Indiana University

Daily Announcements: July 19, 2010

1. If you're interested in photography, graphic design, websites, public relations/advertising or even owning your own media business, today's Lunch with a Pro guests can share their personal experiences. All three have involve journalism, but they've used their skills to follow different career paths. Michael Budd is owner of Media Works, a full-service advertising, design [...]

Daily Announcements: July 18, 2010

1. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Bloomington area from noon today until 7 o'clock this evening. Please drink plenty of water and stay out of the sun if possible. 2. Special event tonight: Lauren Taylor, crisis prevention services coordinator for Middle Way House, will lead a press conference on [...]

Pros’ words of advice

This afternoon during lunch I experienced something awesome. I met with two professional journalists (in hopes of one day being in their shoes).  First, I sat down with my bowl of pasta and breadsticks next to Rebecca Salerno, who is director of creative services at the Indiana University. She told me that not only was [...]

Lunch with a ‘cheerleader’

 I shyly sat down as I introduced myself to Rebecca Salerno, director of Creative Services at Indiana University. Numerous thoughts buzzed through my head. What should I say first? When should I say something? I wanted to make myself as presentable as possible. The moment Salerno took a sip of her soda and I bravely [...]

When I grow up …

Since I was a little kid, I remember people asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up. My first answer was a princess. I could live in a castle and wear pretty ball gowns. What could be bad about that? As the years went on my response transformed, and by second grade [...]

Daily Announcements: July 13, 2010

1. If you’re interested in graphic design, magazine, public relations/advertising or even law school, today’s Lunch with a Pro guests can share their personal experiences. All three have degrees in journalism, but they’ve used their degrees to take different career paths. A former HSJI counselor, Rebecca Salerno, is now Director of Creative Services for Indiana [...]

Session II Day II

Photo by Jay Seawell Advertising and Business Workshop instructor Terry McCartin looks at T.I.S. Bookstore merchandise with Brooke Schwab of Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minn., on Monday, July 12. McCartin brought his workshop students to the store so that they could do research for their assignment, an ad campaign for T.I.S. More professional journalists [...]

Daily Announcements: July 12, 2010

1. All HSJI students are welcome to participate in Lunch with a Pro today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Wright Food Court. Today’s pros include Janae’ Swan. Swan graduated from Pepperdine University with a broadcast journalism degree. While there, Swan interned at KHJ-TV and was then hired as the production assistant for their [...]

Daily announcements: July 6, 2010

1. Lunch with a Pro: today from 11:30-1 p.m. in Wright Food Court. Today’s pros include Lynn Houser, a veteran sports writer at the Herald-Times here in Bloomington. Also joining us today will be Kate Lee, director of experiential education and recruitment for the School of Journalism. Prior to working for the School of Journalism, [...]