Here we have a nearly regular podcast where we talk about all the various events and happenings and exciting stuff that's happening in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Each episode focuses around a conversation between the School Director, John Delacruz, and students, faculty and visitors. Have a watch or a listen and find out what we're all about!
JMC program seniors Michael, Alexis, and Giulia share their final semester experiences and post-graduation plans as they prepare to fly the nest.
5 Dec 2024
Dons are Jammin': Bootcamping with Del Mar High School
JMC Program Director chats with Del Mar High School teacher Jessica Olamit and students Sophia, Maya, and Luna about their bootcamp experience and a new internship scheme between SJSU and Del Mar High School.
18 Nov 2024
Olé Jammin' Olé: Jamming About our New Spanish Language Journalism Minor
You cannot say that the School of JMC ever stands still! This week I chat to Manel Palos-Pons, one of our Journalism professors, about the new Spanish Language Media and Journalism Minor that he has tirelessly worked on developing. It is now ready and launches in the Spring Semester. Join me as Manel explains how his background and his insights and experiences in the world of Spanish language media inspire his teaching and the new Minor.
6 Nov 2024
Jam Jam Magazine: A Close Look at the Magazine Program in JMC
In this week's episode I talk to Dona Nicholls, Journalism Faculty and the School's lead adviser, on an almost unique aspect of our J-Program - Magazines. Dona and I riff about the state of magazines and what makes our magazines a great option for not only journalism students, but also for design and advertising students, some of whom are having an amazing impact on the visual direction of our publications.
30 Oct 2024
Jammin' las Sevillanas: Faculty Led Program to Spain and other Exciting Advertising Developments
In this episode we chat to Belen Moreno, our newest faculty member in the Advertising Program. Belen is a specialist in Branded Content and she brings her inimitable energy to her courses and extra-curriculars. This semester she is coordinating a festival off campus - the San Antonio Festival on the Paseo San Antonio in San Jose - as well as leading the Spartan Ad Club, planning the SAC trip to New York for the Spring, and a brand new Faculty Led Program to Seville, Spain in June - OLÉ! We chat about all these things and the FLP in particular as it';s such an amazing cultural immersion experience for all our Majors, not just Advertising.
23 Oct 2024
Reelin' in the Jams: Bruce Woodward and the Lost Box of TV Reels
This week's Jams turns the focus on our Advertising program as we invite Bruce Woodward, Ad '75, into the studio. As he was finishing his studies right here in DBH 50 years ago (nearly), Bruce saved a box of TV Commercial reels from the dumpster. These were ad agency reels from the 60s into the 70s. Some brands are still around, some aren't, and they were all produced right here in the Bay Area. Fast forward and Bruce is donating these as a "Gift in Kind" to the program. They are priceless artifacts of Pop Culture history and we are going to digitize them and produce an interactive documentary that will immortalize the period - the Golden Age of Advertising - and our relationship with it.
Join us as Bruce jams advertising, reels and Spartan life.
15 Oct 2024
Awarding the Jam: Bob Regan, Operation Song and the Hearst Award
One of the most important weeks in the JMC calendar is Hearst Award Week. The Randolph William Hearst Foundation honors excellence in journalism and during this week we welcome our Hearst Award Honoree, this year it's Bob Regan, on to campus and a bunch of activities happen in DBH.
Bob Regan, founder of Operation Song, led some of or MCOM classes, held press conferences with our student media, met and greeted, and was awarded the Hearst Award for Outstanding Contributions to the industry. As well as all that, he still found time to come and jam with us on the podcast.
Come and see/hear Bob and I jammin' about Operation Song. Operation Song® empowers veterans, active-duty military members, and their families to tell their stories through the process of songwriting. Those we serve need no musical or writing skills, only a willingness to share their stories and, with the help of professional songwriters, transform them into song.
https://www.operationsong.org/
8 Oct 2024
G'day Jams: SJSU x SUT, a Trans-Pacific Creative Jam Coming Soon
An almost off-the-cuff episode. Rowena Ulbrick from Swinburne University in Australia was in town today and we worked on the planning stage of a soon-to-be-revealed Creative Jam. The Jam is a collaborative effort between us and Swinburne where we'll ask student teams to solve a problem and create a product using generative AI. This will happen in the Spring. Rowena and I chat about the relationship between SUT and SJSU, the Jam and how study abroad as well as international collaborations can add so much value to your experiences at university.
Watch this space for a call-for-entries soon.
3 Oct 2024
Ads and Jams and NYC: What's the Spartan Ad Club Up To?
Today's episode is the first one to feature one of our in-house student orgs - the Spartan Ad Club. As the student chapter of the American Advertising federation they offer a whole lotta opportunities to students interested in the communications fields. From local agency visits, to competition entries and networking, all the way to an annual trip to NYC! Monica, Michelle and Simon jam about their plans for this year.
25 Sept 2024
Freedom to Jam: Takeaways and Talking Points from the Free Speech Symposium
In this episode I chat to Charity Spicer, one of our student journalists, and Ralph Nicholls, one of our Journalism professors. Both attended the Georgetown Free Speech Symposium that we hosted here at SJSU last week (09/19-20/2024). Our fireside chat delves into the issues raised by the various panels, the implications of technologies on the future of journalism and the key points that made us, well, think.
16 Sept 2024
Jammin' with our Belgian friends: A visit from MADEx
MADEx is an amazing educational opportunity offered to students in colleges across Flanders, Belgium. A group of around 30 students visit the Bay Area every September to connect with Silicon Valley companies, work on a creative brief and spend the day with us! We had a packed day hosting the students and their instructors. Our students from the advertising program worked with them ideating and brainstorming as well as participating in their pitch event.
In this episode I chat to Natasja (the MADEx coordinator), Frederik (a Belgian student) and Jasmine (an advertising student at SJSU) about their takeaways on the experience. Listen in to hear about how the day went and why it was simply awesome!
13 Sept 2024
General Jams: What's new and what's happenin'
In the first episode I chat to Juan, our TV studio engineer and all round bag of energy, and Ernie, our school office whizkid, about the things we have going on this semester. And about our student media, and our student orgs, and generally about what a great place JMC actually is. Listen in for a sneak peek of things to come.
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