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J-school alum featured in leadership article
Michael Hill, a 1996 alumnus and former director of the Quick Center for the Arts, was featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy's 2013 Continuing-Education Guide’s May 9 edition.
The article featured non-profit leaders and discussed the importance of leadership education for success in the 21st Century business landscape.
Hill will take a job as chief executive for Youth for Understanding USA (an international student-exchange group) in June.
~ May 2013
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Gionet selected as Woman of Promise 
Madeleine Gionet, of Greenwich, N.Y., is the 2013 recipient of the Dr. Mary A. Hamilton Woman of Promise Award.
The senior journalism and mass communication major's involvement on campus ranges from being the secretary and account executive of American Advertising Federation (AAF) to a coordinator for Mountain Community Leaders at Mt. Irenaeus.
Gionet found success in her involvement and is the ideal example of a Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication student. Gionet will return next semester to pursue her master's degree in integrated marketing communications. Read more.
~ March 2013
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Wojnarowski, '91, among SI's 10 most powerful people in sports media
 Sports Illustrated names Yahoo Sports NBA columnist and SBU alumnus Adrian Wojnarowski the sixth-most powerful person in sports.
Wojnarowski earned his degree in Journalism and Mass Communication in 1991.
Said Sports Illustrated: "The NBA's preeminent writer and reporter routinely breaks stories and distributes them to what has traditionally been the sports site with the most unique visitors in the U.S. (not to mention Woj's nearly 370,000 followers on Twitter). He's a must-read on a daily basis, as impactful as it gets in the NBA." See SI's Power 50
~ March 2013
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Mackowski featured in Civil War publication
 The newest issue of America’s Civil War features a cover story co-authored by Chris Mackowski, associate professor of journalism and mass
communication.
The issue, now on newsstands, focuses on the 150th anniversary of the mortal wounding of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson on May 2, 1863 at the battle of Chancellorsville. Mackowski co-authored with Kris White the lead feature, How in the World Did They Shoot Jackson? Their article explains why the battlefield’s modern landscape makes it difficult to
understand the circumstances behind Jackson’s wounding.
America’s Civil War has a circulation of nearly 100,000.
~March 2013
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Vecchio leads newspaper seminar
Patrick Vecchio, J/MC lecturer, led a seminar on news reporting, writing and editing Feb. 28, for reporters, editors and publishers of 23 weekly newspapers from western New York. The seminar was held on the Roycroft Campus in East Aurora.
~March 2013
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SBU's first online-only degree program grabs the attention of Business First
Business First, Western New York's business newspaper, publishes the announcement of St. Bonaventure University's first online-only degree program -- a master's in Strategic Leadership.
"There are many schools across the country that are offering degree programs 100 percent online," said Dr. Emily Sinsabaugh, Vice President for University Relations. "So from a competitive perspective, we need to be in that sphere."
Directed by Professor Kimberly Young, Psy.D., Strategic Leadership is offered through the university's Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Read the Business First article.
~February 2013
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Lee quoted in magazine article on political scandals
"In the current media environment, it is extremely difficult for any activity to fall under the radar. Today's journalists have more -- and better -- tools and resources to do their jobs."
That's part of a quote by Richard Lee, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure, in "Are We Ready for a Scandal," a column by Louis Jacobson in the Feb. 22 issue of Governing magazine.
Jacobson writes about the absence of scandals among the nation's governors as they prepare for their annual winter meeting in Washington, D.C., the weekend of Feb. 23-24.
Jacobson ends his piece after Lee's quote with this sentence: "And this may mean, among other things, that our current scandal-free era may not last forever." Read Lee's full quote and the entire article.
~ February 2013
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Lanzillo Honored as Top Communication Executive
 First Niagara Financial Group (Nasdaq:FNFG) Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, David Lanzillo has been honored as an ExecRank “Top Communication Executive,” a distinction reserved for fewer than 2 percent of U.S. public company communications executives.
“It is indeed an honor to be included among this group of talented communicators – and it reflects the great Corporate Communications team we have built here at First Niagara,” said Lanzillo, who is responsible is for leading and managing all internal and external communications strategy and execution, media relations and community relations at the top-25 bank holding company with nearly 430 branches and approximately 6,000 employees across four states.
Before joining First Niagara in September 2011, he served as director of corporate communications and vice president, communications and public affairs at Eastman Kodak Company, managing its global media strategy and serving as its spokesman. Previously, he led financial, executive and employee communications at World Kitchen Inc. and served as a supervisor of worldwide marketing services at Corning, Inc.
Lanzillo is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, where he earned his bachelor’s in journalism and mass communication before earning an MBA from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. Read more.
~ February 2013
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Alumnus named New York sportswriter of the year
 Mike Vaccaro, '89, a sports columnist for The New York Post, was been named New York’s 2012 sportswriter of the year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, sharing the award with Ian O’Connor of the website ESPN New York.
It is the first NSSA award for Vaccaro, 46, who was raised in West Hempstead and joined The Post in 2002.
Vaccaro got his start covering the St. Bonaventure basketball team for the Olean Times Herald and then went on to hold newspaper jobs in Newark, N.J., Kansas City, Mo., and Fayetteville, Ark. He is also the author of “Emperors and Idiots,” a book documenting the history of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry and “1941: The Greatest Year in Sports.”
He is a former winner of the university's Mark Hellinger Award, which is presented each year to a graduating senior journalism and mass communication student who demonstrates academic excellence and promise in the field of communications. Read more.
~ January 2013
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 Mackowski to co-author new Civil War series
Dr. Christopher Mackowski, associate professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure, has been selected to co-author a new series about the Civil War.
Mackowski and Kristopher White, historian and Allegheny County Community College instructor, will co-write the first two titles in the "Emerging Civil War Series." The first book, "Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg," is now avalable. Read more.
~ December 2012
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 Junior J/MC major in Irish American Scholars program
Samantha Berkhead, a junior journalism and mass communication major from Buffalo, is studying at the University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland. She is one of three SBU students selected by the university to participate in the Irish American Scholars program, and all three were accepted for study in Northern Ireland this year. Read more
-- October 2012
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Lee quoted in story about Springsteen gig to rally Democrats
Richard Lee, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure University, is quoted in a story in The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va., about a free Bruce Springsteen concert aimed at rousing Democrats to get out the vote for President Barack Obama. Read more.
-- October 2012
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Campus to host Burmese refugee and photojournalist
.jpg "Photojournalist Law Eh Soe") Law Eh Soe, a Burmese photojournalist and refugee, will speak Oct. 16 in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University.
Law, who now makes his home in Buffalo, had to flee his hometown of Rangoon when the government twice tried to arrest him for the photos he took of a monk uprising. He spent months on the run.
His photos depict the struggles in Burma (more commonly known as Myanmar) as the people work to reform a repressive military government. Read more.
-- Oct 2012
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Coppola to be inducted into Broadcasters Hall of Fame
.jpg "Lee Coppola pic") Lee Coppola, dean of St. Bonaventure’s journalism school from 1996 to 2011, will be inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame this month.
Adding to the St. Bonaventure flavor at the Sept. 20 dinner ceremony will be Shannon Shepherd, ’12, who will receive the Tim Russert Medal of Merit, the third straight year a St. Bonaventure alum has won the award. Shepherd is a sports reporter/anchor at WSAW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Wausau, Wisc. The honor includes a $1,000 award. Read more.
-- September 2012
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2010 graduate among 40 rising business leaders under the age of 40
 Jennifer Westerholt, a 2010 journalism and mass communication graduate, is among eight St. Bonaventure University alumni named to Business First’s list of 40 rising business leaders under the age of 40
Westerholt, who went on to earn her master’s in organizational leadership from Medaille College in Buffalo, is director of marketing and development at Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo and Erie County. Read more.
-- September 2012
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Speaker to share progress of urban farming initiative
Mike Davis will speak about his inspiration to pursue an urban farming endeavor near his home in Detroit, Mich., in a talk sponsored by St. Bonaventure's Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Clare College.
Davis, who has created public service campaigns garnering some of the world’s major advertising awards, also has firsthand knowledge of the transforming power of urban farming through the impact of his project, Hamtown Farms, on his own community. Read more.
-- September 2012
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Four to be honored at SBU's Hellinger Awards
.jpg "Shannon Shepherd") Top students in St. Bonaventure's School of Journalism and Mass Communication will be honored at the 52nd annual Mark Hellinger Awards to be held Sept. 21 in Olean.
This year’s event honors Shannon Shepherd, class of 2012, a sports reporter/anchor at WSAW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Wausau, Wisc. Tyler Diedrich, ’12, will also be recognized as the Hellinger runner-up.
Also honored will be Bryan Jackson, ’12, winner of the Buffalo News Entrepreneurial Reporting Award, and John Hanchette, ’64, the Alumnus of the Year of the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Hanchette, a Puliter Prize-winning reporter, retired in May after teaching 10 years in the Jandoli School. Read more.
-- August 2012
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Two J/MC School graduates covering GOP Convention
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Two members of the St. Bonaventure alumni press corps were smack in the middle of the action at the GOP Convention in Tampa this past week.
Robert J. McCarthy, ’76, chief political reporter for the Buffalo News, and Allison Kropff, ’05, an anchor at CBS affiliate WTSP in Tampa, covered the convention for their respective news organizations. Read more.
-- August, 2012
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Mackowski named managing editor of Clockhouse Review
Chris Mackowski, associate professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure University, has been selected to serve as the first-ever managing editor of Clockhouse Review, the literary journal of Goddard College.
Clockhouse Review, is an open-submission journal that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, and graphic storytelling. Editorial teams select pieces through a blind judging process. Read more.
-- July 2012
More on Mackowski
- Chris Mackowski is helping bring the undead back to life for iPad users. Mackowski’s work is featured in the inaugural issue of an interactive digital magazine called Undead Zine, launched this month for the Apple iPad. Mackowski, who taught an online class at St. Bonaventure this summer called “Pop Culture: Tales from the Zombie Apocalypse,” was recruited by the editors of Undead after they saw a series of zombie-related posts he had written last semester for the blog Scholars & Rogues. Read more.-- August 2012
- Chris Mackowski presented at the New York State Folklore Society’s “Legends and Tales” conference held at Binghamton University. Mackowski’s presentation, “The Legend of Stonewall Jackson’s Arm,” stems from his book “The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson” and his work at Emerging Civil War (www.emergingcivilwar.com).
- The summer 2011 issue of Blue & Gray magazine features a cover story co-authored by St. Bonaventure journalism professor Chris Mackowski. Mackowski paired up with collaborator Kristopher White to write an article on the Civil War battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse.
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Shepherd awarded Russert Medal by Buffalo Broadcasters
.jpg "Shannon Shepherd for SBU-TV") ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Shannon Shepherd, ’12, has won the Tim Russert Medal of Merit, the third straight year a St. Bonaventure University journalism and mass communication major has won the award.
Lauren Adams, ’11, and Amanda Ciavarri, ’10, won the award — given annually by the Buffalo Broadcasters Association — the last two years.
Shepherd, the most recent winner of St. Bonaventure’s Hellinger Award, will receive a $1,000 award at the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame induction dinner in September. Read more.
-- July 2012
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J/MC major named Ideal Bonaventure Student
 Manuela Marin Salcedo, a 2012 J/MC graduate, is one of two seniors recognized as Ideal Bonaventure Students at St. Bonaventure’s 152st Commencement Exercises.
Ideal Bonaventure Students exemplify the spirit of St. Bonaventure and the ideals of St. Francis through community service and academic excellence. They are selected by a committee that considers nominations from the campus community.
Salcedo earned an honors degree in journalism and mass communication and minors in Italian and English.
Earning honorable mention for the honor was Alicia D’Alessandro, another journalism and mass communication major. Read more.
-- May 2012
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J/MC majors among graduates recognized at Honors Ceremony
Three journalism and mass communication majors were among 14 students recognized for their honors projects during St. Bonaventure University’s Honors Ceremony in May. All received Honors Degrees at Commencement.
The group included:
- Alicia D’Alessandro, a journalism and mass communication major from Niskayuna. Her project advocated for the increased implementation of service-learning at St. Bonaventure.
- Emilee Lindner, a journalism and mass communication major from Holland. Her project focused on the technological advancements made in the piano over its 300-year lifespan.
- Manuela Marin Salcedo, a journalism and mass communication major from Weston, Fla. She did a demographic and ethnological case study of a small Colombian village over an eight-week period by immersing herself in their culture, their lives and their laughter, attempting not only to witness but experience what it is like to be a resident of Rincón.
Read more
-- May 2012
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Michigan anti-bullying law encourages bullying, student argues
 In an online entry, SBU student Amanda Klein, a journalism/mass communication major, criticizes Michigan's new anti-bullying law, claiming it actually allows bullying to continue. Amanda's piece appears on Nextgen Journal, a website run by a nationwide team of college students featuring focused reporting, sharp insight & analysis, timely music and sports coverage, and more. Read Amanda's entry.
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