship School’s leadership as both teacher and administrator since 2001, holding the Sig Michelson/CBS Professorship. Beyond the positive effect he had on the lives of many students, his greatest passion is to improve the number of minority journalists in the profession, especially at the management level. He is responsible for making the Manship School a national leader in this area. He set up the Forum for Media Diversity website, organized seminars and symposia, conducted panels, wrote grants and helped raise funds for the Chair in Media, Race and Cultural Literacy. Before coming to LSU, Izard was on the faculty for 32 years at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, 12 of those years as director.

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GUEST SPEAKERS 2013-2014

Dillon Couvillon, freelance MTV and VH1 TV producer, New York

Keynote speaker of the Centennial celebration Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame

Carlos Diaz, The Daily Diaz, Las Vegas

May 2014 Manship School Commencement Ceremony speaker Former CBS Early Show anchor and creator and CEO of Good Enough Mother, Rene Syler

Len Downie, former executive editor of the Washington Post, now Weil Family Professor of Journalism, Arizona State University. Rosa Flores, correspondent and anchor, CNN, New York

December, 2013 Manship School Commencement speaker Alumnus Dick Alario, CEO of Key Energy Services, Houston

Lance Frank, publicist, “CBS News with Scott Pelley,” New York

Out of state speakers

Nicole Garner, CEO, The Garner Circle public relations firm, Atlanta

Mohammed al-Azdee, assistant professor, University of Bridgeport Chris Barnes, director of corporate communication, Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group, Plano, Texas

Sam Freedman, author and columnist, the New York Times

Maxwell Hamilton, Foreign Service officer, U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan

Victor Hernanadez, news futurist, CNN, Atlanta

Lauren Berger, CEO and founder of Internqueen.com, Los Angeles

Mike Hiestand, legal consultant, Zenger Consulting, Washington

Ari Berman, The Nation, New York

Matthew Hindman, associate professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University

Claire Biggs, MTV Act, New York

John Jordan, vice president of digital revenue, The McClatchy Company, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.

Chris Branch, major league baseball writer, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal

Brian Keenan, strategic and creative planner, KetchumPR, London

Bill Buzenberg, executive director, Center for Public Integrity, Washington

Denise Kennedy, author, Dublin, Ireland

Ellen Carmichael, CRC Public Relations, Washington Julie Cohen, news producer/ documentarian, Better Than Fiction Productions, Brooklyn, N.Y. James Coll, chief communications officer, University of Southern Mississippi Charlie Cook, editor and publisher, Cook Political Report, Washington 34

Doug Mitchell, consultant/project manager, National Public Radio, Washington John McConnell, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, Washington Jay Rosen, media critic, writer and professor of journalism, New York University Angela Rozas, suburban and city news editor, Chicago Tribune Bill Sarpalius, president and CEO, Advantage Associates, former U.S. Representative from Texas Raymond Strother, retired political media consultant, Bozeman, Mont.

Vincent Harris, CEO and President, Harris Media, Austin

Tyler Batiste, sports editor, News Journal, Wilmington, Del.

Peter Bhatia, president of the Accrediting Council and Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics at Arizona State University (skyped)

Dan Miller, professor, University of South Florida; former U.S. Representative from Florida

Natalie LeBlanc, senior vice president and director of California office, Pivot Group, Berkeley Alex Lundry, senior vice president and chief data scientist, TargetPoint Communications, Washington Daniel Martin, senior analyst, Brilliant Corners, Washington Nicco Mele, owner of Echo & Co., a leading Internet strategy consulting company, Boston

Mary Beth Tinker, American free speech activist, Boston Gerry Tyson, principal, The Tyson Organization, Fort Worth, Texas Kyle Whitfield, assistant sports editor/digital, Dallas Morning News Local and regional speakers

Jim Amoss, editor, The TimesPicayune (via skype) Ashley Berthelot, director, LSU Research Communications Kia Bickham, chief service officer, Baton Rouge office of the mayor-president Connie Boudreaux, marketing associate, Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge Chelsea Brasted, entertainment reporter, NOLA.com

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Dick Alario

Tyler Bridges, political reporter, The Lens, New Orleans

Dillon Faulkner, assistant account executive, Edelman, Orlando, Fla.

Johnny Brooks, former metro desk editor, the Advocate; now teacher at Belaire High School and adjunct at Southern University

Stuart Feigley, partner, Wright Feigley Communications

Tara Brown, director of membership and special events, Baton Rouge Zoo Laura Cating, director of communications, Louisiana Travel Promotion Association Jon Cato, CEO, Object 9 Pam Chenevert, development director, Greater Baton Rouge Hope Academy Ryan Chenevert, partner, 2BRokeGuys, Baton Rouge Lynn Clark, executive director, Habitat for Humanity Nicole C. Colvin, development communications specialist, Baton Rouge General Medical Center David Cressy, attorney, CapARC, Baton Rouge Ryan Cross, campaign manager, Craig McCulloch for Congress Joel DiGrado, communications director, U.S. Sen. David Vitter Matthew Dardenne, co-owner and creative director, Red Six Media Paul Dietzel, candidate for U.S. Representative Chrissy Dupuy, marketing and development manager, Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge Rachael Emanuel, director of communications, Southern University Law Center Barry Erwin, president and CEO, Council for a Better Louisiana A N N U A L

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Jason Feirman, brand strategist/account director, Mesh Media, Baton Rouge Paul Finkelman, LSU Law Pike Hall Distinguished Professor Emilia Gilbert, director of development, LSU College of Science Billy Gomila, staff writer, LSU University Relations Cecile Guin, director, Office of Social Service Research, LSU Chris Hagan, sports reporter, WAFB-TV Micah Haley, editor-inchief, Scene Magazine Sam Hanna Jr., owner, Ouachita Citizen, West Monroe, La. Chesley Heymsfield, executive director, Louisiana International Film Festival Casey Rayborn Hicks, public information director, East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Sundra Hominik, executive editor, Dover Post/ Gatehouse Media, Dover, Del. Josh Howard, partner, 2BRokeGuys, Baton Rouge Amy Jeffries, news director, WRKF

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Bob Johannessen, director of corporate communications, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Cydney Palmer, digital OOH strategist, Lamar Outdoor Advertising

Alise Johnson, art director, Lamar Outdoor Advertising

Tyler Craig Reames, LSU campus campaign coordinator, Teach For America

Jennifer Johnson, principal, LJR Custom Strategies, New Orleans

Alex Restrepo, social media/new media manager, New Orleans Saints

Stafford Kendall, principal, interactive strategy, Covalent Logic

Sally-Ann Roberts, morning anchor, WWL Eyewitness Morning News, author and philanthropist, New Orleans

Norisha Kirts, associate director of development, LSU College of Business

Jerit Roser, regional sports editor, Nola.com

Peter Kovacs, editor, The Advocate

Edward Shihadeh, chair, LSU Department of Sociology

Chelsey Laborde, FUSE Communications

Matt Sigur, writer, 225 magazine

Kristina Lagasse of NOLA Fashion Week

Chris Slaughter, executive producer, WAFB

Julie Laperouse, director of talent development, Baton Rouge Area Chamber

John Snow, Taco de Paco, Baton Rouge

Zac Lemoine, external affairs coordinator, LSU Office of the President and Chancellor Gaylynne Mack, executive director, Big Buddy Program

Karen Stagg, mission director, Connections for Life Program Lisa Stansbury, marketing manager, Ochsner Baton Rouge Region

Joe Martin, co-owner, Red Six Media

Mary Stein, assistant library director, East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Michelle McCallope, web producer, WAFB-TV

Todd Sterling, owner, Alpha Media Jessica Steverson, marketing director, the World Trade Center, New Orleans Lauren Taylor, marketing, LSU Athletics Rebecca Theim, author, formerly of the The TimesPicayune Melissa Thompson, student services coordinator, Communication Across the Curriculum, LSU Sadie Wilks, vice president of administration and communication, Louisiana State Medical Society Alfred Williams, U.S. Representative (LA-61)

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Orhan McMillan, founder and managing partner, dezinsINTERACTIVE Kristen Morrison, account manager, Red Six Media

Kristi Williams, executive director, Louisiana, Louisiana Job Connection (Louisiana Economic Development) Mona Williams, retired, former public relations executive for Walmart and AT&T

Patrick Mulhearn, Celtic Studios

Sevetri Wilson, founder and CEO, Solid Grounds Innovations, Baton Rouge

Stanley Nelson, editor, the Concordia Sentinel, Ferriday, La.

Dan Windels, managing member, Stadium Lane

Kenny Nguyen, CEO/founder, Big Fish Presentations

James Windom, CapARC executive director, Baton Rouge Alexandra Wommack, public affairs manager, Chevron

Andrew Nomura, web producer, WAFB-TV Brian Oberkirch, director of interactive strategy, Peter Mayer Advertising

Jeff Wright, partner, Wright Feigley Communications

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2013-2014 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS

Manship students won many awards, honors and scholarships on the national, regional and university levels. Many won recognition through their work in Student Media.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Inaugural Ruth Edelman Award Erin Kenna, Manship School senior and public relations director for PRSSA, was awarded the inaugural Ruth Edelman Award for achievement in women’s leadership development. Kenna received $1,500 and a three-month paid internship in Edelman’s Chicago office. Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism: Donyelle Davis, Baton Rouge McNair Scholar: Shiyla Goodie of Monterey, Calif. came back for a second year REGIONAL/STATE AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Scholarship: Alex Lancon, Franklinton, La. American Advertising Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Scholarship: Jenny Dillon, Dallas 2013 Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalists scholarship (first of its kind): JoLena Broussard, a public relations major from New Iberia, La., and the first in her family to attend college. Broussard maintains a 4.0 GPA and is active in campus organizations. Bill Michelet Public Relations Scholarship: JoLena Broussard, New Iberia, La. Jean Wheeler Women in Media Scholarship: JoLena Broussard WBRZ-TV externship for graduating senior: Ambria Washington, New Orleans Capital Correspondents Association Scholarhip: Olivia McClure, Baton Rouge New Orleans Press Association Scholarship: 2013—Andrew Franzella, Mandeville 2014—Kristen Althouse, Covington

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UNIVERSITY AWARDS/HONORS

University Medalists: (Graduated with perfect 4.0 gpa in spring) Gabrielle Desire’ Braud, Mandeville, La. Catherine Elizabeth Parisola, Berwick, La. Margaret L Price, West Shokan, N.Y. Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Senior Kelsey Wingert, Sugar Land, Texas Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Junior Michael Edmonson, Baton Rouge

Leadership LSU 2014

PRICE, PARSIOLA AND BRAUD

Elaine Vidrine, PR concentration, Baton Rouge Cathy Juarez, PR concentration, Kenner, La. Taylor LeBlanc, advertising concentration, New Orleans Margaret Price, PR concentration, West Shokan, N.Y. Raylea Barrow, double major in Spanish and mass communication, Sugar Land, Texas Lindsey Bennett, political communication concentration, Katy, Texas A N N U A L

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MANSHIP SCHOOL AWARDS 2014

Margaret Dixon Outstanding Female: Katie Macdonald, Lafayette, La.

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David Yates Outstanding Male: Myron Smothers, Baton Rouge Hugh Mercer Blaine Service Award: Mallory Richardson, Mandeville, La. Errol Savoie Manship Student Writing Award: Catherine Parsiola, Berwick, La. Most Outstanding Graduate Student: Minjie Li Hamilton Fellowship Award: Newly Paul Kappa Tau Alpha recognition Kappa Tau Alpha is a college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. Membership in KTA is by invitation only. The 2014 inductees are Alexa Arinder, Jacy Baggett, Gabrielle Braud, Margaret Brooks, JoLena Broussard, Andrea Chavez, Britt Christensen, Meagan Collman, Justin Dicharia, Hillary Guidry, Keren Henderson, Kaitlyn Jones, Anna Kalmbach, Erin Kenna, Kylie Keyser, Meredith Kisow, Bethany Martinez, Hannah McLain, Paromita Saha, Ellen Sturgill, Jason Turcotte, Victoria Ward.

2013 Homecoming Court Manship students Bradley Williams, Carley Wahlborg and Dylon Hoffpauir were selected for the 2013 LSU homecoming court.

Two Manship students, Gheni Platenburg and Amber Smith, attended the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Boston July 30 through Aug. 3, 2014.  Earnest Dunbar Jr., a recent Southern University graduate also attended.  All three received scholarships courtesy of the Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalists.

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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. 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]).

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JENSEN MOORE

FACULTY AND STAFF written.” In addition, Broussard’s book was a finalist for the Frank Luther Mott Award for best researched book published in 2013.

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS National/International

Shelledy receives grant Greer Chair Jay Shelledy received a $25,000 grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation of Oklahoma City to digitize information about cold civil-rights murders. The cold-case project is part of Shelledy’s capstone Field Experience class. The grant will make the database searchable, so family members and reporters anywhere can check information by name of suspect, victim or locale. Professor Broussard’s book wins AEJMC award and finalist for Frank Luther Mott Award Dr. Jinx Broussard’s recent book, “African American Foreign Correspondents: A History,” is the winner of the 2014 Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication History Division Book Award honoring the best journalism and mass communication history book published in 2013. “African American Foreign Correspondents” was selected from a field of 36 entries; the panel of three distinguished media historians praised the narrative as “earnestly researched and engagingly

Meghan Sanders, associate dean won a Top Faculty Paper award presented at the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division) in Seattle. Her paper was “Examining Explanatory Mechanisms Underlying Moral Disengagement Across Characters of Different Moral Complexities.” Co-author is Tsay-Vogel. Kasey Windels, assistant professor won the Top Paper Award in the Advertising Professional Freedom & Responsibility Division at the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Washington. Assistant Professor Chris Mann’s research featured by The Pew Charitable Trusts Report The Pew website features a report analyzing Dr. Chris Mann’s research on the effectiveness of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act that requires most states’ motor vehicle or driver’s licenseissuing agencies to allow citizens to register to vote. The report, “Measuring Motor Voter: Room for Improvement,” is Pew’s summary of an extensive study that Mann led as a faculty research affiliate at the Buechner Institute for Governance at the University of Colorado School of Public Affairs in 2012.

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Assistant Professor Jensen Moore was named Louisiana Public Relations Educator of the Year by the Public Relations Association of Louisiana-Baton Rouge chapter. Manship Chair Robert Mann was elected to the 2014 class of the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame. Associate Professor Judith Sylvester received a $15,000 grant from the Louisiana Public Health Institute. The title of the project is “2014-2015 TFL Advocacy Grant Tobacco Prevention & Control Advocacy with Young Adults (18-24).” This is the second consecutive year she has received funding from this source. University

Associate Professor Jinx Broussard was promoted to professor. Assistant Professors Erin Coyle and Kasey Windels received summer research grants from the University. The following faculty members are the 2014 Manship recipients of the Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Awards. This award recognizes faculty who have been selected by their colleges or schools as outstanding teachers. They are: Margaret DeFleur, professor, Roxanne Dill, instructor, Hyojung Park, assistant professor and Kasey Windels, assistant professor. Manship Chair Bob Mann was also recognized by the Honors College. Associate Professor Judith Sylvester was the driving force in the fight for a smoke-free and tobacco-free LSU campus, which began Aug. 1. She was named co-chair of the tobacco policy committee that requires all state public campuses to have a policy in place.

BACK ROW: DEAN CEPPOS, PROF. ROBERT MANN, ASSOCIATE DEAN ANDREA MILLER, INSTRUCTOR ROXANNE DILL FRONT ROW:  ASST. PROFESSORS KASEY WINDELS AND HYOJUNG PARK; PROFESSOR PEGGY DEFLEUR

NEW FACULTY/STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Buttry Named First Lamar Visiting Scholar Steve Buttry, the nation’s top expert in using social media to communicate the news, joined the faculty on July 1, 2014. He is the first Lamar Visiting Scholar at the school’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs. His primary roles will be to teach, and to work with Dean Ceppos on the school’s $150,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, whose purpose is to develop ideas to use social media to communicate the news. Buttry also will advise the school about the construction of its new Social Media Laboratory and will coach Student Media on becoming more digitally oriented.

Martin Johnson, Ph.D., Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair in Political Communication Dr. Martin Johnson, former chair of the Department of Political Science at UCRiverside, is the third Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair in Political Communication. Johnson’s new book, “Changing Minds or Changing Channels,” written with Kevin Arceneaux of Temple University, just won the Shorenstein Center’s Goldsmith Book Prize. Johnson is a 1991 graduate of the Manship School — and a former Reveille editor. He earned his master’s in political science at Rice in 2000 and his doctorate in the same field at Rice in 2002.

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Kathleen Searles, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science/ Manship School Dr. Kathleen Searles received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Washington State University. Her interests include news media, campaign advertising and political psychology. Specifically, her research examines the content of partisan news, the effects of branded television fact-checking on political attitudes, and the influence of emotional campaign ads on political behavior. She has published in Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Political Communication and Political Psychology. Jun Heo, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor, Digital Advertising Dr. Jun Heo earned his doctorate in mass communication from the University of Florida with an emphasis in advertising and holds a master’s degree in advertising from Michigan State University. His research areas are emerging advertising media, media audiences, media effects and agency-client relationships. His research appears in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Advertising Research, Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Product and Brand Management. Before entering the academic world, he worked as a media director and planner in multiple global advertising agencies, such as Dentsu Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy & Mather and Universal McCann. Michael Henderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Research, Public Policy Research Lab Dr. Henderson received his Ph.D. in government and social policy from Harvard University. His interests include public opinion and elections, specifically on how information shapes what citizens learn about public affairs and how they use this knowledge in making decisions. He has been involved in the design of several national polls including the 2007-2008 Associated Press Yahoo New Election Panel Study and the annual Education Next Poll, administered by Harvard University. He has published in Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior and the Quarterly Journal of Political Science. His work has been covered by the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. Robert Brown, visiting instructor Robert has more than 20 years of experience in public relations. He was director of communications at Stanford University’s National Accelerator Lab and has taught at the University of New Orleans. He has held PR-related positions with corporations, government agencies, universities and science/engineering firms. He teaches public relations courses and is adviser for PRSSA. Faculty books published in 2013-14

“African American Foreign Correspondents: A History,” Jinx Coleman Broussard Winner of the 2014 AEJMC History Division Book Award “The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication,” Robert Trager, Joseph Russomanno, Susan Dente Ross, Amy Reynolds “Mass Media and American Politics,”Doris A. Graber and Johanna Dunaway “Fundamentals of Human Communication: Social Science in Everyday Life,” Margaret H. DeFleur, Patricia Kearney, Timothy G. Plax, Melvin L. Defleur “Oil and Water, Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deep Water Horizon Oil Disaster” Andrea Miller, Shearon Roberts, and Victoria LaPoe “News Evolution or Revolution? The Future of Print Journalism in the Digital Age” Editors: Andrea Miller and Amy Reynolds “Changing Minds or Changing Channels? Partisan News in an Age of Choice” Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson

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FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH CLOCKWISE: KRISTIN WHITE, HANNAH MCLAIN, JOLENA BROUSSARD, ARIENNE FERCHAUD

Summary of Faculty Research 2013-14

Manship School faculty and students seek to make intellectual contributions by conducting cuttingedge research focused on the many aspects of mass communication and relationships with society. Faculty Research

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Graduate Student Research

• Graduate students participated in 24 conferencerelated presentations. • The school provided research travel funding for 19 research-related trips. • Students collected data for 16 original research projects for course work, independent projects, theses, etc. • Two doctoral students received grant funding from the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio.

Undergraduate Research

• Students enrolled in research courses, conducting original research, numbered 271. • Seventeen Manship students presented original research at the inaugural Research Day undergraduate symposium at LSU. This new initiative aims to engage and strengthen undergraduate research. • Arienne Ferchaud (2013) received an inaugural LSU Discover Scholars Award. • The Media Effects Lab provided in-kind support to undergraduate research. Students conducted seven projects through the PPRL lab. • JoLena Broussard and Kristin White spent summer 2014 conducting research through the Summer Research Opportunity Program at Penn State. • Hannah McLain was designated a Flagship Scholar This fall, formal research groups involving undergraduate and graduate students will receive research support funding through Manship School professorships. Four teams of students will be mentored by faculty members Meghan Sanders, Ray Pingree, Rosanne Scholl, Johanna Dunaway, Chris Mann and Andrea Miller.

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STUDENT MEDIA Bob Ritter, director

“In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.” That statement by Eric Hoffer, American publisher and author, provides the impetus for change as Student Media grapples with the challenge of maintaining its rich tradition of student-produced news and entertainment. A walk across campus, observing the media habits of the student body, helps set the agenda. Students maneuver walkways and crosswalks with reckless abandon, eyes riveted on smart phone screens displaying text messages, Facebook posts, Instagram photos and tweets. Eye contact has gone the way of the pay phone and Blockbuster. Cautious drivers keep one foot on the brake to avoid media-glazed jaywalkers. Syllabi warn students of penalties for using unauthorized social media in the classroom. Advisers admonish their charges not to post anything they wouldn’t want a prospective employer to see online. Students and faculty access news, broadcast television and music when they want it and where they want it. They decide the platform, the medium, even the ideological slant. That digital environment provides the challenge for the more than 260 would-be journalists, radio personalities, sales associates and marketers that participate in the Student Media experience. It’s becoming a world of fastbreaking news, computer-assisted reporting, data mapping, analysis and streaming of both video and audio. It involves serving advertisers who want both the immediacy and accountability of digital messaging and the longer-term value of print on paper. How have students and advisers responded? Last spring, at the request of the Student Media advisory team, the LSU Student Media Board approved the position of digital editor and gave the new job equal status to the editor of The Daily Reveille and other student managers. This fall, with a team of 10 journalists, the digital editor will oversee creation of a news report using all the tools of digital media: text, video, audio, photographs and sophisticated design. They’ll also aggregate news important to students and faculty from sources beyond the campus. Importantly, they’ll pull together news stories generated from The Daily Reveille and Tiger TV, entertainment from KLSU and features from Legacy magazine. “It’s imperative that this is a collaborative effort,” said Bob Ritter, Student Media director. “Our digital team provides an opportunity for students to use digital tools to provide breaking news, enterprise stories and

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entertainment features without the added responsibility of producing a daily newspaper. Daily Reveille editors, in turn, can concentrate on producing a high quality print publication that complements our digital platforms.” While defining digital strategy occupied the thinking of both advisers and students, Student Media’s more traditional endeavors didn’t fall by the wayside. Highlights included: • Continuation of a tradition of excellence in competition against other colleges and universities. The Daily Reveille, Tiger TV and Legacy dominated both the Mississippi/Louisiana Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 competitions. The Reveille and lsureveille.com were named best newspaper and website, respectively, in both contests. Tiger TV received first place awards for news photography, sports and feature stories. And KLSU was No. 1 in the radio news reporting categories. • Another record-breaking fund drive as loyal KLSU listeners donated $29,000 to the station’s foundation. That compares to the $6,000 raised in 2009, the year adviser John Friscia instituted the event. The funds are earmarked for broadcast infrastructure improvements. The station also received FCC approval to increase power from 5,000 to 23,000 watts and proposals for a new antenna and transmitter are under review. • Recognition of advertising sales and marketing efforts through multiple awards from the College Newspapers Business & Advertising Managers group. • Purchase of three high definition studio cameras for use by Tiger TV and Manship School students, replacing models purchased more than 10 years ago. Tiger TV’s state-of-the-art studios provide an experience paralleling what students will encounter at professional broadcast stations. • Placement of students in career-building internships at prestigious news organizations, including The Wall Street Journal, The Advocate, NOLA.com, ESPN, Men’s Health, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, NBC.com, WWL-TV and The Cape Cod Times. Student Media remains committed to its dual role of providing the LSU community with quality news and entertainment while fostering growth and learning among the students who produce it. The basics — good writing, ethical conduct, accuracy and fairness, commitment to meaningful journalism — remain the same. Developing an understanding of the evolving media landscape and how to create audience-driven media present challenges that are both daunting and inspiring. As philosopher Eric Hoffer might put it, our job at Student Media is to join with our academic counterparts to ensure that students are ready to inherit the future.

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STUDENT MEDIA AWARDS The Daily Reveille/Mississippi-Louisiana APME

• Best Newspaper, General Excellence

• Personal Column, first place, Jana King; second place, Eli Haddow; third place Nick Pierce

• Best Website • Best Staff Editorial • Newspaper Layout, first place, Erin Hebert; second place, Emily Herrington; third place, Zach Wiley

• College Bureau/News, first place, Olivia McClure; second place, Lauren Myers • College Bureau—Shelledy’s work experience capstone course

• Breaking News, first place, Alexis Rebbennack; second place, Andrea Gallo

• Features, first place, Morgan Searles

• Breaking News Photo, first place, Richard Redmann

• Investigative Story, second place, Ferris McDaniel

• Breaking Sports Photo, first place, Richard Redmann • Enterprise Sports Story, first place, Dimitri Skoumpourdis; second place, Chris Abshire; third place, Chandler Rome

• Feature Story, second place, Andrea Gallo

The Daily Reveille/Region 12: Society of Professional Journalists

• Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper • Best Affiliated Website

• Online News Reporting, second place, Camille Stelly and Tesalon Felicien • Online Sports Reporting, second place, Trey Labat, Lawrence Barreca and Brian Stewart

• Sports Photography, first place, Richard Redmann

• Breaking News Photography, second place, Richard Redmann

• Best Use of Multimedia, first place, Kate Daigrepont • Online Opinion and Commentary, first place, Alix Landriault • Online In-Depth Reporting, first place, Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez, Jared Kendall and Tesalon Felicien

• In-Depth Reporting, second place, Chandler Rome; third place, Ferris McDaniel • Sports Writing, second place, Chris Abshire; third place, Mike Gegenheimer • Sports Column Writing, second place, Chandler Rome

Legacy magazine/Region 12: Society of Professional Journalists

• Non-Fiction Magazine Article, second place, Austen Krantz KLSU/Region 12: Society of Professional Journalists

• Radio News Reporting, first place, Marylee Williams • Radio Feature, second place, Taylor Schoen Tiger TV/Region 12: Society of Professional Journalists

• Television News Photography, first place, John Christian Williams; second place, Andrew Franzella • Television Sports Reporting, first place, Ryan Baniewicz; second place, Patrick Clay • Television Feature, first place, John Christian Williams; second place, John Christian Williams

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REILLY CENTER FOR MEDIA & PUBLIC AFFAIRS Amy Reynolds, director

The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs is an integral part of the Manship School of Mass Communication. The Reilly Center generates research and programs about mass communication and its many-faceted relationships with social, economic and political issues. It is the only center in the country that focuses its research, programming and education on the study of the relationship of media and public affairs. New Reilly Center Director

In January, Dean Ceppos named Amy Reynolds the new Reilly Center director after Manship Professor Bob Mann decided to return fulltime to teaching and research. Reynolds served as the associate dean for graduate studies in the Manship School from 2010-2014. Reynolds holds the Thomas O. and Darlene Ryder II Distinguished Professorship and also co-directs the School’s Press Law & Democracy Project. This summer, Peter Lang Publishing will release her most recent book, “News Evolution or Revolution? The Future of Print Journalism in the Digital Age” (co-edited with Andrea Miller). Reilly Center Reauthorization

In May, the Board of Regents reauthorized the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs. Since its inception, the Reilly Center has helped the Manship School attract faculty, establish endowed chairs, create the Public Policy Research Lab (PPRL) and the Media Effects Lab (MEL), sponsor and conduct the annual Louisiana Survey, and bring nationally prominent speakers to LSU to discuss important public affairs issues. Lamar Visiting Scholar’s Program

In 2014-15, the Reilly Center will launch the Lamar Visiting Scholars Program, which will promote innovative thinking about the nexus of media and politics. The inaugural Lamar Visiting Scholar is Steve Buttry, the nation’s top expert in using social media to communicate the news. Most recently, Buttry served as the digital transformation editor for Digital First Media, which owns 74 newspapers and hundreds of websites. The Lamar Visiting Scholar’s program enhances research across the faculty, enriches student learning and will further elevate the Manship School and Reilly Center’s national standing.

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New Research Director for the Public Policy Research Lab

Dr. Mike Henderson is the new Research Director for the Public Policy Research Lab. Henderson earned his Ph.D. in government and social policy from Harvard University (2011). He has extensive experience in the design and analysis of surveys, including election polling for the Associated Press and an annual series of polls of Americans’ opinions on education issues for researchers at Harvard University. The latter project resulted in a book recently published by the Brookings Institution. In addition to appearing in top academic journals, Henderson’s research has been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Before joining the Public Policy Research Lab, Henderson served on the faculty of the University of Mississippi. He grew up in Baton Rouge and earned his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in political science from LSU. Press Law & Democracy Project Named Co-Director

The school named Eric P. Robinson, an attorney with experience in media and Internet law, co-director of the Press Law and Democracy Project at the school. He will join Reilly Center Director Amy Reynolds in leading the project. The project focuses on the promotion, protection and study of the free press clause of the First Amendment in a 21st century context. The project will issue reports, host conferences and bring speakers to campus.

LEFT: FORMER GOV. EDWIN EDWARDS, PRESIDENT OF LPB BETH COURTNEY, FORMER GOV. BUDDY ROEMER, FORMER LA. REPRESENTATIVE, WOODY JENKINS BELOW: FORMER GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO AND DEAN CEPPOS AT THE 2014 BREAUX SYMPOSIUM

CC ’73

The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs revisited the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention to commemorate its 40th anniversary The symposium highlighted first-hand accounts of the 1973 convention. Panelists participating in the forum included: • Hon. Edwin Edwards, former Louisiana governor • Hon. Buddy Roemer, former Louisiana governor • Bubba Henry, former Louisiana House speaker • Rep. Woody Jenkins, former Louisiana representative • Convention delegates Mary Zervigon, John Alario, Judge Tom Stagg and Johnny Jackson Jr. Beth Courtney, president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, moderated the discussion. The program aired on LPB.

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Congress to Campus program

This year the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs hosted two congressmen from the Former Members of Congress Association, Rep. Bill Sarpalius (D-Texas) and Rep. Dan Miller (R-Florida). The Congressmen spoke to six classes, including one course in the master’s of public administration program. The congressmen also participated in two open lunches with students, one for Manship School students and faculty and one for MBA, MPA and political science students and faculty. 2014 Breaux Symposium: 50 Years After Times v. Sullivan

This year’s Breaux Symposium marked the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which revolutionized libel law by giving the media broader latitude in coverage of government and public affairs. The symposium focused on the impact the decision had on media coverage of public officials. This year’s symposium was co-sponsored by the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and the Manship School’s Press Law and Democracy Project. Paul Finkelman, LSU Law Pike Hall Distinguished Professor, kicked off the symposium with a talk about the origins of the New York Times v. Sullivan case and its roots in the early civil rights movement. Panelists included Kathleen Blanco, former governor of Louisiana (2004-2008); Jerry Ceppos, former vice president for news at Knight Ridder and dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication; James C. Goodale, author and former legal counsel to The New York Times; Jane E. Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota; Regina Lawrence, professor of politics and media and Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas, Amy Reynolds, media law scholar and director of the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU’s Manship School; and Jack M. Weiss, First Amendment scholar and chancellor of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. In addition to the panels, Goodale spoke at lunch about the implications of New York Times v. Sullivan and the Pentagon Papers case on media and government surveillance. He also signed copies of his book “Fighting for the Press.” Academy of Applied Politics

Dr. Chris Mann joined the Manship School faculty this year and now leads the Academy of Applied Politics. The 2014 AAP had record enrollment focused on the major changes in campaigns over the last few years. Leading Democratic and Republican experts discussed the latest developments in campaigns, including using big data, social media and online communication. Speakers shared their insights about how these new tactics—and many classic tactics —applied to the 2012 presidential race, the ongoing 2014 Louisiana Senate campaign, and other races across Louisiana and the nation. • Jennifer Johnson, principal, LJR Custom Strategies (political polling firm), New Orleans • Charlie Cook, editor and publisher, Cook Political Report, Washington

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• Daniel Martin, senior analyst, Brilliant Corners (political polling firm), Washington • Gerry Tyson, principal, The Tyson Organization (political voter contact firm), Fort Worth • Vincent Harris, CEO and president, Harris Media (political digital communication), Austin • Tyler Bridges, political reporter, The Lens (Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist), New Orleans • Ryan Cross, campaign manager, Craig McCulloch for Congress • Alex Lundry, senior vice president and chief data scientist, TargetPoint Communications (formerly director of data science for Romney for President), Washington The 2014 Louisiana Survey

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. The full 2014 report can be found at www.survey.lsu.edu.

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Dr. Steve Nelson, dean, LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans with commencement speaker Rene Syler. Dean Nelson’s daughter was a graduate.

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