School of Journalism and Mass Media, University of Idaho

Happy New Year, Vandals!

2024 has been a year filled with new friendships, great accomplishments, and incredible growth. Wishing all the Vandals an incredible New Year—here’s to an even brighter 2025! 🎆💛
#2025

Greetings Friends and Alumni!

2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the KINO Short Film Festival, which showcases student work alongside the best films of the Pacific Northwest.

We need your help to make the 25th anniversary of the KINO braver and bolder.

We are hoping to raise $5,000 this year to support the festival, and, eventually, $25,000 to establish an endowment that funds KINO in perpetuity.

Please consider donating to help us expand the KINO into a multiday festival for its anniversary and to sustain the KINO for years to come.

JAMM students fundraise each year to make the event possible, and your donation would help ensure that they meet their goals.

Your donation also helps JAMM students prepare for successful careers in media. At the KINO, film and broadcasting students show their work, advertising and public relations students learn event planning by managing the festival, and journalism students cover the event. It’s a learning experience across majors.

We hope you will mark your calendars for April 25-26 to return to Moscow for the KINO and to connect with other JAMM alumni!

Donations of all kinds will sustain the KINO, and any individual or organization donating $1,000 or more will become a lifetime KINO sponsor, earning free access to film screenings, parties, and other events in perpetuity.

Thank you for your support and go Vandals!

Russell Meeuf
Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media

Donate: https://www.kinofilmfest.org/25for25

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 5th annual Fall48 showcase Wednesday night in Moscow!

We’ll see you next year!

https://www.fall48.com/

We’ll see you in-person and online Wednesday at the Kenworthy in Moscow at 6:30 p.m. PT!

https://www.fall48.com/

Winter Commencement 2024– congratulations, graduates! V’s up!

Congratulations to Film and Television and Journalism major Michael Paz, who has been named KUID-TV Student of the Semester for Fall 2024.

Idaho Public Television recognizes a student every senester for demonstrating strong work ethic and dedication to the study of media.

Michael’s work has included many hours as part of the ESPN+ production crew at Idaho Athletics and a variety of high quality class projects.

The Fall48 Short Film Festival, presented by the Film and Television Studies program in the School of Journalism and Mass Media, will host a livestream and in-person event on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at the Kenworthy Theatre in Moscow, ID, starting at 6:30 p.m. PT.🎥🎞

The event will showcase selected films and announce award winners, followed by an open Q&A session with audience members and filmmakers.

🏆Cash and scholarship prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

High School
- Cash prize for Best Film
- Cash prize for Runner-Up Film

Current UI Student
- Scholarship prize for Best Film
- Scholarship prize for Runner-Up Film

Community: PNW Filmmakers + Alumni
- Cash prize for Best Film
- Cash prize for Runner-Up Film

Additional recognition and laurels will be given for:
- Best Actor
- Best Original Sound/Music
- Best Cinematography
- Best Use of Assigned Elements

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating creativity and storytelling in the PNW!🍿

🔗https://www.fall48.com/

Closing out this semester of classes with one last terrific guest lecture on Friday and you're invited!

Congratulations to Public Relations and Communication major Brielle Sorensen, who was recognized with a 2024 Alumni Award for Excellence from the University of Idaho Alumni Association.

Brielle chose Jamm faculty member Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen as her inspirational mentor.

The Alumni Award for Excellence program honors students who have achieved outstanding academic success; have demonstrated career and professional preparation; and have demonstrated and campus and community leadership and involvement.

Congrats, Brielle and Caitlin!

Please join us for this Vandal PRSSA event on Tuesday!

Almost there, Vandals!

University of Idaho's 130th Commencement Ceremony takes place Saturday, December 7 at the ICCU Arena. Two ceremonies held at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. will celebrate the accomplishments of our stalwart Vandals.

More details at https://uidaho.edu/events/commencement/winter.

Our students do amazing work!

JAMMer Ainslee Evans recently had the opportunity to direct the Idaho women’s basketball intro video as part of her internship in Idaho Athletics.

Congrats, Ainslee!

Congratulations to Broadcasting and Digital Media major Nate Azzopardi on his Senior Day with Vandal football!

(Idaho Athletics photo)

This fall, we introduced a new PR course to better examine the role of PR in society, and this semester’s class has covered political public relations.

Students have had the chance to hear from an all-star lineup of political communication professionals, including JAMM alums Madison Hardy (communications director, Sen. James Risch), Samantha Storms and Andrea Good (external affairs, Bureau of Land Management – Fire), and academics including historian Amber Roessner (University of Tennessee) and political communication expert Megan Duncan (Virginia Tech).

Last week the students heard from Josh Burstein, the creative director for the Democratic National Convention, who spoke about digital content creation strategies.