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2020 Stories & News

This page: Graduate student Yucheng Jiang records a video of a chef working in Chicago’s Chinatown. Previous page: Graduate student M. Paige Taylor uses an iPhone to record preschooler Vivienne Franklin, 4, of Chicago, for a get out and vote video.

Cameras continue to roll

Pandemic no obstacle for students shooting video projects.

Alexis Douge was the first speaker at the event.

Students shine at December graduation

School of Communication confers degrees to 30 students.

Holly Harnisch.

Alumna to speak at mid-term graduation

Holly Harnisch to share experiences at New York Times.

Graduate student Joey Bina won a Crystal Pillar for his documentary, “Dairyland,” chronicling the loss of dairy farms in Wisconsin.

Students capture local Emmy Awards

Four School of Communication students win Crystal Pillars.

Rambler Sports Locker reporter Amelia Ickes.

Rambler Sports Locker rambles on

TV show undaunted by Loyola sports shutdown and remote broadcasts.

President's Medallion Winner Camille Jackson

Camille Jackson is a senior Film and Digital Media and Sociology double-major, and S.T.A.R.S. mentor.

Digital Media and Storytelling graduate student Ying Fu’s get-out-and-vote video goes viral in her native country.

Student’s election video goes viral in China

Graduate student Ying Fu’s get-out-and-vote video gets over 1 million views.

Loyola SOC: Our Anti-Racism Imperative

It is the mission of Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication to build upon the highest educational values while looking critically at those values and ourselves in the tradition of the Jesuit Examen.

Rambler Roundup Executive Producer Chloe Johnson now produces the show remotely from her home in Dayton, Ohio.

Rambler Roundup reports remotely

Students produce TV show despite campus closure

CBS-2 Reporter Jim Williams interviews Loyola Debate Team members Mackenzie O’Donnell and Evan Means.  Screenshot courtesy CBS-2 Chicago

Loyola Debate Team members appear on CBS-2

Students share their analysis of raucous Presidential Debate

Top row: Jill Geisler, Bill Plante, Eric Hansen. Middle row: Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Kenya Young, Wayne Magdziarz. Bottom row: Mizell Stewart, Loyola President Jo Anne Rooney.

SOC hosts “Media and the White House” Webinar

Jill Geisler panel part of new “Together in Loyola” series

SOC hosts Student Organization Fair

A dozen clubs and organizations present at virtual event

Music Director Allison Lapinski broadcasts live from home. Front page: Production Director Luis Mejia-Ahrens

We're on the air!

WLUW student DJs keep radio station live through remote broadcasts.

Left to right: Professor Jing Yang, Ava Battocchio, Camila Teran

Loyola scholars attend virtual conference

Students and professors present research, perform official duties, at online AEJMC event.

Melissa Beck-Boratyn and her husband, Jimmy Boratyn, chronicled her battle with cancer in the film, _Ginger_.

Honoring the life of Melissa Beck-Boratyn

Melissa Beck-Boratyn's film chronicled her battle with cancer

The late DJ August Donley.

WLUW receives record collection from local DJ

The estate of the August Donely donates vinyl collection to radio station.

During his long career as communication director for the NBA, Brian McIntyre met many stars, including Bill Russell and Michael Jordan.

Alum reflects on long NBA career

NBA executive Brian McIntyre featured on "Last Dance" documentary.

SOC student pens poem to support Black Lives Matter

Kobey Davis' poem is published in Vocalizine

SOC alumna covers recent events in Atlanta

Alex Whittler reports on pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement.

Students, faculty to present at major conference

Groups to present papers at AEJMC virtual event in August

Indonesia Dixon and her sister, Farj Jaco, with some of the supplies they purchased through funds raised by their organization.

Student charity supports peaceful protestors

Indonesia Dixon feeds protestors marching against racial injustice.

Advocating for Black Equity, Striving for Racial Justice

Dean Hong Cheng's message to the SOC community

On the Front Lines

Mary Sugden reports on the coronavirus pandemic from Rockford, Illinois.

Finisha O'Quinn, a student in the Digital Media and Storytelling graduate program, shoots video at a nature preserve in Puerto Rico.

Loyola adds Environmental Communication minor

Minor to offer skills in communicating about environmental issues

Students, faculty and staff toast to the class of 2020.

SOC hosts virtual Year-End Celebration

Students, faculty and staff reflect on school year.

Tahera Rahman, a 2013 graduate, reports on the coronavirus from Austin, Texas.

On the Front Lines

Loyola journalism alumni report on the pandemic.

Elise Haas, a 2016 SOC graduate, does daily news reports for KOIN 6 News in Portland, Oregon.

On the Frontline: Elise Haas

On the Front Line features School of Communication alumni reflecting on their jobs dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.

SOC grad student Tiffany Goldstein was hired by McDonald’s months before her expected spring graduation, and is working through the global pandemic.

Student lands job before graduation

Tiffany Goldstein hired as Global Content Editor at McDonald’s.

SOC student Sana Kadir started a GoFundMe campaign to buy items for the homeless.

Student creates gift bags for needy

Campaign raises funds to buy food and personal items.

Van Grinsven paints posters and postcards with inspirational Bible passages to send to her friends.

Student uses art to spread joy

Elle Van Grinsven encourages friends to keep the faith.

Jillian Musielak, the SOC’s Technology Coordinator, volunteers to pack boxes of food at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

SOC volunteers to help those in need

Students, faculty, staff do good deeds during crisis.

SOC alters spring operating hours

Offers online support for students and faculty.

Forum will explore brand advocacy

"Take a Stand with Your Brand" will spark conversation between industry professionals that have experience creating work for brands that take a public side on controversial issues.

Provost Norberto Grzywacz visits Jamason Chen’s Virtual Reality class in the School of Communication Convergence Studio.

New Provost visits School of Communication

Norberto Grzywacz speaks at Virtual Reality class.

The Phoenix staff display the 18 awards received at the Illinois College Press Association convention in Chicago

Phoenix named top weekly newspaper in Illinois

Loyola’s student newspaper captures 18 awards at competition.

Photo by Paul Quinn

Loyola opens new podcast studio

State-of-the-art facility part of student radio station.

Commencement speaker Laura Maness, a 1999 Loyola graduate with a B.A. in Communication and Marketing, is the first female CEO of Havas New York — a global, award-winning advertising agency.

SOC honors mid-year graduates

Students hear inspiring words at commencement ceremony.