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DePaul PRSSA Chapter Brings Home Prestigious National Awards from ICON 2024 in California

DePaul PRSSA Chapter Brings Home Prestigious National Awards from ICON 2024 in California

​​​​​​​The DePaul Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter shined bright at this year's PRSSA International... read more

Efforts to make public relations and advertising more diverse and inclusive earn CMN professor provost award

Efforts to make public relations and advertising more diverse and inclusive earn CMN professor provost award

​​​Sydney Dillard, associate professor in the College of Communication, led efforts to recruit students from historically underrepresented... read more

Major AI-Human Communications Research Project Launched by DePaul and Chicago PR Leaders

Major AI-Human Communications Research Project Launched by DePaul and Chicago PR Leaders

​​​​​​​Chicago communication professionals are bullish about the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in their organizations,... read more

John Quiñones to receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

John Quiñones to receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

​​John Quiñones, Emmy-award winning, ABC News veteran, will be honored with the Distinguished Journalist Award and Rachel Hinton, a 2017... read more

DePaul PRSSA Win Top Awards at International Conference

DePaul PRSSA Win Top Awards at International Conference

​​​​DePaul's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) won the top award at the society's international conference in... read more

‘DEPAUL’S BLUE BOOK’ HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF NATION’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL WRITING

‘DEPAUL’S BLUE BOOK’ HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF NATION’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL WRITING

​​​​​  ​Chris Solís Green, a DePaul English faculty member, is the editor of "DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School... read more

Kelly Chu Inaugurated as the 2023 American Academy of Advertising President

Kelly Chu Inaugurated as the 2023 American Academy of Advertising President

​The 2023 American Academy of Advertising (AAA) conference was a phenomenal event filled with 28 informative sessions spread across three... read more

PRAD Receives PRWeek Second Place Honorable Mention Award for Outstanding Education Program

PRAD Receives PRWeek Second Place Honorable Mention Award for Outstanding Education Program

​​​​​​​The College of Communication's Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD) program was named Honorable Mention, Second... read more

DePaul University names Alexandra Murphy dean of the College of Communication

DePaul University names Alexandra Murphy dean of the College of Communication

​​​​A longtime DePaul University leader and recognized communication studies scholar who has promoted innovation within the College of... read more

Two DePaul faculty members piece together images to make a photo mosaic—and a statement

Two DePaul faculty members piece together images to make a photo mosaic—and a statement

​​​​​​In September 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage around the planet, Jay Baglia began documenting its familiar detritus:... read more

Judy Woodruff to receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Judy Woodruff to receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

​​​​​​​​​​​​Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence also honors DePaul alumna Sally Ramirez​CHICAGO — Best known for her years... read more

DePaul PRSSA Wins National Competitions

DePaul PRSSA Wins National Competitions

​​​​​​DePaul's Public Relations Student Society of America chapter won multiple accolades for excellence at the organization’s... read more

What Can You Do With a Journalism Major?

What Can You Do With a Journalism Major?

​​​​​​​​​​You're no doubt passionate about what you're studying, but have you ever felt the pressure of what comes next?... read more

What Can You Do With a Public Relations & Advertising Major?

What Can You Do With a Public Relations & Advertising Major?

​​​​​You're no doubt passionate about what you're studying, but have you ever felt the pressure of what comes next?... read more

DePaul Hosts Community Journalism Event in Honor of Juneteenth

DePaul Hosts Community Journalism Event in Honor of Juneteenth

​​​News organizations and mainstream journalists don't often tell stories of communities of color, and those they do tell tend to focus... read more

Meet the 2021-22 OpEd Project Fellows

Meet the 2021-22 OpEd Project Fellows

​​​​​​​This academic year, 20 faculty and staff received Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowships to explore their areas of study and... read more

Advertising Students' Project Supports Police Reform

Advertising Students' Project Supports Police Reform

​​​​​DePaul advertising students had a hand in directly affecting police reform in Chicago with a campaign they created that the Chicago... read more

DePaul Earns 2022 Outstanding Education Program Award

DePaul Earns 2022 Outstanding Education Program Award

​​​Earlier this month, DePaul's Public Relations and Advertising program received the PRWeek recognition for 2022 Outstanding... read more

What Can You Do With a Communication and Media Degree?

What Can You Do With a Communication and Media Degree?

​​​​You're no doubt passionate about what you're studying, but have you ever felt the pressure of what comes next?... read more

What Can You Do With a Public Relations & Advertising Degree?

What Can You Do With a Public Relations & Advertising Degree?

​​​​​You're no doubt passionate about what you're studying, but have you ever felt the pressure of what comes next?... read more

What Can You Do With an Organizational Communication Degree?

What Can You Do With an Organizational Communication Degree?

​​You're no doubt passionate about what you're studying, but have you ever felt the pressure of what comes next?... read more

An Interview with DUABJ President La'Nita Brooks

An Interview with DUABJ President La'Nita Brooks

​​​​​The mission of DePaul University Association of Black Journalists (DUABJ)​ is to equip African American journalists and... read more

DePaul's College of Communication Recognized for Excellence in Public Relations and Advertising

DePaul's College of Communication Recognized for Excellence in Public Relations and Advertising

​​​​PRNEWS and PRWeek recently recognized DePaul's College of Communication as an outstanding education choice for students pursuing... read more

Mastering the Art of Professional Communication

Mastering the Art of Professional Communication

​​​​​Versatile, effective communication skills are must-haves in today’s workplace, and keeping current with communication trends is... read more

Interorganizational Networks for Social Impact

Interorganizational Networks for Social Impact

​​​​Interorganizational networks have long been useful to community organizations, but do they really help​ solve complex problems? Kate... read more

An Alumna With an Ear for News

An Alumna With an Ear for News

​​​​​When she was young, Rachel Hinton (CMN ’17) wanted to be a flutist in an orchestra. As the youngest chief political reporter in Chicago... read more

Inclusive Journalism for a Diverse Society

Inclusive Journalism for a Diverse Society

​​​​​​​The racial unrest in 2020 shone a harsh spotlight on the inequities that have plagued the United States and led many people to... read more

Bill Whitaker to receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Bill Whitaker to receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

​​​​​CHICAGO — Bill Whitaker, longtime 60 Minutes correspondent, and KARE-TV reporter Heidi Wigdahl, a 2010 DePaul University alumna, will... read more

Kelly Chu Named President-Elect for American Academy of Advertising

Kelly Chu Named President-Elect for American Academy of Advertising

​​​Last month, the American Academy of Advertising named Kelly Chu as its 2022-2023 president-elect. Her term will begin in March.... read more

Communication Classes Tackle Polarization in American Society

Communication Classes Tackle Polarization in American Society

​​​​​​​​​​​​​The first graded assignment in Vincent de Paul Professor Dusty Goltz’s class, Performance for Social Change, was for students... read more

Pulitzer Prize Winner Joins DePaul Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence

Pulitzer Prize Winner Joins DePaul Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence

Foundational. That is the word Ben Welsh uses to describe his four years at DePaul University. Now the 2004 graduate and current... read more

Congratulations to Our 2021 Tenured & Promoted Faculty

Congratulations to Our 2021 Tenured & Promoted Faculty

As we kick off the 2021-22 academic year, we have a lot to celebrate. For one, DePaul is returning to more in-person classes. After a year... read more

Introducing the MA in Professional Communication

Introducing the MA in Professional Communication

​ Matt Ragas, an associate professor in DePaul's College of Communication, directs the newly approved master's in... read more

Alexandra Murphy Named Interim Dean for the College of Communication

Alexandra Murphy Named Interim Dean for the College of Communication

Provost Salma Ghanem announced Alexandra Murphy will serve as the interim dean for the College of Communication. Murphy has been serving as... read more

The Art of Alvin Hollingsworth

The Art of Alvin Hollingsworth

Over the summer of 2020, in the wake of global protests demanding social justice following the death of George Floyd, I began writing an... read more

Dispatches from a Rust Belt Femme

Dispatches from a Rust Belt Femme

"Ecstatic. Shocked." That’s how Raechel Anne Jolie (CMN ’07, MA ’09) described her reaction to learning that her memoir,... read more

A Talk with a Journalism Legend

A Talk with a Journalism Legend

For more than 40 years, Chicagoans have relied on Carol Marin to give them the news—straight and unbiased. In December, still at the top of... read more

Faculty Release Third Book on Strategic Communications

Faculty Release Third Book on Strategic Communications

Business acumen has emerged as a critical competency for communicators and young professionals. This book contains everything readers... read more

University Announces 2021 Commencement Speakers

University Announces 2021 Commencement Speakers

​To help the Class of 2021 celebrate their graduation and kickstart the next phase of their lives, Emmy-winning WGN reporter Lourdes Duarte... read more

Comic Book Researcher: How the Marvel Universe Reflects Science and Society

Comic Book Researcher: How the Marvel Universe Reflects Science and Society

A new exhibition opening at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry called Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes explores the Marvel Cinematic... read more

Ron Magers to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Ron Magers to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

CHICAGO — Legendary Chicago news anchor Ron Magers and Chicago Tribune police reporter Jeremy Gorner will receive awards in 2021 from DePaul... read more

Statement Condemning Harassment in Our DePaul Community

Statement Condemning Harassment in Our DePaul Community

In the recent events surrounding a St. Patrick Day’s party where DePaul students were photographed not wearing masks or adhering to Covid-19... read more

Faculty Examines Board Games as Media

Faculty Examines Board Games as Media

"Board Games as Media" explores the growth in popularity of board games today, and unpacks what it means to read a board game.... read more

Messaging in an Age of Corporate Political Activity

Messaging in an Age of Corporate Political Activity

As an international communication researcher who teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in corporate communication and public... read more

The Power of the Student Press

The Power of the Student Press

Student publications used to be by students for students. They still are, but with upheavals in media, student journalists are starting to... read more

The Consumer Push for Corporate Activism

The Consumer Push for Corporate Activism

The legal concept of corporate personhood has a very long history, but corporate personality is a fairly recent concept. Through social... read more

Together, Apart: Social Distancing Has Added Another Layer of Stress to Our Lives

Together, Apart: Social Distancing Has Added Another Layer of Stress to Our Lives

Have you noticed that you’re more short-tempered lately, that your thinking is a bit foggy and that you just don’t feel like doing much of... read more

All In to Help Illinois

All In to Help Illinois

It has been 80-hour weeks for Alex Hanns (CMN ’17) ever since the novel coronavirus began to wreak havoc with our lives. As part of Illinois... read more

Ron Culp Receives 2020 Distinguished Leader Award from PRSA Chicago

Ron Culp Receives 2020 Distinguished Leader Award from PRSA Chicago

The Chicago Senior Leaders Committee of the Public Relations Society of America recognized Professional in Residence Ron... read more

Zooming in on Remote Work

Zooming in on Remote Work

How we do our work has been shifting for decades as new technologies have made remote working not only possible, but also desirable from... read more

PRAD Senior Manon Paul Helps Teens Build Confidence

PRAD Senior Manon Paul Helps Teens Build Confidence

Growing up in Juneau, Alaska, senior Manon Paul was an entrepreneur as a child. “At the age of eight, I sold hats and pillows I had sewn at... read more

Gina Christodoulou, Director of Operations, Prepares to Guide the College to BlueSky

Gina Christodoulou, Director of Operations, Prepares to Guide the College to BlueSky

As the end of 2020 swiftly approaches, DePaul is preparing to usher in a new data management system with the New Year. All financial and... read more

Zeta Phi Eta: DePaul's New Student Organization Focusing on Communication Students

Zeta Phi Eta: DePaul's New Student Organization Focusing on Communication Students

DePaul's new chapter of Zeta Phi Eta (ZPE), a professional fraternity with a focus on communication arts and sciences,... read more

The DePaulia Keeps Print Edition Alive Amid COVID-19

The DePaulia Keeps Print Edition Alive Amid COVID-19

​​​​This fall, “The DePaulia" student newspaper staff will continue to produce a print edition for readers, while... read more

Kelly Kessler Examines Impact of Musicals on Television

Kelly Kessler Examines Impact of Musicals on Television

Broadway in the Box: Television's Lasting Love Affair with the Musical By: Kelly Kessler, College of Communication "Broadway in... read more

2020 Excellence in Teaching Awards

2020 Excellence in Teaching Awards

​​​​Congratulations to Senior Professional Lecturer Jim Motzer, the 2020 recipient of the Quality of Instruction Council Excellence in... read more

College Office Access During Fall Quarter 2020: A Conversation with Business Coordinator Aaron Krupp

College Office Access During Fall Quarter 2020: A Conversation with Business Coordinator Aaron Krupp

​Business Coordinator Aaron Krupp began working with the college just three months before the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to leave... read more

Meet Oluseyi Adegbola, the PRAD Program's New Assistant Professor

Meet Oluseyi Adegbola, the PRAD Program's New Assistant Professor

We're excited to welcome Oluseyi Adegbola to the College of Communication, the new assistant professor in the Public Relations... read more

Lollapalooza Class Gives Students Virtual Backstage Pass

Lollapalooza Class Gives Students Virtual Backstage Pass

Most summers, Lollapalooza brings swarms of music fans through DePaul’s Loop Campus on their way to the festival in Grant Park. The... read more

Richie Requena Receives 2020 Hortencia Zavala Scholarship from NAHJ Chicago

Richie Requena Receives 2020 Hortencia Zavala Scholarship from NAHJ Chicago

The Chicago chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) selected DePaul journalism student Richie Requena... read more

Communication Students Lift Their Voices in TEDx-Style Talks

Communication Students Lift Their Voices in TEDx-Style Talks

Watching a TEDx talk might make you wonder what you might speak about if given chance to take the stage. At DePaul, there’s a class for... read more

Faculty Win Gold Telly Award for Recruitment Videos

Faculty Win Gold Telly Award for Recruitment Videos

​Three DePaul faculty members won a 2020 Gold Telly Award for a series of short recruitment films featuring undergraduate students in the... read more

DePaul PRAD Students Take First Place in PRSSA's Bateman Competition

DePaul PRAD Students Take First Place in PRSSA's Bateman Competition

College of Communication students recently claimed first place in the 2020 Bateman Competition, PRSSA’s premier national case study... read more

An Eye-Opening Experience

An Eye-Opening Experience

​​​​Nikki Roberts doesn't remember a time when she wasn't writing. The senior journalism major who is minoring in creative... read more

Faculty Research: An In-Depth View of Black Student Protests

Faculty Research: An In-Depth View of Black Student Protests

I took my first photojournalism class as a junior at Penn State. While there, I completed a yearlong documentary project about black student... read more

Free Speech and the American Way

Free Speech and the American Way

Amendment I of the U.S. Constitution says, in part, “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. …Short,... read more

Engagement Takes Center Stage

Engagement Takes Center Stage

For a college that is all about communication, it makes sense to engage students, faculty and the wider community in programs that can... read more

On a Mission to Diversify Advertising

On a Mission to Diversify Advertising

A top priority for businesses is to increase diversity. According to the Deloitte Review, “If current trends continue, tomorrow's... read more

Where the Action Is

Where the Action Is

Things came easy to Ximena Larkin (CMN '09, MA '11) when she was a student at Lyons Township High School in west suburban... read more

DePaul PRAD Students Advance to the Final Round of PRSSA's Bateman Competition

DePaul PRAD Students Advance to the Final Round of PRSSA's Bateman Competition

For the first time in DePaul's history, a team of College of Communication students are advancing to the final round of the... read more

Kelly Chu Earns Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award

Kelly Chu Earns Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award

​​​Last month, the American Academy of Advertising awards honored DePaul's Kelly Chu with the Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award.... read more

Professor Talks Fandoms, Virtual Engagement in a Time of Social Distancing

Professor Talks Fandoms, Virtual Engagement in a Time of Social Distancing

​​​Fandoms have played a pivotal role in Paul Booth’s professional and personal lives. A professor of media and cinema studies in the... read more

14 East Magazine, Good Day DePaul Take Top Honors in Regional Colliegate Journalism Competition

14 East Magazine, Good Day DePaul Take Top Honors in Regional Colliegate Journalism Competition

The Society of Professional Journalists this month cited the best collegiate journalism with DePaul's 14 East magazine and... read more

Meet Lily Voyles: World Traveler and Advocate For Students with Disabilites

Meet Lily Voyles: World Traveler and Advocate For Students with Disabilites

Lily Voyles, a senior communication major with intercultural communication and hospitality minors, doesn't let anything stand in her... read more

Welcome Back for Spring Quarter 2020

Welcome Back for Spring Quarter 2020

​​Dear College of Communication Students, As you are aware, DePaul remains a remote campus for the foreseeable future. Please know that... read more

Communication Expert: Customize Your Social Media to Cope with COVID-19

Communication Expert: Customize Your Social Media to Cope with COVID-19

​​​​​​​​​​​​​Bree McEwan, associate professor of communication, shares tips for how to strengthen ties and use social media wisely during a... read more

A Letter from Acting Dean Alexandra Murphy: Responding to COVID-19

A Letter from Acting Dean Alexandra Murphy: Responding to COVID-19

​​​​​​​​​​​Dear College of Communication Students, By now, you have received several messages from the university regarding DePaul’s... read more

DePaul Faculty Writers Flourish in 2019-20 OpEd Project

DePaul Faculty Writers Flourish in 2019-20 OpEd Project

​ In December 2019, DePaul welcomed 20 faculty into the Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship Program, its 2019-20 cohort for... read more

Ron Magers to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Ron Magers to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Update: This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. The Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence looks forward to honoring... read more

Captivated Audience

Captivated Audience

​​​ Since the 1970s, colored lapel ribbons have been used to raise awareness of everything from AIDS to epilepsy. Pink is now associated... read more

Evolution of a Journalist

Evolution of a Journalist

​ “Growing up, journalism wasn’t something I looked toward as a potential career path. It was just something I saw on TV. Superman, he was a... read more

The Ethical Pursuit of Excellence

The Ethical Pursuit of Excellence

​ Everybody talks about the news, but nobody does anything about it. While news may not be quite as universal as the weather, it... read more

The Talking Cure: A Conversation with Elissa Foster

The Talking Cure: A Conversation with Elissa Foster

​​​Professor Elissa Foster is passionate about improving communication in health care settings. She is the director of the college’s... read more

A Great Start in Life

A Great Start in Life

​Before there was a College of Communication, there was a major in communication—a branch of learning John Ybarra (CMN ’84) had never heard... read more

Media Engagement Lab Open House Welcomes New Student Researchers

Media Engagement Lab Open House Welcomes New Student Researchers

The Media Engagement Lab (ME Lab) recently hosted an open house to showcase some of the hands-on research opportunities... read more

How to Think Like a Film Critic: Ask a Media & Cinema Studies Professor

How to Think Like a Film Critic: Ask a Media & Cinema Studies Professor

The Chicago International Film Festival is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America, celebrating its 55th year on... read more

Advertising Creative Minor Launches with Guest Lecture from DDB's Britt Nolan

Advertising Creative Minor Launches with Guest Lecture from DDB's Britt Nolan

The Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD) program is launching a new academic minor in Advertising Creative, an exciting new option... read more

Two New PR & Advertising Faculty Join the College

Two New PR & Advertising Faculty Join the College

The College of Communication is excited to kick off the 2019-20 academic year by welcoming two new faculty members to the Public... read more

New Yorker Cartooner Waxes Philosophic: A Conversation with Ken Krimstein

New Yorker Cartooner Waxes Philosophic: A Conversation with Ken Krimstein

​​​​Every Wednesday at lunchtime for six years, Ken Krimstein walked to the offices of the New Yorker and slid a batch of cartoons... read more

In Pursuit of Impact: Investigative Journalist Prabjot “PJ” Randhawa Garners Her First Emmy Award

In Pursuit of Impact: Investigative Journalist Prabjot “PJ” Randhawa Garners Her First Emmy Award

“It felt like jumping into a pool where you’re just overwhelmed with sensations,” says TV investigative journalist Prabjot “PJ” Randhawa... read more

"Here, We Do" Campaign Video Highlights Alumna Lourdes Duarte's Broadcast Journalism Career

"Here, We Do" Campaign Video Highlights Alumna Lourdes Duarte's Broadcast Journalism Career

College of Communication alumna Lourdes Duarte appears in a new video for DePaul University's "Here, We Do" campaign... read more

PR Students Receive Honorable Mention in PRSSA Bateman Case Study Competition

PR Students Receive Honorable Mention in PRSSA Bateman Case Study Competition

A team of PR and Advertising students have received an honorable mention for their campaign in the 2019 PRSSA National Bateman Case... read more

Can We Talk? The Art and Science of Interpersonal Communication

Can We Talk? The Art and Science of Interpersonal Communication

“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” The cruel Captain in the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke” utters this famous line after whipping... read more

Climate Change Communication: Building Consensus

Climate Change Communication: Building Consensus

CHICAGO — From frigid cold in the Midwestern U.S. to melting heat in Australia, extreme weather and climate change are making news... read more

PRAD Wins Again in Arthur W. Page and IPR Case Study Competition

PRAD Wins Again in Arthur W. Page and IPR Case Study Competition

A team of Public Relations and Advertising graduate students from DePaul won first prize in the 2019 Arthur W. Page Society and... read more

Messaging for Change: PRAD Students Explore International Advertising in Europe

Messaging for Change: PRAD Students Explore International Advertising in Europe

Just do it. Think different. Got milk? A simple phrase, a bold advertisement or a catchy jingle can be powerful enough for a brand to become... read more

Students Take on Campaign Promoting Diversity in Public Relations & Advertising

Students Take on Campaign Promoting Diversity in Public Relations & Advertising

The team behind the "Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable" campaign includes PR students Katrina Marcotte, Camille Basto,... read more

Dean Baquet to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Dean Baquet to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

CHICAGO — Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, and WGN-TV news anchor Lourdes Duarte will receive awards from DePaul... read more

Dan Sinker Joins DePaul as Inaugural Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence Fellow

Dan Sinker Joins DePaul as Inaugural Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence Fellow

The DePaul University College of Communication is pleased to announce that Dan Sinker has been named the inaugural fellow of the... read more

Taking Flight: PRAD Senior Realizes His Passion for Public Relations

Taking Flight: PRAD Senior Realizes His Passion for Public Relations

Andrew Willett originally thought he was meant for the stage. In high school, he worked with the Cleveland Play House, where he met a... read more

The Blue Demon and the Laker: Alumna Helps Kobe Bryant Inspire Youth

The Blue Demon and the Laker: Alumna Helps Kobe Bryant Inspire Youth

It’s the 2018 Academy Awards. Cast members from “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” are presenting the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Mark... read more

Meet Baylee Ritter: Communicating the Importance of Environmental Issues

Meet Baylee Ritter: Communicating the Importance of Environmental Issues

Coming from McDowell, a small town near Central Illinois, Baylee Ritter knew she wanted to attend college in a big city so she had a... read more

Four Faculty Members Receive Tenure or Promotions in 2018-19

Four Faculty Members Receive Tenure or Promotions in 2018-19

Congratulations to these four faculty members in the College of Communication who received tenure or promotions in the... read more

On the Move: Student Media Groups Get New Work Spaces

On the Move: Student Media Groups Get New Work Spaces

The DePaulia, 14 East Magazine and Radio DePaul Sports moved into new homes on the Loop Campus this spring. Located on the first and... read more

The Superhero the World Needs: Associate Professor Blair Davis on the Success of "Black Panther"

The Superhero the World Needs: Associate Professor Blair Davis on the Success of "Black Panther"

When “Black Panther” premiered last February, it was the movie everyone was talking about. Critics praised it, fans filled theatres week... read more

Journalism Lecturer Amy Merrick Featured on WBAL Radio for Summer Jobs Story

Journalism Lecturer Amy Merrick Featured on WBAL Radio for Summer Jobs Story

In her recent article in The Atlantic, “Summer Jobs Programs Aren’t Enough,” Professional Lecturer Amy Merrick explores whether city... read more

Career Outcomes 2017: Communication Grads Landed Relevant Jobs in Their Chosen Industries

Career Outcomes 2017: Communication Grads Landed Relevant Jobs in Their Chosen Industries

A degree from the College of Communication connects to student success at a high rate, as shown by the Career Outcomes report from the... read more

DePaul Journalism Receives $20,000 Gannett Foundation Grant for FOIA Programming

DePaul Journalism Receives $20,000 Gannett Foundation Grant for FOIA Programming

The College of Communication received a $20,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation to expand annual programming related to Freedom of... read more

New Sports Communication Program Launches in Fall 2018

New Sports Communication Program Launches in Fall 2018

Sports in the U.S. is a major force for economics, entertainment, education and culture. In fact, PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts the... read more

Communication Faculty Star in Humorous "Meditations on an Orange" Video

Communication Faculty Star in Humorous "Meditations on an Orange" Video

How many different ways are there to look at an orange? More than you might think—just ask our faculty! In a new video produced... read more

Adjunct Janet Barker-Evans Selected as Charles S. Downs Response Marketer of the Year

Adjunct Janet Barker-Evans Selected as Charles S. Downs Response Marketer of the Year

The Chicago Association of Direct Marketing (CADM) selected adjunct faculty member Janet Barker-Evans as the 2018 Charles S. Downs... read more

Students Visit Ketchum, a Global PR Firm

Students Visit Ketchum, a Global PR Firm

PRAD 384, an international public relations course taught by Professor Nur Uysal, visited the Ketchum office in Chicago for... read more

Michael Lynch Named to FleishmanHillard Diversity Fellowship Program

Michael Lynch Named to FleishmanHillard Diversity Fellowship Program

The global communications firm FleishmanHillard has selected Michael Lynch, outgoing Student Government Association President, to... read more

Students Report for Hoy/Chicago Tribune in New Initiative

Students Report for Hoy/Chicago Tribune in New Initiative

  DePaul College of Communication Adjunct instructor Sandra Guy Kolina has established a partnership with the Hoy/Chicago Tribune... read more

The Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence Honors Pauley, Pistone

The Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence Honors Pauley, Pistone

Jane Pauley, host of “CBS Sunday Morning,” and Ann Pistone (CMN ’90), investigative producer with ABC7 Chicago, were honored at the... read more

Students Take Top Honors at Arthur W. Page Society Competition

Students Take Top Honors at Arthur W. Page Society Competition

DePaul University students claimed top prizes in the 2018 Arthur W. Page Society national corporate communication case study competition.... read more

Underground from a Basement: DIY Music, Chicago-Style

Underground from a Basement: DIY Music, Chicago-Style

  For many people in the Midwest the basement is a storage space: summer gardening equipment, items that can’t be sold on eBay now but... read more

College of Communication Celebrates 10 Years at Alumni & Friends Reception

College of Communication Celebrates 10 Years at Alumni & Friends Reception

In honor of its 10th anniversary, the college hosted the inaugural Communication Alumni and Friends Awards on March 7, 2018. The special... read more

Associate Professor Explores Comic Book Movies in Upcoming Book

Associate Professor Explores Comic Book Movies in Upcoming Book

Prof. Blair Davis' Comic Book Movies (Rutgers University Press, March 2018, 200 pages) explores how this genre of film offers... read more

Dean Ghanem Kicks Off Blue Demons Men's B-Ball Game

Dean Ghanem Kicks Off Blue Demons Men's B-Ball Game

Salma Ghanem​, dean of the College of Communication, greeted basketball fans at yesterday's DePaul Blue Demons vs. Seton Hall Pirates... read more

Ragas Invited to Join Arthur W. Page Society

Ragas Invited to Join Arthur W. Page Society

Matt Ragas, associate professor and academic director of the PRAD graduate program, has been invited to join the prestigious Arthur W.... read more

DePaul PRAD Shortlisted as PRWeek Outstanding Ed Program of Year

DePaul PRAD Shortlisted as PRWeek Outstanding Ed Program of Year

  Our Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD) program has been shortlisted as Outstanding Education Program of the Year by... read more

MCS Grad Alum David Stewart Works on Hal Ashby Doc

MCS Grad Alum David Stewart Works on Hal Ashby Doc

​David Stewart, a 2016 alum of the Media and Cinema Studies graduate program, is part of the crew who worked on a new documentary about... read more

Journalism Students Report from Field of College Football Playoff

Journalism Students Report from Field of College Football Playoff

On Tuesday Oct. 31, the College Football Playoff will release the first of seven weeks of standings for the 2017 season in a process that... read more

International Public Relations Class Visits Ketchum

International Public Relations Class Visits Ketchum

On Thursday, Oct. 26, Prof. Nur Uysal​ took her PRAD 384 International Public Relations class to Ketchum Chicago for an agency tour. Ketchum... read more

Journalism Senior Ivana Rihter a Lincoln Laureate

Journalism Senior Ivana Rihter a Lincoln Laureate

Journalism senior Ivana Rihter has been named this year's Lincoln Laureate representing DePaul University. According to the... read more

Alvaray Judges CIFF Short Documentary Competition

Alvaray Judges CIFF Short Documentary Competition

Media and Cinema Studies Professor Luisela Alvaray recently served on the jury for the Short Documentary Competition of the... read more

DePaul SPJ Named 2017 Chapter of the Year

DePaul SPJ Named 2017 Chapter of the Year

DePaul University was recently named the Society of Professional Journalists Region 5 Outstanding Campus Chapter of the Year for... read more

Bronstein: “Hugh Hefner’s Safe Sex” Published in the Washington Post

Bronstein: “Hugh Hefner’s Safe Sex” Published in the Washington Post

​Prof. Carolyn Bronstein and co-writer Whitney Strub have published a piece on the late Hugh Hefner, Chicagoan and publisher of Playboy... read more

PRAD Professional Director Culp Inducted Into Page Society Hall of Fame

PRAD Professional Director Culp Inducted Into Page Society Hall of Fame

  Ron Culp has distinguished himself as a leader who not only transformed communication for the enterprises he served, but also... read more

Communication Prof. Explores Relationship Between Humor, Identity and Offense

Communication Prof. Explores Relationship Between Humor, Identity and Offense

  Comic Performativities: Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication highlights patterns of criticism and... read more

14 East Story on Social Justice National Pinnacle Awards Finalist

14 East Story on Social Justice National Pinnacle Awards Finalist

Emma Krupp's story, "Birth Justice is Social Justice", for 14 East magazine is a national finalist for Best Feature Story in... read more

PRAD Junior Speaks Before the United Nations

PRAD Junior Speaks Before the United Nations

Photos courtesy Baylee Ritter. Public Relations and Advertising major Baylee Ritter spoke at the United Nations... read more

DePaul Alumna Kustok Primary Analyst for NBA Brooklyn Nets

DePaul Alumna Kustok Primary Analyst for NBA Brooklyn Nets

College of Communication alumna Sarah Kustok (Double Demon: BA, Communication '03; MA Organizational Communication, '05) has been... read more

Fostering The Next Generation: PR Pro Bob Kornecki Gives Time, Talent & Scholarships

Fostering The Next Generation: PR Pro Bob Kornecki Gives Time, Talent & Scholarships

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” 
― Winston S. Churchill Bob Kornecki... read more

DePaulia Named ACP Pacemaker Finalist

DePaulia Named ACP Pacemaker Finalist

The DePaulia, our weekly student-produced newspaper, has been named a finalist in the Associated Collegiate Press's 2017... read more

Journalism Grad Student Awarded NAHJ Scholarship

Journalism Grad Student Awarded NAHJ Scholarship

  DePaul Journalism graduate student Emmanuel Camarillo is one of three Chicago area students awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the... read more

Culp, Wilke Named in Who's Who Chicago by Crain's

Culp, Wilke Named in Who's Who Chicago by Crain's

Alumna Marty Wilke, president/GM at WBBM-TV Channel 2 Chicago, and our Public Relations and Advertising Professional Director Ron Culp... read more

Martin Elected Head of AEJMC Law and Policy Division

Martin Elected Head of AEJMC Law and Policy Division

Associate Professor Jason Martin​ has been elected head of the Law and Policy Division of the Association for Education for Journalism and... read more

Hopke Writes on Fossil Fuel Divestment and Climate Change Communication

Hopke Writes on Fossil Fuel Divestment and Climate Change Communication

Prof. Jill Hopke's paper, "Fossil Fuel Divestment and Climate Change Communication", co-authored with Luis E. Hestres, is... read more

Bronstein Awarded Feminist Advocacy Award

Bronstein Awarded Feminist Advocacy Award

Congratulations to Professor Carolyn Bronstein, who has been selected to receive the Donna Allen Award for Feminist Advocacy through... read more

Journalism Professor Martin Named Wicklander Fellow

Journalism Professor Martin Named Wicklander Fellow

Congratulations to Journalism Professor Jason Martin, who has been selected to receive a 2017-18 Wicklander Fellowship to pursue research on... read more

Students Hit Home on Sustainability Projects for MLB, Fox Sports

Students Hit Home on Sustainability Projects for MLB, Fox Sports

Six executives from FOX Sports, 21st Century Fox and Major League Baseball sit side by side in the Daley building. Paper and pen in hand,... read more

Journalism Alum Named SPJ National Winner for TV News Report on Campus Controversy

Journalism Alum Named SPJ National Winner for TV News Report on Campus Controversy

College of Communication Journalism alumna Lorraine Taylor has been named a national winner for Television Breaking News Reporting in the... read more

DePaulia Investigation Wins Best Sports Story at Professional Journalism Awards

DePaulia Investigation Wins Best Sports Story at Professional Journalism Awards

​ DePaul Journalism students won first place for their investigative reporting at the Chicago Headline Club’s 40th annual Peter Lisagor... read more

To Have Impact, the People's Climate March Needs to Reach Beyond Activists

To Have Impact, the People's Climate March Needs to Reach Beyond Activists

If climate activists want to continue momentum from the recent People's Climate March, they need to find a way to attract supporters who... read more

PRAD's Culp, Ragas Discuss Recent PR Flaps with Press

PRAD's Culp, Ragas Discuss Recent PR Flaps with Press

Following the recent weeklong parade of shocking public relations nightmares that Pepsi, United Airlines, and then the Trump... read more

Autism Experts at DePaul University Discuss Education, Awareness

Autism Experts at DePaul University Discuss Education, Awareness

Advances in education and the arts are changing the lives of people with autism, and DePaul University experts are available to discuss... read more

Two PRAD Student Teams Win Honorable Mentions in Bateman Case Studies

Two PRAD Student Teams Win Honorable Mentions in Bateman Case Studies

Our Public Relations and Advertising faculty are cheering for two student teams who earned honorable mentions in the Bateman Case Study... read more

College of Communication Student Media Win 16 at SPJ Awards

College of Communication Student Media Win 16 at SPJ Awards

Congratulations to our online news magazine, 14 East, our print and online newspaper The DePaulia, and TV news show... read more

Journalism Students, Faculty Nominated Lisagor Finalists

Journalism Students, Faculty Nominated Lisagor Finalists

DePaul Journalism students have been nominated as finalists in the Chicago Headline Club’s Peter Lisagor Awards for the second consecutive... read more

Alumna/Broadcast Exec Marty Wilke of CBS Chicago to Address Grads at June 11 Commencement

Alumna/Broadcast Exec Marty Wilke of CBS Chicago to Address Grads at June 11 Commencement

We are happy to announce that College of Communication alumna and WBBM-TV/CBS 2 Chicago President and General Manager Marty Wilke will be... read more

Alum Lourdes Duarte to Co-Anchor WGN Afternoon News Program

Alum Lourdes Duarte to Co-Anchor WGN Afternoon News Program

We take great pride in reporting that our alumna Lourdes Duarte will be co-anchoring WGN​'s 4 p.m. news program. Congratulations,... read more

PRAD Receives Honorable Mention for PR Week’s Program of the Year

PRAD Receives Honorable Mention for PR Week’s Program of the Year

  Our graduate Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD) program received an honorable mention in this year’s Outstanding... read more

Lester Holt, Ben Welsh to receive distinguished journalist award from DePaul University

Lester Holt, Ben Welsh to receive distinguished journalist award from DePaul University

  ​Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and “Dateline NBC,” and data journalist Ben Welsh of the Los Angeles Times will return to... read more

Journalism’s Moore on Importance of 'Teaching Good Journalism in a World of Alt. Facts'

Journalism’s Moore on Importance of 'Teaching Good Journalism in a World of Alt. Facts'

  Evan Moore, who joined our Journalism faculty as an adjunct instructor this Winter Quarter, has penned a piece on the importance of... read more

For the Third Consecutive Year, PRAD Students Take Top Honors at Page Case Study

For the Third Consecutive Year, PRAD Students Take Top Honors at Page Case Study

Four College of Communication Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD) students will be awarded the Jack Koten Page Principles Case... read more

Radio DePaul Wins Best Streaming College Radio Station from IBS

Radio DePaul Wins Best Streaming College Radio Station from IBS

Radio DePaul had a great weekend in New York City, as the student-produced university station was awarded four awards from the... read more

 Journalism Students Step Up like Pros

Journalism Students Step Up like Pros

“The rules are changing as we go,” says Jason Martin, associate professor and Journalism program director, talking about the study and... read more

A Starter Guide to American Punk

A Starter Guide to American Punk

Associate Professor Daniel Makagon laughs when asked if he’s the punk rock professor. “Yeah, I guess I am,” he says with a chuckle. The... read more

Communication Faculty Recognized as 'Volunteers of the Year'

Communication Faculty Recognized as 'Volunteers of the Year'

The Midtown Educational Foundation recently recognized public relations and advertising faculty in DePaul's College of Communication... read more

Performance Studies Prof. Goltz Selected for 'Filth' Fellowship

Performance Studies Prof. Goltz Selected for 'Filth' Fellowship

  Prof. Dustin Goltz of our Performance Studies​ minor has been selected to serve as a member of the DePaul Humanities Center Fellows... read more

Booth to Perform in Academic Improv

Booth to Perform in Academic Improv

Our very own Prof. Paul Booth will be participating in the DePaul Humanities Center's "Scholar's Improv 2:... read more

New Journalism Faculty McCray Wins Emmy Award for Conservation Doc

New Journalism Faculty McCray Wins Emmy Award for Conservation Doc

Judith McCray, adjunct faculty member in undergraduate Journalism and Media and Cinema Studies, received an Emmy Award for her... read more

Bronstein Examines 1970s Sexual Representation Through Porno Chic

Bronstein Examines 1970s Sexual Representation Through Porno Chic

The College of Communication's Associate Dean and Professor Carolyn Bronstein​ has co-edited (along with Whitney Strub of Rutgers... read more

Carol Marin Prepares for Her Interview with President Obama

Carol Marin Prepares for Her Interview with President Obama

DePaul University College of Communication Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence Co-Directors Carol Marin and Don Moseley are... read more

PRAD Program Finalist in PR Week's Outstanding Education Program for '17

PRAD Program Finalist in PR Week's Outstanding Education Program for '17

For the fourth year in a row, the DePaul Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD) graduate program has been named a national finalist... read more

Autumn '16 Quarter Student Journalism Earns Numerous Laurels

Autumn '16 Quarter Student Journalism Earns Numerous Laurels

College of Communication student media recently completed an award-winning 2016 fall quarter full of national and regional collegiate awards... read more

Meet Amber Colón, Aspiring Journalist

Meet Amber Colón, Aspiring Journalist

"We love Amber," said Maria Hinojosa, anchor and producer of National Public Radio's "Latino USA" and DePaul... read more

DePaulia Editor-in-Chief Honored by Lincoln Academy of Illinois

DePaulia Editor-in-Chief Honored by Lincoln Academy of Illinois

This week Governor Bruce Rauner announced the winners of the 2016 Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Awards, including DePaul's Jessica... read more

Davis Examines the History of 'Movie Comics'

Davis Examines the History of 'Movie Comics'

As Christopher Nolan's Batman films and releases from the Marvel Cinematic Universe have regularly topped the box office charts, fans... read more

Ghanem, Speicher Co-Author Paper on Multi-Lingual Debate Styles in the UN

Ghanem, Speicher Co-Author Paper on Multi-Lingual Debate Styles in the UN

Late this summer, College of Communication Dean Salma Ghanem, in collaboration with DePaul University Emeritus Faculty member Barbara... read more

Bronstein Promotes Leadership Training in Communication Programs

Bronstein Promotes Leadership Training in Communication Programs

  In “Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Integrating Leadership Development in Journalism and Mass Communication Education,” a paper... read more

Upcoming College Event: Transforming Yourself for the Transformation Age

Upcoming College Event: Transforming Yourself for the Transformation Age

This September, the College of Communication will be hosting a special reception and keynote address featuring Rishad Tobaccowala,... read more

Comic Book Academic Anthology 'Blacker the Ink' Wins Eisner Award

Comic Book Academic Anthology 'Blacker the Ink' Wins Eisner Award

The 2015 anthology, “The Blacker The Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art”, featuring an essay by Professor... read more

DePaulia Announced as ACP Online Pacemaker Finalist

DePaulia Announced as ACP Online Pacemaker Finalist

  The DePaulia, our student-produced newspaper and website, has been named a finalist in this year’s Online Pacemakers by the... read more

Fandom Expert Prof. Paul Booth on Fan Entitlement

Fandom Expert Prof. Paul Booth on Fan Entitlement

The relationship between creators and consumers of popular TV shows and movie franchises has reached a tipping point with fans making... read more

College of Communication Hosts Performance Theory Conference

College of Communication Hosts Performance Theory Conference

  Associate Professor Dustin Goltz, along with fellow scholars Kimberlee Pérez of University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mindy... read more

Prof. Chu, Students Studying in China This Summer

Prof. Chu, Students Studying in China This Summer

Professor Kelly Chu's CMN 398: Study Abroad class focuses on Advertising and Social Media in China.Chu and her students from all majors... read more

MCS’s Booth on Analyzing the Canon of 'Doctor Who'

MCS’s Booth on Analyzing the Canon of 'Doctor Who'

In an excerpt from his essay "New Worlds, Terrifying Monsters, Impossible Things: Exploring the Contents and Contexts of Doctor... read more

Come Summertime, the World Wide Web is DePaul's Largest Campus

Come Summertime, the World Wide Web is DePaul's Largest Campus

​Online summer school is proving as popular as most things in the digital world. Last year more students took summer courses on the web than... read more

Curious City Founder, Hearken CEO visits DePaul Journalism Class

Curious City Founder, Hearken CEO visits DePaul Journalism Class

Brandel used to work at WBEZ in Chicago and started “Curious City,” a widely popular program that involves solving questions that come up... read more

DePaul Students Receive Inaugural Catholic Press Association Awards

DePaul Students Receive Inaugural Catholic Press Association Awards

DePaul University students were recognized by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada (CPA) for their work in... read more

Better Together

Better Together

​Faculty have taken full advantage of the university’s innovative intercollege grant program, and the resulting research is as interesting... read more

Social Media and the Presidential Election

Social Media and the Presidential Election

In today’s connected world, it’s easy to voice your political stance or support a candidate with the click of a button. A new course in the... read more

Educating a New Electorate

Educating a New Electorate

The U.S. presidential election is still half a year away, but it’s been on the minds of DePaul students and faculty... read more

SPJ Honors DePaulia Students

SPJ Honors DePaulia Students

The Society of Professional Journalists recently honored DePaul journalism students with awards and scholarships.Student staff for The... read more

Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence Dedicated at Reception

Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence Dedicated at Reception

​​On May 5, Carol Marin and Don Moseley were welcomed to DePaul University with a reception to officially... read more

Radio DePaul Alum to Produce for WBBM

Radio DePaul Alum to Produce for WBBM

​June 2016 graduate and Radio DePaul alum Eli Hershkovich has been hired as a producer at WBBM in Chicago. In addition to working behind the... read more

DePaul Journalism Faculty Win Peabody Award

DePaul Journalism Faculty Win Peabody Award

  The co-directors of the Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence at DePaul University were recognized as part of one of five... read more

Makagon on 'Sonic Storytelling' at Alumni University

Makagon on 'Sonic Storytelling' at Alumni University

  It’s no secret that the educational experiences at DePaul are wide-ranging and experiential. This week, we’re highlighting some of... read more

DePaul Students Finalists in 3 Categories in Lisagor Journalism Awards

DePaul Students Finalists in 3 Categories in Lisagor Journalism Awards

​DePaul student journalists were selected as finalists Tuesday in three categories for the 39th annual Peter Lisagor Awards​ presented... read more

HTHC Alum Akinlawon Named in Top 40 Under 40 in Healthcare

HTHC Alum Akinlawon Named in Top 40 Under 40 in Healthcare

  Health Communication alumna Melissa Akinlawon has been cited as one of the nation's top 40 Under 40 in Healthcare by the... read more

Student Journalists Take Over Dozen Honors at '15 SPJ Awards

Student Journalists Take Over Dozen Honors at '15 SPJ Awards

Our Journalism students were honored with over a dozen nods at the Society of Professional Journalists 2015 Mark of Excellent Awards for... read more

Makagon Talks DIY Punk with Razor Cake

Makagon Talks DIY Punk with Razor Cake

  Punk rock periodical Razor Cake has interviewed our own punk rock prof., Daniel Makagon, about the punk DIY lifestyle.... read more

PRAD Students Awarded Arthur W. Page Society Grand Prize for Starbucks Study

PRAD Students Awarded Arthur W. Page Society Grand Prize for Starbucks Study

Three students in our Public Relations and Advertising program, have been announced as the Grand Prize winners for  the Arthur W. Page... read more

DePaulia Wins 17 at ICPA Awards

DePaulia Wins 17 at ICPA Awards

Our award-winning student-produced newspaper The DePaulia beat its own record from 2015 at this past weekend’s Illinois College Press... read more

Davis Receives Grant for Preservation of Christian Comics

Davis Receives Grant for Preservation of Christian Comics

Media and Cinema Studies Professor Blair Davis has received a $3,000 Vincentian Endowment Fund Award for his “Christianity and Comic Books”... read more

When Michael Jordan Cries, So Cries the Internet

When Michael Jordan Cries, So Cries the Internet

Professor Paul Booth (Media and Cinema Studies), an expert on communication via social media and memes, explains how Michael Jordan’s... read more

Ragas, Culp's 'Business Essentials' Peer Reviewed by Journals

Ragas, Culp's 'Business Essentials' Peer Reviewed by Journals

Business Essentials for Strategic Communicators: Creating Shared Valued for the Organization and its Stakeholders, authored by PRAD... read more

MLK Jr. Inspires Award-Winning Student Speech

MLK Jr. Inspires Award-Winning Student Speech

Originally published in DePaul Magazine.Sophomore Yara Ismail, who is majoring in Public Relations and Advertising and minoring in... read more

Alumni Advice with Consultant Arbin Smith

Alumni Advice with Consultant Arbin Smith

Arbin Smith (CMN MA ’00) is an expert in taking the uncomfortable and making it comfortable. As a consultant for Deloitte, Smith works with... read more

Lessons from Seinfeld

Lessons from Seinfeld

What makes a TV show work? What makes it fail? How do you put together a show that will capture the attention of audiences everywhere? Media... read more

PRWeek Names DePaul PRAD 'Program of the Year' Finalist

PRWeek Names DePaul PRAD 'Program of the Year' Finalist

We are very proud to announce that the College of Communication's Public Relations and Advertising program has been named a short-list... read more

Davis Edits Book Offering Various takes on Kurosawa Classic Rashomon

Davis Edits Book Offering Various takes on Kurosawa Classic Rashomon

Routledge recently published the anthology Rashomon Effects: Kurosawa, Rashomon and Their Legacies, co-edited by Blair... read more

Acclaimed Chicago Journalists Marin and Moseley to Co-Direct New Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence

Acclaimed Chicago Journalists Marin and Moseley to Co-Direct New Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence

Truth, accuracy, fairness and context will serve as the guiding principles for DePaul University’s new Center for Journalism Integrity and... read more

Makagon 'Underground' Book Talk, Signing in Las Vegas

Makagon 'Underground' Book Talk, Signing in Las Vegas

Professor Daniel Makagon will be speaking about his new book, Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows, at The... read more

DePaul PRSSA Chapter Wins First Star Chapter Award

DePaul PRSSA Chapter Wins First Star Chapter Award

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) at DePaul was awarded the first Star Chapter Award at this year’s PRSSA 2015... read more

Culp to Receive Public Relations Society of America Lifetime Achievement Award

Culp to Receive Public Relations Society of America Lifetime Achievement Award

Ron Culp, a public relations consultant and professional director of the graduate Public Relations and Advertising program at DePaul... read more

Makagon on the DIY Spirit of Punk

Makagon on the DIY Spirit of Punk

College of Communication Associate Professor Daniel Makagon has long been both a fan, but also a documentarian, on the punk music scene,... read more

Radio DePaul Earns Five National Broadcasting Awards

Radio DePaul Earns Five National Broadcasting Awards

Radio DePaul, DePaul University’s student-run radio station, won five national awards between two separate college broadcasting and... read more

Bryant Honored in NCA's Teachers on Teaching Awards

Bryant Honored in NCA's Teachers on Teaching Awards

Professor Leah Bryant has been selected to be honored at the National Communication Association’s (NCA) "Teachers on Teaching” program... read more

DePaulia Wins Best of Show, Other Categories at ACP/CMA Awards

DePaulia Wins Best of Show, Other Categories at ACP/CMA Awards

The DePaulia won 14 college media awards, including Best of Show, at the annual Associated Collegiate Press/College Media... read more

Faculty Earn Grants for Healthcare Research

Faculty Earn Grants for Healthcare Research

Two College of Communication faculty members working on the field of healthcare earned grants for two separate research projects currently... read more

Baglia's 'Communicating Pregnancy Loss' named Book of the Year by OSCLG

Baglia's 'Communicating Pregnancy Loss' named Book of the Year by OSCLG

Professor Jay Baglia’s latest book, Communicating Pregnancy Loss: Narrative as a Method for Change, was selected as Book of the Year by... read more

DePaulia Students Report from D.C. on Pope's US Visit

DePaulia Students Report from D.C. on Pope's US Visit

In late September, two editors from our student-produced newspaper The DePaulia traveled to the nation's capitol to cover Pope Francis’... read more

Instructor, Cartoonist Krimstein to Get "Semi-Serious" at CIFF

Instructor, Cartoonist Krimstein to Get "Semi-Serious" at CIFF

The multi-talented Ken Krimstein, instructor in the College of Communication's Public Relations and Advertising program, is also a... read more

Innovation Lab Prepares Next Generation of Social Media Practitioners

Innovation Lab Prepares Next Generation of Social Media Practitioners

At Gatorade, it’s called Mission Control. Target knows it as Guest Central, while the American Red Cross deems it the Digital Operations... read more

The DePaulia Named 12 Category Finalist for Annual ACP-CMA Awards

The DePaulia Named 12 Category Finalist for Annual ACP-CMA Awards

The DePaulia has been named a Finalist in 12 categories in the national Pinnacle and Pacemaker awards.The award ceremonies will be held in... read more

The DePaulia: Celebrate Volume 100! Reception

The DePaulia: Celebrate Volume 100! Reception

This fall, The DePaulia, our award-winning student newspaper, will begin publishing its 100th volume. To mark the occasion, alumni of The... read more

Mastin and Willard on Health and History in DePaul Magazine

Mastin and Willard on Health and History in DePaul Magazine

College of Communication faculty lend their thoughts and expertise to a couple of pieces published in... read more

Miller, Upton Recognized For Stellar Student Advising

Miller, Upton Recognized For Stellar Student Advising

Two of the College of Communication’s team of student advisors were noted by the university’s DePaul Academic Advising Network (DAAN) at... read more

Who Wore What? Prof. Blair Davis on Black Superhero Costumes

Who Wore What? Prof. Blair Davis on Black Superhero Costumes

Superman’s iconic red cape hints to us that he can fly. Batman’s mask explains his alter-ego, and Spider-Man’s web-emblazoned jumpsuit... read more

Prof. Davis on Black Comic Book Superheroes

Prof. Davis on Black Comic Book Superheroes

MCS Professor Blair Davis has recently published a book chapter in the new anthology The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in... read more

College of Communication Grad Sees Advertising as Storytelling

College of Communication Grad Sees Advertising as Storytelling

As a college student majoring in hospitality leadership, Jose Juarez fell in love with advertising after realizing “advertising is... read more

Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games

Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games

DePaul’s Newsline highlights Prof. Paul Booth’s new book

PRAD Students Earn Grand Prize in Page Case Study Competition

PRAD Students Earn Grand Prize in Page Case Study Competition

Two teams of DePaul PRAD students earn top honors in annual competition

What's It Like to Work in Media Planning?

What's It Like to Work in Media Planning?

Communication alum offers advice for others interested in careers as media directors

Communication Students Participate in Creative Bootcamp

Communication Students Participate in Creative Bootcamp

PRAD students take part in hands-on One Club program

Alumni: Lauren Camplin

Alumni: Lauren Camplin

Graduate Camplin now working for ESPN

PRAD Undergrad Speaks at Frank Karel Conference

PRAD Undergrad Speaks at Frank Karel Conference

"I found out about the opportunity through DePaul and I am so grateful for the experience."

DePaulia Makes Big Showing at 2015 ICPA Awards

DePaulia Makes Big Showing at 2015 ICPA Awards

The DePaulia writes the book — er, periodical on how good journalism is done

What's the Allure of Rom-Coms?

What's the Allure of Rom-Coms?

MCS Prof. Booth on rom-coms for Valentine's Day

Communicating Pregnancy Loss: Narrative as a Method for Change

Communicating Pregnancy Loss: Narrative as a Method for Change

Prof. Jay Baglia (Health Communication) on his latest book

Pay for Your Next Mac Attack with a Bit of McLovin'

Pay for Your Next Mac Attack with a Bit of McLovin'

Da-da-da-da-daaaah/Ken's lovin' it

Radio DePaul Nominated for 15 IBS Awards

Radio DePaul Nominated for 15 IBS Awards

The College of Communication's own student-run radio station is up for 15 national college radio awards

Kessler Attends TV Academy Seminar in Los Angeles

Kessler Attends TV Academy Seminar in Los Angeles

Television scholar spends time in the heart of the industry

PRAD Program Honors PR Greats at Plank Center Event

PRAD Program Honors PR Greats at Plank Center Event

The College of Communication attends the 10th annual Plank Center Milestones in Mentoring Awards

Miami: A Stage for the Latino Story in Media and Communication

Miami: A Stage for the Latino Story in Media and Communication

Study: Miami deadline extended to November 15

GCA Hosts Children's Hospital Wish List Drive

GCA Hosts Children's Hospital Wish List Drive

Graduate Communication Association hosts Ronald McDonald House Wish List Drive

Student Journalism Work Finalists in 2014 Eppys

Student Journalism Work Finalists in 2014 Eppys

College of Communication student journalism work places in EPPY finals

Journalism Program’s Jason Martin Co-Authors Paper on Anonymous Online Commenting

Journalism Program’s Jason Martin Co-Authors Paper on Anonymous Online Commenting

Report “examines law and media best practices from around the world on the question of anonymous speech online."

MCS Prof. Alvaray Served as CIFF Judge

MCS Prof. Alvaray Served as CIFF Judge

The Chicago International Film Festival wraps up tomorrow, but the College of Communication remains proud that Media and Cinema Studies... read more

FASPE Offers International Opportunity for Journalism Students

FASPE Offers International Opportunity for Journalism Students

​FASPE now accepting applications for an intensive two-week summer program on contemporary journalism ethics

From Advocacy to Empowerment

From Advocacy to Empowerment

​Teresa Mastin on empowering those without voices

Student Journalists Host Free Speech Wall Day at DePaul

Student Journalists Host Free Speech Wall Day at DePaul

DePaul SPJ/ONA students participate in national day for free speech

College of Communication Student Media Grab Big Noms at Pinnacle Awards

College of Communication Student Media Grab Big Noms at Pinnacle Awards

​​The DePaulia, Radio DePaul both nominated in College Media Association annual awards

The DePaulia Launches New Website

The DePaulia Launches New Website

​Same great news, all new views

SPJ/ONA DePaul Named Region 5 Chapter of Year

SPJ/ONA DePaul Named Region 5 Chapter of Year

​Previously ​earned award in '13, '11

Crain's Names PRAD's Culp in Annual Who's Who in Chicago Business

Crain's Names PRAD's Culp in Annual Who's Who in Chicago Business

Ron Culp. Remember that name, Chicago business professionals

Prof. Goltz's Work on Same-Sex Marriage Cited by NCA

Prof. Goltz's Work on Same-Sex Marriage Cited by NCA

On "Queer Resistance and Same-Sex Marriage"

MCS's Prof. Davis on Great Bad B-Movies

MCS's Prof. Davis on Great Bad B-Movies

​​MCS B-movie expert discusses great bad movies with the CBC upon the release of "Sharknado: The Second One"

SPJ/ONA to Present DePaul Free Speech Wall at SPJ Conference

SPJ/ONA to Present DePaul Free Speech Wall at SPJ Conference

Presenting at the Excellence in Journalism conference this year

PRSSA Chapter Selected to Present at National Conference in October

PRSSA Chapter Selected to Present at National Conference in October

On "How I Met My Mentor" at National Conference

Makagon Awarded with Excellence in Teaching Award for ’13-’14

Makagon Awarded with Excellence in Teaching Award for ’13-’14

​Innovative professor makes his mark on student learning

Journalism Senior Wins AEJMC Competition

Journalism Senior Wins AEJMC Competition

​Student's story on Boston Marathon Runners places first in international competition

College of Communication Profs. Honored by DePaul ENGAGE

College of Communication Profs. Honored by DePaul ENGAGE

Faculty cited for their commitment to social responsibility

SPJ/ONA Honored with Outstanding Organizational Development Award

SPJ/ONA Honored with Outstanding Organizational Development Award

For innovative programming and social responsibility

PRAD’s Jain Selected for Plank Center Fellowship This Summer

PRAD’s Jain Selected for Plank Center Fellowship This Summer

Serving fellowship in San Antonio

PRAD Grad Student Wins KEPRRA Award

PRAD Grad Student Wins KEPRRA Award

Aaron Westbrook awarded prestigious Ketchum Excellence in Public Relations Research Award

SPJ/ONA DePaul Hosts Women in Sports Journalism Panel

SPJ/ONA DePaul Hosts Women in Sports Journalism Panel

​​Professional advice from women working in sports journalism

College of Communication Hosts LatinoUSA's Quiz the Media Event

College of Communication Hosts LatinoUSA's Quiz the Media Event

LatinoUSA's “Quiz the Media”, teamed journalism and media students from three Chicago schools to pose questions to a group of... read more

PRAD's Culp Writes on New Media Skills in Business Officer Article

PRAD's Culp Writes on New Media Skills in Business Officer Article

"A 24/7 news cycle and an ever-expanding number of communication methods make way for more-effective higher education messaging."

Journalism Students Take Home 23 SPJ Awards

Journalism Students Take Home 23 SPJ Awards

Big regional accolades include seven first-place wins

DePaulia Student Newspaper Archives Available Online

DePaulia Student Newspaper Archives Available Online

​All the​ DePaul journalism history that's fit to digitize

PRAD Students Present Winning Cases for Arthur W. Page Society

PRAD Students Present Winning Cases for Arthur W. Page Society

Students from graduate Corporate Communication Class win in public relations competition

Two PRAD Students Receive 2014 LAGRANT Scholarships

Two PRAD Students Receive 2014 LAGRANT Scholarships

Public Relations and Advertising students Lily Kim and Luis Sanchez earn noted scholarships

Alvaray on Using Photography for Intercultural Awareness

Alvaray on Using Photography for Intercultural Awareness

"Snap Shots: Using Photography for Intercultural Awareness and Understanding"

Invasion of the Student Course Revisers!

Invasion of the Student Course Revisers!

DePaul professors seek innovative ways to inspire students and enhance their educational experience

Journalism Students, NBC Investigate Chicago's Sorry Sidewalks

Journalism Students, NBC Investigate Chicago's Sorry Sidewalks

​City si​dewalks, crumbling sidewalks...

DePaulia Takes Top Honors in ICPA Awards

DePaulia Takes Top Honors in ICPA Awards

DePau​lia continues impressive run at ICPA with 16 wins, top honor

Listen Up! Radio DePaul Tunes in to Success

Listen Up! Radio DePaul Tunes in to Success

The award-winning Radio DePaul is broadcasting loud and clear

Making Strides to Improve Health Care Communication, One Step at a Time

Making Strides to Improve Health Care Communication, One Step at a Time

​ When Don Martin, a professor and associate dean in the College of Communication, joined the board of directors for Operation Walk... read more

Tran Co-Writes Study on Super Bowl Advertising

Tran Co-Writes Study on Super Bowl Advertising

​Are you ready for some football... advertisements?

Mastin Writes on Mental Health for Ebony

Mastin Writes on Mental Health for Ebony

On NYC Mayor Blasio's daughter's struggles with depression

Chicago Tribune App Developer Workshops with SPJ/ONA DePaul

Chicago Tribune App Developer Workshops with SPJ/ONA DePaul

Andy Boyle leads a coding workshop SPJ/ONA DePaul members

Ragas, Tran Digital Media Paper Cited by Harvard

Ragas, Tran Digital Media Paper Cited by Harvard

Named one of the top papers on Digital Communication for 2013

PRWeek Names DePaul PRAD Education Program of the Year Finalist

PRWeek Names DePaul PRAD Education Program of the Year Finalist

"This accolade reflects a great deal of hard work from a lot of people in our PR program,” said Interim Dean Bruno Teboul

Good Day DePaul Student Feature Story Wins Top Honor at Television Awards

Good Day DePaul Student Feature Story Wins Top Honor at Television Awards

Good Day DePaul's Jessica Paris wins first place

DePaul SPJ Chapter Joins Online News Association

DePaul SPJ Chapter Joins Online News Association

SPJ DePau​l has reorganized as SPJ/ONA DePaul to better serve its student journalism members at DePaul University, the organization has announced.

Investigative Journalism Class Spurs FOX News Report on For-Profit Adoptions

Investigative Journalism Class Spurs FOX News Report on For-Profit Adoptions

​DePaul student journalism work helps inspire major media investigation​

PRSSA Wins Award for Best Regional Conference

PRSSA Wins Award for Best Regional Conference

​DePaul PRSSA Chapter wins fourth Tehan Award at PRSSA National Conference

Communication Student Crowned Miss Black North Shore

Communication Student Crowned Miss Black North Shore

Junior crowned Miss Black North Shore in this year's Miss Black Illinois USA pageant​

DePaulia Wins 2nd Place Best of Show at ACP Convention

DePaulia Wins 2nd Place Best of Show at ACP Convention

DeP​aulia places in ACA Best in Show for second year in a row

The DePaulia Archives Go Digital

The DePaulia Archives Go Digital

DePaulia archives reaching back to 1923 will be available digitally

Goltz Earns National Communication Association Award

Goltz Earns National Communication Association Award

Honored with Lilla A. Heston Award for 2013

Dollarocracy Book Discussion and Authors Signing

Dollarocracy Book Discussion and Authors Signing

College hosts authors in discussion of the media election complex

SPJ DePaul Named National Campus Chapter of the Year

SPJ DePaul Named National Campus Chapter of the Year

​SPJ DePaul was named National Campus Chapter of the Year for the second time in three years

College's Doctor Who Expert Edits Book on BBC Show

College's Doctor Who Expert Edits Book on BBC Show

Prof. Booth gives the what, where and when on Who

Professor Bruce Evensen on the Future of Newspapers

Professor Bruce Evensen on the Future of Newspapers

Evensen talks with WTTW about the future of print journalism

MCS Prof. Davis Discusses the History of the B-Movie

MCS Prof. Davis Discusses the History of the B-Movie

MCS Asst. Professor Blair Davis talks B-movie history and future

Journalism Alum Ali Trumbull Earns SPJ's Outstanding Graduate Award

Journalism Alum Ali Trumbull Earns SPJ's Outstanding Graduate Award

Recipient of the Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award

Better Communication, Better Care

Better Communication, Better Care

Don Martin, associate dean of the College of Communication, is a true believer

Kelly Wins SPJ Minnesota Scholarship

Kelly Wins SPJ Minnesota Scholarship

​SPJ DePaul President Brianna Kelly awarded $2,500 academic scholarship

Professor Martin Honored with AEJMC Award

Professor Martin Honored with AEJMC Award

​Jason Martin named "Promising Professor"

ABC journalist Chris Bury to teach in the College of Communication

ABC journalist Chris Bury to teach in the College of Communication

ABC national correspondent comes to DePaul as senior journalist-in-residence

Incoming PRAD Professor's Paper Earns Top Honor at ICA

Incoming PRAD Professor's Paper Earns Top Honor at ICA

​​New PRAD Prof. Maria De Moya earns a citation for Top Faculty Paper from the International Communication Association in London

Professor Goltz on Evolving Gay Culture

Professor Goltz on Evolving Gay Culture

​OM&C Professor Dustin Goltz on changes occurring in homosexual communities

adVentors Wins SRL Award

adVentors Wins SRL Award

adVentors named Student Organization of the Year

DePaul SPJ Students Earn SRL Awards

DePaul SPJ Students Earn SRL Awards

SPJ DePaul won three awards Thursday night at the DePaul Student Leadership Institute’s Socially Responsible Leaders recognition... read more

DePaul ENGAGE Awards Recognize Communication Faculty

DePaul ENGAGE Awards Recognize Communication Faculty

College receives nine DePaul ENGAGE Awards for faculty

MCS Professor Paul Booth on the Cultural Meaning of the BBC's Doctor Who

MCS Professor Paul Booth on the Cultural Meaning of the BBC's Doctor Who

​Professor Booth on the significance of Doctor Who fandom

Beyond the Margins Graduate Panel

Beyond the Margins Graduate Panel

Graduate student conference focused on the relationship between the mainstream and the marginal as it occurs within various media

SPJ Volunteers with Concert for Carlos

SPJ Volunteers with Concert for Carlos

Memorial for former DePaul student and Chicago journalist Carlos Hernandez Gomez

ORG Student Wins LAGRANT Award

ORG Student Wins LAGRANT Award

Rebecca Daily-Wooley receives 2012 scholarship

'The Battle for the B's': An Interview with Prof. Blair Davis

'The Battle for the B's': An Interview with Prof. Blair Davis

Were you a fan of ‘50s B-movies as a kid?The short answer is no, not necessarily, I wasn't really exposed to them. I guess that's a... read more

Jason Martin Cited in Legal Ruling on Free Speech

Jason Martin Cited in Legal Ruling on Free Speech

An article co-authored by Assistant Professor Jason Martin​ was cited in a recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision. Released on Feb. 21, In... read more

Radio DePaul Featured on CBI's Weekly Showcase

Radio DePaul Featured on CBI's Weekly Showcase

Radio DePaul is featured on College Broadcasters, Inc.'s Weekly Showcase

DePaulia Earns 11 at ICPA Awards

DePaulia Earns 11 at ICPA Awards

Including second place for General Excellence for a Non-Daily Big-School Newspaper

Seminar for Reporting on Globalization Hosted at DePaul this March

Seminar for Reporting on Globalization Hosted at DePaul this March

College to host 'Covering Globalization at the Local Level' seminar

Radio DePaul Named Best College Radio Station in the Nation by IBS

Radio DePaul Named Best College Radio Station in the Nation by IBS

Winner of nine IBS awards for 2011

Four Student Projects Selected SPJ Finalists

Four Student Projects Selected SPJ Finalists

DePaul students compete for SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards

Professor Bryant Named VP of CSCA

Professor Bryant Named VP of CSCA

Leah Bryant elected second vice president of the Central States Communication Association

Radio DePaul Wins Again

Radio DePaul Wins Again

Radio DePaul tunes in to another six awards with the IBS

CMN Faculty, Staff Run Chicago Marathon

CMN Faculty, Staff Run Chicago Marathon

Faculty, staff, participate in this year's Chicago Marathon

SPJ DePaul Named Campus Chapter of the Year

SPJ DePaul Named Campus Chapter of the Year

SPJ DePaul named National Campus Chapter of the Year

Professor Matt Ragas Receives Dissertation Award

Professor Matt Ragas Receives Dissertation Award

Ragas takes Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award for ‘11

Leah Bryant Awarded Wicklander Fellowship

Leah Bryant Awarded Wicklander Fellowship

In support of her "Beginning in Families and Continuing in the Classroom" project

PRSSA to Present Seminar in Orlando

PRSSA to Present Seminar in Orlando

​DePaul’s PRSSA Chapter​ to present seminar at the in Orlando, Florida

DePaulia Wins Six Prestigious Awards

DePaulia Wins Six Prestigious Awards

Student-produced newspaper earns high marks at ICPA Awards