
Student Spotlights
Meet some of our students who are making and creating news, winning awards, holding leadership positions and just generally changing our campus and the world.
Our students are involved in interesting, challenging and creative activities both inside and outside the classroom. We showcase some of them on this page. And we update it regularly.
CreateAthon@USC is a massive 24-hour talent blitz where Gamecock students, faculty and alumni donate their time and talent to help deserving South Carolina nonprofits.
Students study the history of Super Bowl Advertising and critique the current year lineup of Super Bowl commercials based on likability, persuasiveness and brand identity.
The Carolina Agency is a student-run PR agency providing innovative solutions to common communications issues presented by clients across the Southeast.
Senior semester print and broadcast journalism students showcase their award-winning work online on the Dateline Carolina website. Updates daily.
Carolina Insider is a news “cut-in” created by SJMC students learning the craft of producing. Airing twice a week, these short newscasts feature the work of students in Intermediate Reporting and Power Producing.
The best student work from the Advanced Multimedia Storytelling class. Each project includes at least three components, including video, interactive maps, graphics, timelines and/or written stories.
This course is designed to help students develop the theory, skills, and techniques needed to create high-quality videos and multimedia for use in a variety of media applications.
A curated selection of recent strong work from the Visual Communications program at the University of South Carolina and School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
In this class taught by Denise McGill, students spend extended time photographing stories that matter to their communities.
These profiles are part of a project by SJMC students to explore the humanity of journalists, highlight the impact of their work and advocate for the profession’s value.
Students in the college travel the world for semester-long Study Abroad and shorter Maymester, summer and spring break trips. When they are out, many of them will blog their experiences here.
The website of the Magazine Writing class which emphasizes in-depth profiles, short features and trend and issue-oriented articles to help students develop online portfolios.