Penn State communications alumni and faculty members are helping shape the future of journalism by embracing analytics and data-driven approaches for audience engagement.
A two-day conference focused on intercollegiate athletics — featuring an opening keynote address by ESPN’s Jay Bilas and closing remarks by former U.S. Rep. and NBA player Tom McMillen, president and CEO of the LEAD1 Association — will be conducted Oct. 17-18 on Penn State's University Park campus. The conference is coordinated by Penn State's interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Sports in Society.
Thirty-two members of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications are participating in or being recognized at the 102nd Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications conference Aug. 7-10 in Toronto.
Alumnus Chris Lindsley's book about Funland, the timeless amusement park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, is part history and part memoir. In “Land of Fun: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Amusement Park for the Ages," Lindsley also tells the story of Funland's 90-year-old co-founder, Al Fasnacht, a Penn State alumnus himself.
Two of six participants selected for a national program pairing educators with media organizations to focus on how technology is changing the way news is delivered have connections to the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
World Campus student — the first to earn a digital journalism and media degree — finds personal support and thrives as he makes an investment in his future.
Alumnus Marty Aronoff recently committed to an even greater and more lasting impact on Penn State students with two gifts — one creating a fund to enable student travel and another supporting establishment of an audio studio in the Donald P. Bellisario Media Center.
Thirty years after his days as a four-time letter winner for the Penn State football team, Quintus McDonald earned his bachelor's degree in telecommunications earlier this month, an accomplishment that came with "an outpouring of love and support."
A contingent of more than 50 faculty members, graduate students and alumni from the Bellisario College of Communications represented Penn State at the recent International Communication Association conference in Washington, D.C.
For Paul Levine, Penn State is a feeling, something special and something he hopes to share with generations of students. That's why Levine, a 1969 journalism alumnus, has endowed a scholarship for students majoring in journalism.
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, one of the largest, most respected, media-related charitable foundations in the United States, has provided a $100,000 grant to support construction of the Donald P. Bellisario Media Center at Penn State.
Student broadcasters from CommRadio, the internet-based radio station housed in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, will cover the NFL Draft for the 11th year in a row.
A pair of recent Penn State graduates will be working at one of the world’s most famous golf tournaments this week, helping ESPN produce coverage of the Masters.
Award-winning and multitalented journalist Tom Verducci, who has been honored for his work in a variety of mediums, will present the commencement address for the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications during exercises May 4 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Three Penn State alumni and former Nittany Lions now starring in the NFL will return to campus April 12, the day before the Blue-White Game, to participate in a panel discussion about the business of football at 4:30 p.m. in the HUB-Robeson Center.
