The School of Journalism and Mass Communication - SJMC - is committed to developing educated professionals. The School couples hands-on training in professional skills with a strong liberal arts education. Our students are prepared not just for the first job, but for becoming leaders in their fields. Professional education begins early in the School. First-year students take SJMC courses and are encouraged to participate in campus media opportunities so that they are soon ready to take advantage of the hundreds of internship opportunities available to Drake SJMC students in Des Moines and all over the world.

E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies

The E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies is a resource for the Drake community, encouraging the study of current as well as historical issues through the Center's Resource Room and through campus visitors and speakers.

Drake Telemedia Center

The Drake Telemedia Center is the prime resource for multimedia technology development and support at Drake. DTC has dramatically increased the amount of video and audio streaming for the web this year.

Journalism Week Activities

SUNDAY, APRIL 17

Student Academy Awards. Meredith Hall

 6 p.m. Sneak Preview of Student Work.  Appetizers and Sparking Cider

7 p.m. Awards Ceremony and Speaker

 "Whose Ethics?" Comments by Jim Autry, internationally respected author, poet and former Better Homes and Gardens editor and Meredith Corporation Publisher.

 Coffee and Dessert Afterwards.

 DRESS LIKE A STAR

TUESDAY, APRIL 19

Movie: Shattered Glass

6 p.m.; Bulldog Theatre, Olmsted Center

True story of Stephen Glass, who destroyed his thriving journalism career by plagiarizing information for some of America's top publications.

 Student Panel Discussion Afterward.

 Popcorn provided during the movie.