BUTV10 won three awards and an honorable mention in the 2019 The Boston / New England National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Student Awards for Excellence. “Midterm Mandate”, the College of Communication’s most ambitious election coverage to date took first prize in the Newscast category. The Live Event award went to BUTV10’s coverage… Read More
Olivia Zed (‘19) and Sarah Dasher (‘19), graduate students in COM’s public relations program, together won the grand prize in April for their entry to the 2019 Case Study Competition in Corporate Communications sponsored by Arthur W. Page Society and the Institute for Public Relations. The case, “Dove: A Purpose-Driven Brand in A Crisis of… Read More
Wednesday, May 11 marked a great night in New York City for three COM students. At the One Show, The One Club’s showcase of the world’s best advertising and design work, Jason Gan (’16), Kiersten Utegg (’16), and Sumer Kotwal (’16) took home one of the two highest creative honors in advertising for their gender… Read More
Edward Parham (’94) of Clifton Park, N.Y., director of public relations at Rueckert Advertising and Public Relations, Inc., was recognized last night with the 2013 Outstanding Practitioner Award from the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Capital Region Chapter. Handed out at the PRSA’s Empire Awards gala held at The Hilton Albany, the annual honor… Read More
Carolyn Clark, Associate Professor of advertising, was recently named one of the “Top 100 Women We ADmire” by the Boston Ad Club. The Women’s Leadership Forum, an event sponsored by the Ad Club, presented the list at this year’s event on March 21. The Ad Club invited its community to submit nominations for the “Top… Read More
The College of Communication’s own student-produced and managed television station, BUTV10, is the recipient of three New England Associated Press Student Awards, presented May 2. Best Election Coverage: “Decision 2012” Best Public Affairs Coverage: Inside Boston, “Death With Dignity & Medical Marijuana” Best News Hard Feature: “Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy” “Accepting these AP awards is… Read More
The annual COM Blue Chip award is given to College of Communication seniors who are leaders at Boston University, the College of Communication or in the community. These students also have demonstrated talents in their area of interest, are involved in professional activities and have excelled academically. This year, the winners include a Redstone winner,… Read More
Prof. Garland Waller’s No Way Out But One, a documentary about a mother who resorts to kidnapping her children to save them from domestic violence, won best documentary at the Bare Bones International Film Festival in Muskogee, Okla. Additionally, Waller, who co-produced the film with Barry Nolan and Toby Kleinman, was presented with a medal… Read More
WBTU, BU’s student-run radio station, won two college radio awards from the Associated Press of New England, the news organization announced today. Both stories were produced for Prof. Anne Donohue’s radio class. [audioplayer file=”/com/files/2012/04/DonohueLadyfest.mp3″ image=”/com/files/2012/04/wtbu_ladyfest.jpg”] Ali Donohue (’12) won best feature reporting for “Ladyfest Easthampton,” which takes a glimpse at the performers and activists behind… Read More
Photojournalism alumnus Peter DiCampo (’05) is 1 of 30 “new and emerging photographers to watch,” according to a new feature by Photo District News, the leading photography magazine in the country. From PDN’s profile of DiCampo: DiCampo was attracted to photography by an interest in the exotic. “I assumed I would photograph conflict,” he says…. Read More