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Imagewest International team travels to France for summer projects
| Date: Monday, October 3rd, 2011 |  Return to Archive |
Imagewest, a student-run, revenue-generating, full-service advertising and public relations agency in WKU’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting, traveled to France for four weeks this summer to work on client projects for the Global Editors Network (GEN) in Paris.
Imagewest collaborated with GEN, a non-profit association of news editors-in-chief and senior news executives from around the world working to make a collaborative effort to preserve the quality of journalism while supporting the digital environment. GEN was established in March 2011 in an effort to break down the barriers between traditional and new platforms allowing editors-in-chief and senior news executives working in print, digital, mobile or broadcast to gather and share information to define the future of journalism and create new editorial services.
Imagewest developed goals, strategies and tactics to grow GEN’s membership and increase registration for the NEWS! World Summit 2011 in Hong Kong.
The Imagewest International internship in Paris took place June 18 to July 20. Revenues generated from Imagewest were used for scholarships to aid Imagewest International students with trip costs. Interns for the summer internship were Kelley Boothe of Georgetown, Ryan Franklin of Louisville, Paige Johnson of Bowling Green, Jessica Troccoli of Old Hickory, Tenn., and Kara Williams of Graham. Group leaders are Imagewest Agency Director Heather Garcia and WKU advertising professor Mark Simpson.
“Imagewest prides itself on offering students real life experiences beyond just the internship such as job shadows, networking opportunities and career preparation,” Garcia said. “We are very fortunate to be able to offer this unique opportunity for our students to work abroad. This will be life-changing for them.”
Learn more about Imagewest, the student interns and this summer’s project with the Imagewest International media kit
Contact: Paige Johnson or Heather Garcia at (270) 745-8915.
Brad Pfranger, assistant professor of broadcasting has been elected to the National Press Photographers Association Board of Directors. Pfranger replaces Mark Dolan, who was elected NPPA’s vice president.
NEW YORK CITY, NY — More than 450 top media executives from around the globe and a team of WKU multiplatform student journalists have gathered in New York City this week for meetings on the future of news brands.
When the photographers Pablo Corral Vega and Loup Langton held the first Pictures of the Year Latin America contest in 2011, they had no idea how many submissions they would receive.
NEW YORK CITY, NY — More than 450 top media executives from around the globe and a team of WKU multiplatform student journalists have gathered in New York City this week for meetings on the future of news brands.
When the photographers Pablo Corral Vega and Loup Langton held the first Pictures of the Year Latin America contest in 2011, they had no idea how many submissions they would receive.
Winners of the 2011 Bulldog Stars of PR Awards for Outstanding Achievement by Communications Agencies and Professionals Have Been Announced
