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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!
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There's no doubt the pandemic changed the academic sphere, particularly in the creative disciplines. Join John Delacruz, Associate Professor of Advertising Creative at San Jose State University, as he discusses the challenges faced when the pandemic hit, and how creative educators were able to adapt, change, and progress in spite and because of it.
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There's a new kid in town and it's changing academic practice, particularly in the creative disciplines. Join John Delacruz, Associate Professor of Advertising Creative at San Jose State University, as he discusses the excitement, opportunities and challenges faced with the introduction of Generative AI in our toolkits, and how creative educators are adapting, changing, and inspiring creativity because of it.
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This episode wraps up Season 1. it's the end of the Fall Semester and a small number of Seniors are getting ready to graduate. Join me as I chat to Michael, a graduating senior in the PR program; Alexis, a graduating senior in the Advertising program who is Minoring in Journalism; and Giulia, an Advertising Major who has worn many hats during her t…
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This week's episode looks back to Early October when we had the inaugural Journalism class from Del Mar High School visit for a bootcamp. Well, they thought they were having a day out, but they got a bootcamp. We put these kids to work! The Campus tour became a fact finding mission so they could write headlines and teasers later in the day, they ex…
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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…
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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…
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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 leadin…
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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 th…
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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, …
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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 t…
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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 t…
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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 futur…
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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 adv…
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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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In Episode 5, Chelsy Hooper from Auburn University presents the amazing work she's doing in terms of promoting digital literacy across campus as well as deeply thinking about AI literacy. Our chat turns to the ways they are addressing knowledge development in relation to copyright and ethical practice with generative AI.…
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In this episode we chat to Gina Asaro-Collura who is not only a creative educator, she is also a practicing Creative Director very much involved in the industry where she gets to experience the application of AI within a high stakes setting. Does the educational space become a playground for testing ideas? Do we hold back within the business settin…
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In this episode I chat to Joseph Labrecque, and Adobe Education Leader and Assistant Teaching Professor at CU Boulder. Joseph is a technical wizard, seriously, and a big advocate for the use of digital tools in creative practice. So what doe she make of Generative AI? How is he applying the various tools available and what does he he see as the fut…
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In this episode I chat with Dan Ligon, Creative Educator on the Advertising program at CU Boulder. Dan breathes creative practice - he has written copy, directed the creative process, made short films, loves guitars and inspired a generation of hungry creatives entering the advertising industry. Dan was one of the first fellow educators I knew to b…
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The only way to continue learning during the pandemic was to move online. Judy Wood actually didn’t struggle in designing her online courses due to her background as an instructional designer. She was quick with it. But not everyone had an easy time. People must be digitally illiterate. Was it really true that some Gen Z students didn’t know how to…
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People lost motivation and became monotoned on zoom? Low self esteem? Students had trouble using programs to adapt online classes? Did we have to change what we’re used to before? You can get a degree online and is it valid in today’s society? How useful is design actually in life? The pandemic was a nightmare to most people, but to RJ Thompson, it…
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Welcome back to part 2 of Abby Guido’s conversation. We ended talking about how lucky we were to have the technology as advanced as it is when the pandemic started because as Abby said, “if it was 5 years before, we probably would not have been able to do what we were able to do.” Keep listening to find out where the conversation takes us from ther…
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2 weeks off from school turns into 2 years. What have we learned? How did we adapt? We can never get rid of education so zoom saved us around these tough times. But did students use it as an advantage? Students had to learn how to learn. The pandemic forced us to learn quickly. Were students struggling with how to use technologies? How did students…
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