Student Perspective

My summer internship doing social media for LifeServe Blood Center

Sydney Olson, senior in advertising, had the opportunity to intern with LifeServe Blood Center as a public relations and marketing intern this summer. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the internship looked a lot different than it had in years past. Read More

September 21, 2020

My adventure co-authoring and presenting a paper at AEJMC as a Greenlee master’s student

Second-year Greenlee master's student Lexi He co-authored a paper with Professor Angela Powers on alternative and mainstream local news competition and the COVID-19 pandemic. She presented the research at the virtual AEJMC conference in August 2020. Read More

September 14, 2020

How my 499A internship combined my passions for PR and real estate

Dakota Trenkamp combined his passions for public relations and real estate as a communications and events intern at Union on Lincoln Way Apartments. Read More

September 8, 2020

My remote content marketing internship with Thomson Reuters

Christina Motalebi, senior in public relations, shares more about her 499 content marketing internship with Thomson Reuters, which serves professionals in the law, tax, compliance, government, and media industries. Read More

August 31, 2020

My communications internship with Kreg Tool Company

Erin Czyzewski, senior in public relations, discusses her remote internship working on employee communications for Kreg Tool Company. Read More

August 24, 2020

LAS Link magazine feature: PR campaigns course

After returning home during the COVID-19 crisis, PR424 students adapted and thrived as they navigated the possibilities of online learning in spring 2020. Kaitlyn Hood, ('21 public relations), details the experience in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' LINK magazine. Read More

August 17, 2020

My adventure as a corporate public relations intern

Hannah Fuller, recent graduate in public relations, reflects on her study abroad, internship and club experiences as an Iowa State student. Read More

August 11, 2020

First Amendment View: Denial is protected, yet destructive

As part of the spring 2020 First Amendment seminar class (JL MC 497D), Josh Lamberty, a recent graduate in journalism and mass communication, shares his reflections on a lecture titled “How to Be an Antiracist” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi for the Iowa State University Martin Luther King, Jr., Legacy Convocation in January. Read More

June 24, 2020

First Amendment View: Times have changed, but racism has not

As part of the spring 2020 First Amendment seminar class (JL MC 497D), Cierra Williams, junior in journalism and mass communication, reflects on a lecture titled “How to Be an Antiracist” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Legacy Convocation in January. Read More

June 24, 2020

How to be a smart consumer of media

Izacc Quisling shares the two things he does before deciding to share a post on social media. Read More

May 11, 2020