Members of the Optimist staff reflect on their past and future. They were preparing to move out of the Don Morris Center while the facilities were being upgraded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=griVq2clvbg ... [Read More…]
Video: JMC faculty prepare for renovation
JMC department faculty pack up their offices and classrooms in advance of moving to temporary facilities during a major renovation project. Included in the project has been the construction of a state-of-the-art student media newsroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0Uey4lw7Q ... [Read More…]
Optimist staff prepares for move
Members of the Optimist staff reflect on their past and future. They were preparing to move out of the Don Morris Center while the facilities were being upgraded. ... [Read More…]
JMC faculty prepare for renovation
JMC department faculty pack up their offices and classrooms in advance of moving to temporary facilities during a major renovation project. Included in the project has been the construction of a state-of-the-art student media newsroom. ... [Read More…]
Renovation to bring multimedia newsroom
By Jared Fields, Managing Editor The second and third floors of the Don H. Morris Center will receive a complete makeover beginning in May to make room for a multimedia newsroom for student media publications like the Optimist and the Prickly Pear to use. Dr. Susan Lewis, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass ... [Read More…]
Students aid Honduran ministry through media, marketing
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Seven ACU students and one alumnus learned first hand that you don't have to be a Bible major to do mission work. The combination of students from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and College of Business Administration spent Jan 3 to 8, shooting video, taking pictures and developing a marketing ... [Read More…]
Editorial page offers views beyond the news
What you are about to read will not only affect how you view the Optimist, but also how you view your peers. You are reading an editorial, written and composed by members of the Optimist editorial board. This is the collective opinion of various members on staff, including the editor in chief, managing editor, copy editor and opinion editor. It is ... [Read More…]
Reflecting on four years of newsprint
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief These 10 pages of newsprint you are holding are talented and versatile. While bringing you the news and opinions from around campus twice a week, they manage to be many other things to many people. To many, perusing these pages is a Wednesday and Friday ritual after Chapel. To a few, these pages are a place to ... [Read More…]
‘Optimist,’ JMC students win collegiate journalism awards
By Nathan Driskell, Student Reporter Students from the Journalism and Mass Communication Department won 42 awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association's annual convention in San Antonio on April 6-8. The Optimist won an honorable mention for overall excellence, placing fifth at the competition behind University of Texas Arlington, Texas ... [Read More…]
Optimist videos meet iTunes
By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer Students can now watch Optimist video news segments for free on the digital media player, iTunes. The Optimist began offering the news segments in the beginning of the fall semester on its Web site, www.acuoptimist.com. Now, with iTunes, people can watch Optimist videos more easily because they only have to visit the ... [Read More…]
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