The Student Media Center NOW

05/20/2014

Check out the New Voices of North Dakota's new website, still partially under construction

New Voices was formed in 2014, but the idea began long before. Our inaugural purpose is to pass the New Voices Act, a bill that would protect student speech and student media in our high schools, colleges and universities. Censorship and prior restraint can be difficult to recognize, often originati…

05/13/2014

The Journalism Education Association, the largest organization in the country for journalism teachers and student media advisers, endorses the New Voices Act proposed by North Dakota educators for the 2015 legislative session. Such endorsement reflects our mission and beliefs, including active defense of First Amendment freedoms and journalistic responsibilities.

The Act’s purpose — to restore and preserve student expression at both the secondary and collegiate levels — is an integral part of learning that must go on in our schools. Allowing students to make content decisions and be in charge of their own media lets them practice critical thinking, researching, interviewing, writing, editing and creating visuals while collaborating with other staffers to produce a product for an audience.

Students also learn how a free and responsible press can improve their school communities by informing, entertaining and influencing their audience. They model civics in action so not only the student journalists see how democracy works, but also those who read and view their media.

The New Voices Act has a sound educational foundation that will benefit North Dakota students far beyond their journalism newsrooms.

JEA Board of Directors

05/12/2014

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05/09/2014

The SMC staff had a great day at the North Dakota Professional Communicators College Contest banquet, so we’d like to say congrats to a few of our own. The contest awards student work in journalism, photography, radio and television broadcast, website, graphic design, advertising and public relations. Six area colleges and universities competed this year: North Dakota State University, University of North Dakota, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Bismarck State College, Minot State University, and the University of Jamestown.

The SMC congratulates the following staff for placing and all the 2013-2014 staff who worked so hard to make The Collegian, KJKR, JCTV, SMCNOW and many other projects successful:

Organizational Awards:

For the fifth time in six years, The Collegian took 1st Place in Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, making it again the best college newspaper in North Dakota. Congratulations to all the staff, and especially Peter Odney and Mark Lybeck for all the late nights!

For the first time ever, the one-year-old SMCNOW.org took 1st Place in Website Regularly Edited by Entrant. Congratulations to all the staff, especially Peter Odney, Becca O’Toole, Theresa Heier, and Jack Humphries.

Individual Awards:

Special Series - 1st Place - Peter Odney and Tracy Ortman for the “Name Change” series.

Special Articles - 1st Place - Ashley Domino, Peter Odney, Tracy Ortman, Becca O’Toole, and Brittany Rheault for “The Great White North” package.

Personal Essay - 1st Place - Tom Cooke for “Experiencing the will of a Jimmie.”

Special Radio Programming - 2nd Place - James Rommelfanger and friends for “Room 210.”

News Reporting - 3rd Place - Ashley Domino for “50 Minutes: The Robert Flores Story.”

Radio or TV Interview - 3rd Place - Josh Knutson for “KJKR Sports Variety Hour - Sarah Becker”

Personal Column - 3rd Place - Dan Arens

Feature Story - Honorable Mention - Ashley Domino for “Temple Grandin.”

Sports Writing - Honorable Mention - Peter Odney for “The Paint Bucket brings Jimmies together.”

Sports Writing - Honorable Mention - Grayson Leder for “Jimmie-sized surprise.”

Personal Column - Honorable Mention - James Rommelfanger

04/16/2014

A group of University of Jamestown students hopes to protect freedom of speech for North Dakota students through the New Voices Act. If passed, the three-pronged law would protect student speech for students attending public and private colleges and universities, as well as high school students. Adv…

02/09/2014

Congratulations to Peter Odney, Becca O'Toole, Teresa Heier, Ashley Domino, Mark Lybeck, and all the news staff at the SMC. The staff brought home two prestigious awards this weekend from the Associated Collegiate Press's Best of the Midwest convention in Minneaplis. They earned 2nd Place in best 4- year non-weekly newspapers, and 3rd place in website. First place in our newspaper category went to NDSU. The award for website was out of all schools present. States represented at the convention were North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Vermont. There was even a group there from the Phillipenes. Well done staff!

12/12/2013

Check out today's newscast and its surprise twist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb05ej7z6Rk

11/23/2013

Women's basketball team and Coach Ulland come together to reunite Puni and her mother after a year and a half away.

21Nov13 Puni sees mother for first time in a year and a half

11/21/2013

Before everyone leaves for Thanksgiving break make sure you check out today's news update! http://youtu.be/EPRfPNSvC7k

Daily Jamestown News Update. For more JCTV news visit our website at: http://www.smcnow.org/ Tune in daily to channel 16 or subscribe to our YouTube channel.

11/20/2013

Check out today's news update from the Student Media center! http://youtu.be/ldICrWDfxss

Daily Jamestown News Update. For more JCTV news visit our website at: http://www.smcnow.org/ Tune in daily to channel 16 or subscribe to our YouTube channel.