University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication

12/12/2025

This week's podcast special guest is Megan Klein; the president of the Society of Professional Journalists at Iowa! SPJ just started a new chapter at UIowa, give it a listen to learn more!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JVUexA6OclaAhkmqmMp94?si=Y3KTWEDRSvisrEXrgK_9Nw

12/12/2025

When you're a journalism major so you don't have multiple choice final tests next week!

12/12/2025

SJMC professor emeritus Frank Durham and professor David Dowling have just released a NEW research article titled "The Magnate and the Muckraker: Understanding the 1924 Meetings between John D. Rockefeller Jr and Ida Tarbell." Durham's archival discovery sheds new light on a key chapter in journalism history This piece has been published in the prestigious academic journal American Journalism. If you would like to read the article tap below.

Functioning as the custodian of his father’s memory, John D. Rockefeller Jr, solicited the advice of muckraking reporter Ida Tarbell in 1924 regarding whether and when he should publish a commissio...

12/11/2025

Iowa City's only LGBTQ+ nightclub, Studio 13 celebrated it's 25th anniversary on Friday, December 5th! Muskan Mehta and Riley Dunn covered the exciting event for The Daily Iowan! If you would like to read the piece they wrote, tap the link below or if you're in Iowa City, grab a physical copy of The Daily Iowan!

https://dailyiowan.com/2025/12/09/studio-13-celebrates-25th-anniversary/

📸1: Emma Calabro

📸 2,3 & 4: Ava Neumaier

12/09/2025

Big congratulations to Professor Melissa Tully and SJMC PhD Alum Patrick Johnson on the release of Equitable Media Literacies: Literacies Pedagogies and Practices for Healthy Civic Futures!

This book reimagines media literacy through equity, community, and civic engagement. It offers new frameworks and actionable practices for more inclusive media futures.

12/05/2025

🥳 Congratulations to Alex Scott, Sang Jung Kim and Bingbing Zhang on their newly published article exploring how people respond to political deepfakes and what can be done to help the public spot and resist them.

Immunizing the Public Against AI-Generated Disinformation: Testing the Effects of Inoculation Mode and Issue Attitude on Inoculation Likelihood of Political Deepfakes was published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. This research was supported by the SJMC Easton Fund.

Using inoculation and motivated reasoning theory, the team tested different strategies designed to boost deepfake awareness and reduce belief in misleading content.

Their findings offer valuable insight into combating disinformation in a rapidly changing media landscape. Kudos to the team on this impactful new study! 🎉 Check it out here: https://research-ebsco-com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/c/g5r45w/viewer/pdf/b2dk3ocnwz?route=details

12/05/2025

The hot chocolate bar is back in the Student Center!

12/04/2025

The Adler Agency is the SJMC's student-run marketing and strategic communications organization. Students involved with the agency gain real-world experience by working with local for-profit and non-profit clients. Members also have the chance to earn 3 credit hours, network and even land internship/job opportunities through their contributions.

To learn more about the Adler Agency's past projects,
mission and more, tap the link below!
https://journalism.uiowa.edu/news/2025/12/adler-agency-wraps-third-semester-business

Tap below to check out the agency's website.
https://www.adleragency.org/

12/03/2025

Have you attended an Iowa City Festive Friday? DITV's Liz Schultz brings in the holiday cheer with all the festivities happening in downtown Iowa City!

Tap below to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDSUeCMaY_I

12/02/2025

Did you hear? Associate professor Jamil Marques co-authored "De-Westernizing Communication Studies Through Domesticating the Global South: A Critical Examination of the Mechanisms Shaping Scholarly Participation in the Field," in the International Journal of Communication! Congrats Jamil!

You can read the article by tapping below!

De-Westernizing Communication Studies Through Domesticating the Global South: A Critical Examination of the Mechanisms Shaping Scholarly Participation in the Field Authors Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques University of Iowa, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Andressa Butture Kniess Federal Un...

12/01/2025

One day it's 35, the next day is 60. That means winter is upon us in Iowa!

11/29/2025

Professor Meenakshi Gigi Durham is the guest editor for the Fall 2025 issue of the literary journal The Iowa Review. The issue’s theme is “Bodies In and Out of Control,” expanding her area of scholarly expertise into fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and art.

Tap below to learn more about the issue!
https://iowareview.org/current-issue/