JMS to offer new digital media literacy course

The School of Journalism & Media Studies at San Diego State University will offer a new university-wide course in digital media literacy beginning fall semester 2012.

JMS 296, an experimental topics course whose formal title is Social Media in the Digital Age, is part of the School’s strategic initiative to further both the School’s and the University’s reputation as the region’s established leader in digital and social media education and training. Read more.

Schmitz Weiss awarded Knight grant

JMS faculty member Amy Schmitz Weiss has been named one of 10 U.S. scholars to receive a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for a special project with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The project is called, “Building a Bridge Between the Knight News Challenge and JMC Programs” (http://www.aejmc.org/home/2011/11/2011-12-bridge-grant-recipients/). Read more.

JMS gets boost with $300K donation

Platinum Equity Group, former owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune, has donated $300,000 to SDSU’s School of Journalism & Media Studies. The gift will create the Platinum Project in Digital News Literacy and will help support instruction in digital and social media for undergraduate SDSU students and for professionals in the community.

The Platinum Project will help address the critical need to enhance digital media literacy among media professionals, audiences and students. Read more.

Fund-raising begins for Broom Center

The School of Journalism & Media Studies and the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts have begun a campaign to raise funds for the Glen M. Broom Student Center for Professional Development in Public Relations at San Diego State University. Read more.