Faculty, Student and Alumni Kudos - Week of Oct. 19, 2009
Shahira Fahmy’s article “Contrasting Visual Frames of Our Times: A framing-analysis of English- and Arabic-language Press Coverage of War & Terrorism” was accepted for publication in Gazette: International Communication Gazette. The article was accepted without revisions, making it Fahmy’s ninth solo refereed article to be published without revisions since she started her academic career in fall 2003.
Celeste González de Bustamante was invited to participate in a binational academic workshop that focused on the ethics and methodologies of conducting research in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. The Binational Border Research and Methodologies (BBREM) workshop, held in Sasabe, Ariz., Oct. 8-9, was sponsored by the Center for Latin American and the Mexican-American Studies and Research Center.
Susan Knight will be attending the Poynter Institute’s seminar on “Best Practices in Multimedia Journalism” Nov. 2-6.
Jim Nintzel, Ann Brown (Arizona Daily Star) and Bill Buckmaster (Arizona Public Media) will question representatives supporting and opposing Proposition 200, Tucson’s public safety initiative, at a live town hall meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. The program airs on digital broadcast channel 27-3, Cox channel 83 and Comcast cable channel 203. Live video of the event will be streaming from the On Demand page at the Arizona Public Media website.
A story on the School of Journalism’s role in a $50,000 grant from the Social Science Research Council was featured in the October 2009 issue of ANAgrams, the monthly newsletter of the Arizona Newspapers Association. Read it online here.
A number of adjunct faculty members, students and alumni were winners in the 2009 Better Newspapers Contest sponsored by the Arizona Newspapers Association and Arizona Associated Press Managing Editors Oct. 10.
Adjuncts
Jim Nintzel and journalism students Megan Neighbor, Hank Stephenson, Aleksa Brown and Taylor Avey,
Tucson Weekly, second place, multimedia storytelling, for “The ScrambleWatch blog.” It also won third
place in the Arizona Press Club competition earlier this year for best multimedia storytelling.
Nintzel also won:
• third place, best news story in the non-daily circulation greater than 10,000, for
“Bloodbath at city hall;”
• second place, best column, analysis or commentary, for “The Skinny.”
Stephanie Innes and Aaron Mackey ’06, Arizona Daily Star, second place, best sustained coverage or series, daily circulation greater than 25,000, for “Phoenix Mars Lander.”
Sarah Garrecht Gassen, Rhonda Bodfield, Jack Gillum, Andrea Rivera, George Sanchez and Jamar Younger, Arizona Daily Star, third place, investigative reporting, daily circulation greater than 25,000, for “High school students.”
James Gregg, Arizona Daily Star, second place, best news feature, daily circulation greater than 25,000, for “The professor.”
Sarah Garrecht Gassen, Arizona Daily Star, second place, best column, analysis or commentary, “Journalistic objectivity;” first place, best column, feature or criticism, for “Spirit driving Mars mission.”
Students
Candace Begody and Duane Beyal, Navajo Times, second place, best sports story, non-daily
circulation greater than 10,000, for “I ride to win.”
Alumni
Dean Knuth ’06, Arizona Daily Star, Photographer of the Year, daily newspapers.
Adam Gaub ’06, Maricopa Monitor:
• second place, best news story, non-daily circulation under 3,500, for “Grandmother
fights;”
• first and third place for best team, sport or sports beat coverage, for “MHS football” and
“MHS soccer,” respectively;
• second place, best news feature, for “Healing in focus;"
• second place, best column, analysis or commentary, “Maricopa’s no-man’s land;”
Alexis Bechman ’08, Payson Roundup:
• third place, best news story, non-daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000, for “Firefighter
shocked pinching gas line;”
• second place, investigative reporting for “Star Valley town manager investigation;”
• second place, enterprise reporting, for “Getting arrested for DUI is costly”
Shelly Shelton ’04 with Carol Ann Alaimo, Arizona Daily Star, second place, investigative reporting, circulation greater than 25,000, for “Wildcat Mitsubishi.”
Patrick O’Grady ’93, Phoenix Business Journal, third place, best news feature, non-daily circulation greater than 10,000, for “Nanotechnology could offer jolt to memory chips.”
Bill Hess, Sierra Vista Herald:
• first place, best news feature, daily circulation under 25,000, for “Lady Leatherneck;”
• third place, enterprise reporting, for “Linguist uses diverse background.”
Dan Shearer ’85, Green Valley News and Sun, first place, best column, feature or criticism, non-daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000, for “Metric history worth saving?”
Martin Rosales ’89, Arizona Daily Star, second place, best column, feature or criticism, for “Protection from unscrupulous car sales needed.”
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