By Daniel Recio Denise Malan, Director of Data Services for the Investigative News Network, gave a hands-on instructive panel about the uses of Data Journalism this past Friday. Malan who was a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller Times for four years said, “What I’m hoping to do is raise the level of data journalism skills and raise the awareness.” […]
Mass Comm Week was a great event, and students participated by contributing to our social media presence. Students did 58 posts on this site during the month of October. The blog received more than 14,000 pageviews during the past month and almost 9000 during Mass Comm Week. There were 1145 tweets using the #mcweek hashtag, 318 tweets done to promote […]
By Zac CarlsonDenise Malan gave Texas State University students and faculty an in-depth look at data journalism Friday. Malan, the director of data services at IRE, spent two hours teaching attendees how to use Microsoft Excel to find and make sense of raw data. Malan stressed the importance of data journalism in the news industry. Denise Malan closed out Mass […]
Mass Comm Week concluded Friday afternoon with Denise Malan’s fourth and final presentation on data journalism: “Diving Into Data.” Malan, director of data services for INN/IRE, discussed the basic functions of Microsoft Excel during her presentation, such as incorporating formulas, sorting, filtering and the use of pivot tables. She sought to highlight Excel’s simplicity and importance in journalism as a powerful reporting […]
By: Michael C. Seabrooke Monday, October 21, 2013 Texas State Professor Gilbert Martinez introduced the man few students had heard of, who in an hour would be discussed all week in the halls and around campus. New York Magazine writer Robert Kolker flew down to San Marcos to spend the week talking to Mass Comm. students at Texas State about […]
By: Michael C. Seabrooke Tuesday, October 22, 2013 After presenting her Skype session with Bharati Naik, I sat down with Dr. Sue Weill to discuss the challenges and dividends of good internship work as a Mass Communication student. Naik is a graduate from Texas State who is in her eighth year with CNN International, lives in London, and reports on […]
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by Catherine O’Hara Texas State students share their favorite part of Mass Comm Week, alumni talk about their own experience after graduation and professionals provide some solid advice to students studying mass communications. Catherine O’Hara is a senior at Texas State University with a major in journalism and minor in art and design. Contact: tx.catherine@gmail.com
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Denise Malan talking to students about datajournalists. Photo Credit: Michelle Balagia IRE director talks to students aboutdata journalismBy Michelle Balagia A data director from Investigative Reporters and Editors gave students advice about the importance of data journalism Thursday as part of Mass Comm Week. Denise Malan, IRE data director, said her job involves helping news rooms learn how to dig […]
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting its annual Mass Comm Week, Oct. 6-10, 2025. This year, we have some amazing events both in person and online! Don’t miss out on the chance to look to the future and hear professionals discuss issues, trends and careers in mass media. Visit our Schedule page to learn more about each event and panel.