Sycamore Journalism

03/21/2022

Check out this piece from Kayla McCloud on the College of Arts and Sciences fundraising event for Give to Blue Day on March 16.

For the first time in two years, Indiana State University administrators greeted people on Give to Blue Day with maskless smiles as…

03/21/2022

Comm422 Community Journalism is back in business! Check out coverage from our live newsroom. Stories will be updated weekly for the rest of the semester.

Stories from Comm422 Community Journalism.

05/02/2017

Check out Makyla Thompson's video on bringing together African and African American students on campus, in the latest in Community Journalism's series on cultural divide.

Members of ISU’s Black Student Union and African Student Union work to find common ground.

04/30/2017

Nevia Buford's story of staff overcoming generational and class obstacles to becoming students just went live on ISU Community Journalism! Check it out!
https://medium.com/isu-community-journalism/gems-of-isu-too-often-hidden-765af9f71ca7

Hundreds of staff members make the university run, but struggle against class and age barriers to institutional recognition.

04/21/2017

Marissa Schmitter's story on women's activism is the latest in our Community Journalism class series on cultural divide. It's a good read!

Closing of Planned Parenthood, threats of violence, workplace discrimination are still battle lines for Terre Haute women.

04/17/2017

Ryan Gortney looks at the divides among college students -- young and older, on-campus and commuters. Plus, bonus video of some of pop culture's favorite college stereotypes.
https://medium.com/isu-community-journalism/the-myth-of-the-typical-college-student-f0f3ea5d2b37

Financially strapped and culturally diverse, college students today do not resemble pop culture stereotypes.

04/14/2017

A photo essay and story by Kierra Mellenthin kicks off this semester's Community Journalism class series on issues of cultural divide. Check out this story and those to come in the following week. All these stories are leading up to our public forum on Tuesday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the ISU library events area. Links will be posted on this page and in the comments below each story. Our journalism students welcome your feedback as we explore the many ways our community is divided, and how we can bridge those gaps.

Mallory Elibracht is one of an increasing percentage of 20-somethings in career limbo and feeling stuck between her parents’ reality and an…

05/19/2016

ISU alumnus and multimedia journalist Jimmy Jenkins gave our Society of Professional Journalists members fantastic career advice this spring. Worth sharing!

Tips for getting the most our of your journalism job search, from multimedia journalist Jimmy Jenkins of KJZZ in Phoenix…

05/12/2016

This multimedia story by Aleesha Broadus is the latest in Comm422's "Poverty and Policy" project. Stay tuned for more in the days to come!

Tough financial and life choices face ISU student fighting to get through school.

04/25/2016

Some nice pix by Marissa Schmitter from Ted Cruz's visit to the Haute yesterday! Good story by Alex Modesitt, too.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz made a stop in Terre Haute on Sunday in an effort to sway voters before the May 3 primary.

04/21/2016

Don't forget to join us at 2:00 today in HMSU Dede III for the Community Journalism Poverty Forum! Come join the conversation!