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Two JMC School faculty members and two SJSU journalism graduates are among this year’s top Society of Professional Journalists

By:  Bob Rucker, Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Breaking News: Two JMC School faculty members and two SJSU journalism graduates are among this year’s top Society of Professional
Journalists ( SPJ ) – Northern California Awards announced October 1st.

Among the distinguished honorees…
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO JOURNALISM

Lloyd LaCuesta, KTVU-TV. Veteran reporter, Edward R. Murrow Award recipient, and six-time Northern California Emmy Award winner Lloyd LaCuesta receives the SPJ-NorCal Board of Directors’ Distinguished Service to Journalism Award.

LaCuesta retired this year from his position as South Bay bureau chief for KTVU Channel 2 News after 35 years of reporting for the station.
SPJ honors LaCuesta not only for his multiple award-winning breaking news coverage over the years, but also for his pioneering role in
helping to bring more minorities into the field of journalism during his career. LaCuesta was the first national president of the Asian
American Journalists Association. He was also one of the founders, and the first national president, of UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.

JOURNALISM INNOVATION

San José State University new media/photography professor Kim Komenich and Professor Kim Grinfeder’s University of Miami Spring 2012 interactive storytelling class for their “living documentary” project. The project took the subjects of Komenich’s Pulitzer-winning coverage of the 1986 Philippine “People Power” revolution and used innovative social media techniques to tell where they are now.

SJSU Journalism Graduates Honored

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle, and Hank Plante, KPIX-TV

FEATURE STORYTELLING (TV/video daily): Dai Sugano, San Jose Mercury News, for “Lost Voices of September 11,” which interviews 10 years
later the friends and family who left messages on the cell phone of United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Mark Bingham, hoping to hear he was alive.

“From the Fields: An American Journey”

By:  Bob Rucker, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

One of our distinguished broadcast news graduates, Damian Trujillo at NBC 11, will be the focus of a new documentary called “From the Fields: An American Journey.” The video by Carolyn Brown is expected
to air on local TV stations the beginning of October. Several people from SJSU, including yours truly, are included in the special presentation.

Ms. Brown has asked if the JMC School would like to hold a special SJSU screening of the film. I’d like to do this, possibly in our Diversity and Lifestyles in the Media class later this fall. We will let everyone know.

Tim Hendrick: San Jose’s Mad Man

By:  Professor Bob Rucker

JMC School Advertising Prof. Tim Hendrick is prominently featured in the summer 2012 edition of ‘Content,’ San Jose’s innovative and creative culture magazine. Tim is being recognized as an expert on branding, the exclusive focus of this edition.

Please see the impressive story and photos attached entitled: TIM HENDRICK: San Jose’s Mad Man

Given the extraordinary number of ground-breaking advertising professionals working here in the Bay Area, we are thrilled and very proud to see Tim be recognized by his peers for his incredible talents, unique experiences and tireless efforts to keep our SJSU advertising program THE west coast leader for excellence in media higher education.

JMC Faculty Meet with SJSU Alumni Pat Hughes

Director of JMC, Bob Rucker and Pat Hughes, SJSU Alumni

While in Chicago

recently, Profs. Bob Rucker, Bill Tillinghast and Diana Stover met the radio voice of the Cubs, Pat Hughes from the SJSU class of 1978. He is nationally known by millions of Cub fans and people in broadcasting and has done their play-by-play for 16 years.

 
At SJSU, Pat took many of our Broadcast Journalism classes and has fond memories of former JMC School Professors Ken Blasé and Darla Belshe. Pat and I chatted for 20 minutes and for years he has continued to mentor our SJSU broadcast students wanting to break into sports reporting.

A great opportunity to meet with SJSU alumni and catch a baseball game — all while attending the AEJMC Conference.

Profs Bill Tillinghast and Diana Stover with Pat Hughes