Associate Professor of Journalism and Associate Dean David Wright, a former professional sports videographer, was featured in a Des Moines Register article about the wonderful hands-on opportunities for students created by Drake’s expanded relationship with ESPN.

Four SJMC alums—Rachel Vogel Quinn, JO’10; Jess Hoffert, JO’11; Mario Rossi, JO’15; and Annelise Tarnowski, JO’15—launched an Iowa-focused storytelling podcast, Middle of Somewhere. The inaugural podcast is now posted.

Add “hot music scene” to Des Moines’ list of attractions for both college students and young professionals. Tobi Parks, a musician and copyright expert with Sony Music in New York, is moving to Des Moines this fall to partner with The Des Moines Social Club and Drake University to create Station 1 Records, a nonprofit label to promote local bands. Several Drake students are already interning with Station 1, and Parks is working with journalism, music, and business faculty on a J-Term 2016 class that will take students behind the scenes of the music industry.

Submitted by Kathleen Richardson, Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication