Bell tolls for online publication's students, professor
The bell of the USS Arizona will ring on Nov. 21 to honor Jay Rochlin, assistant professor of practice in the journalism department, and his online journalism students.
The bell, which is rung only on significant occasions in the life of The University of Arizona, is tolled at the Student Union Memorial Center on the third Wednesday of each month to recognize faculty, staff, students and alumni for achievements that bring prestige and recognition to themselves and the University.
Rochlin and students in the journalism department recently won the 2007 Online Journalism Award, presented by the Online News Association and the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California, for their online publication, Border Beat. The site offers news, insights and resources about the U.S.-Mexico border region. Border Beat won in the Student Journalism category.
The bell is rung at 12:07 p.m. The time corresponds with the date that the battleship was sunk at Pearl Harbor: Dec. 7, 1941.
Border Beat is one of two online publications produced by UA journalism students. The Cat Scan was offered for the first time in January 2006. The Web-based publication features news, features, entertainment, blogs and photos.
In addition, UA journalism students produce two print publications: The Tombstone Epitaph is a biweekly newspaper produced for the historic Tombstone community; and El Independiente is a monthly publication that offers stories in English and Spanish for residents of South Tucson. Journalism students interested in video news work on "Arizona Cat's Eye," which gives students extensive hands-on experience in writing, reporting, shooting, producing and editing hard news and feature stories. The best stories of the semester air as part of a news magazine on KUAT-TV (PBS), Channel 6.
The online journalism awards were presented at the 2007 Online News Association Conference and Online Journalism Awards Banquet in Toronto Oct. 18-19.