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JPC Program re-accredited by ACEJMC
Staff (05/12/2008)

The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) re-accredited the University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Journalism and Public Communications, at its May 2-3 meeting in Arlington, Va.

This is the third re-accreditation awarded to the department since it’s original accreditation from ACEJMC back in 1990.

Ballas awarded Press Club scholarship
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Teeka Ballas
The Alaska Press Club is proud to announce that it has awarded two scholarships to University of Alaska students for $500. At the University of Alaska Anchorage, the winner is Teeka Ballas.

Ballas is a UAA senior majoring in journalism and public communications, and international studies. She recently returned from a study abroad program in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she had the opportunity to work with Associated Press and The St. Petersburg Times.

McKay Lectures on Reporter Privilege
(04/15/2008)

John McKay
Guest Speaker John McKay, Communications Law Attorney, lectured on Reporter Privlege, the right not to be compelled to testify or disclose sources and information in court—in each state and federal circuit. As an attorney here in Anchorage, McKay has represented many local communications companies. Watch the full presentation here.

Magnum Photographer Lecture
(03/12/2008)

Photographer Thomas Dworzak
Guest Speaker Thomas Dworzak, Magnum Photographer, lectured on war, camera gear, and the role of an embedded photographer. Dworzak documented the conflicts in Chechnya, Karabakh and Abkhazia as well as working on a larger-scale project about the Caucasus region and its people. Watch the full presentation here.