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Navigating brands through turbulent times

Navigating brands through turbulent times

Schranz keynote speaker, Lisa Baird, the chief marketing officer of the United States Olympic Committee spoke at Ball State on how to guide a brand through difficult times. Brands determine what a company or organization does, how they do it and when they do it. That being said, a company’s brand can either make or […]


Storytelling across continents

Storytelling across continents

Lori Herber has helped stretch the influence of the Dept. of Journalism across the Atlantic to a European cultural hub through her passion for multimedia storytelling. Herber, who graduated with her bachelor’s in German and journalism in 2004 and her master’s in journalism in 2005 from Ball State, debuted her interactive storytelling project, “Rising from […]


Pulliam Award winner recalls riveting stories from Haiti earthquake

Pulliam Award winner recalls riveting stories from Haiti earthquake

On April 13, 2011 Pulliam Award winner Rukmini Callimachi visited Ball State University to share her award winning story about the Hotel Montana Facebook community. Rukmini Callimachi, the winner of the Department of Journalism’s 2011 Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award, found a unique way to tell the story of a community stretched across the […]


Tully discusses power of newspaper perceivers

Tully discusses power of newspaper perceivers

Matthew Tully, journalist, had always maintained a curiosity for politics. It wasn’t until later in life he discovered his love of social impact. It was this combination of interests that sparked the idea for a unique endeavor for this Indianapolis Star columnist. Tully’s “Manual Project” was a series of 34 columns that appeared in theIndianapolis Star, which […]


Imagination through imagery

Imagination through imagery

If variety is the spice of life, Ball State alum Matt Carr has seen most of it through the lens of his camera. Carr has traveled the world as a professional photographer. “I got bored with doing what I was doing,” Carr, who now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., said. “I was caught up in the […]


Alumn knows how to “stay in business”

Alumn knows how to “stay in business”

The lingering debate on health care reform has gripped the nation in recent months, and Indianapolis area readers have come to rely on Daniel Lee to provide in-depth insight. Since 2005, Lee’s byline has appeared in the Indianapolis Star business pages, with much of his coverage centered on the nation’s evolving health care system. For much of his time […]