Tamera Green, senior vice president and chief communications officer of Tepper Sports & Entertainment, will join the college as a professional track faculty member and co-director of sports media initiatives.
Before she ever picked up a basketball, A’ja Wilson dreamed of becoming a writer, and the onetime mass communications major definitely has a way with words.
Kheron Alston (Broadcast Journalism '21) and Caroline Barry (Vis Com '21 and MMC '22) are two SJMC alumni finding success in the professional world thanks to their education and experiences behind the scenes of our Gamecock teams.
A new book by the CIC assistant professor of race and media, “Hip-Hop Civics: Connected Learning in the Rap Classroom,” details how educators can use hip-hip to teach civics in more engaging ways to students — especially those of color.
The Global Strategic Communication Consortium held its 2025 conclave — an exclusive event that brings together top scholars to explore the future of strategic communication through the lenses of ethics, technology, and public engagement — from March 9–13 in Sardinia, Italy.
School of Journalism and Mass communications students received five first-place awards and four finalist awards in the 2024 Region 3 Mark of Excellence competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists.
A group of 60 gathered to celebrate the photography created by students participating in the Talmadge Moore LeGrand Photojournalism Workshop led by instructor Renée Ittner-McManus.
Marcia Purday doesn’t renounce AI, she embraces it. She is using her love of technology to teach generative artificial intelligence skills to students and small businesses.
University of South Carolina student, Alicia Caracciolo, was elected international president of the Public Relations Student Society of America at the organization's leadership assembly in March.
SEC Network and ESPN radio host Paul Finebaum paid a whirlwind visit to campus on April 23 that culminated in the 2025 Buchheit Family Lecture.
Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications were recognized for their academic achievements, leadership and service at the annual SJMC Honors and Awards Reception, held in the school’s atrium on April 17.
The Broadcast Education Association recently honored the work of two USC journalism students, Zane Heinlein and Jase Leonard, at its annual Festival of Media Arts.
Assistant professor Brett Robertson in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications has been honored with the award, which recognizes faculty who demonstrate exceptional commitment to undergraduate education, innovative teaching methods and a profound impact on student learning.
The Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored four USC students for work created in the broadcast capstone course, Carolina News.
WLTX reports on 20 photojournalism students who documented the Cup under professional mentorship — building portfolios and confidence at one of the state's biggest events.
Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications garnered 10 awards at the AEJMC internationally competitive Festival of Visual & Interactive Media or "VIM Fest" awards on March 13, 2025.
As AI’s rapid evolution and adoption reaches further into advertising, professor Linwan Wu is studying its implications, impact and national public perception.
Seven students from the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications took top honors in a recent statewide contest for collegiate journalists.
Advertising and visual communications students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications earned 25 American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards from the Midland's Chapter. The awards were presented at the chapter's "Under the Stars" gala on Feb. 22.
South Carolina native Michael Harriot will give a free public lecture on Thursday, March 27, at Allen University, Chappelle Auditorium at 6:30 p.m.
Paulia D. Williams (Journalism '12) won the 2024 Dennis A. Pruitt Outstanding Advocate for First-Year Students Award. Here she talks career, TRIO and first generation-college students.
Though Jenni Knight, ('13 journalism) and Brad Williams ('11 finance and management) knew each other during their undergraduate studies at USC and shared many mutual friends, their love story didn’t begin until after graduation.
Sumner Bender credits a movie with inspiring her first true career choice. It seems only fitting, then, that the 2007 public relations graduate now leads Columbia’s art house cinema, The Nickelodeon Theatre.
Assistant professor Brett Robertson has been named associate director of the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, bringing years of expertise in risk communication and climate adaptation to the role.
You’ve seen alumna Eva Pilgrim in the co-host seat on ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘GMA3,’ but the broadcast journalism alumna has a rich life beyond TV.
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