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¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ is hosting a March 29-30 conference on media and politics in which the public is invited to attend workshops with influential public policy makers, journalists and academic researchers. Media and Politics: Openness, Accuracy, and Honesty in the 21st Century Media Landscape is made possible by ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication.

The wide variety of information sources in the 21st century – coupled with a news media industry weakened by budget cuts – requires citizens to more closely evaluate the motives of governments and businesses that are today in a better position to push their own agendas, according to a panel of researchers who spoke Tuesday for an inaugural conference on politics and the media hosted by ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ.

School of Communications associate professor Michelle Ferrier counseled new entrepreneurs regarding business motives and models for success during the closing keynote of the inaugural BlogHer Business |Entrepreneurism | Technology conference March 25.

Junior Communications major Jay Light has been accepted to work at this year's Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, from May 8-23.

School of Communications Associate Dean and Associate Professor Kenn Gaither was interviewed by the Council of Public Relations Firms for a blog post summarizing how schools of communication are preparing public relations students.

Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications, has been named the 2010 national Journalism and Mass Communication Administrator of the Year. The honor was announced March 18 by the Scripps Howard Foundation in conjunction with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).