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A group of students working during the Unearthing Akron’s Past, The Forgotten Dead of Schneider Park unclass.

Students Help Produce ‘The Forgotten Dead’ in EXL Unclass

By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief March 9, 2020

Through one of the Experiential Learning (EXL) Center’s unclasses, students are gaining real world experience by helping Joshua Tree Productions create “The Forgotten Dead,” a documentary about Schneider...

Communication professor Paul R. Jacoway died unexpectedly at age 55.

UA pays respects to communication professor

By Alicia Finch, Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2015

Communication professor and Akron native Paul R. Jacoway died Monday, March 9, at his home. Fifty-five years-old, Jacoway’s cause of death is undetermined at this time. A brother and a sister survive...

Hollywood comes to Akron: Pitch your own reality tv show

September 29, 2011
A hands-on reality show workshop is being hosted by The University of Akron School of Communication, Inda Blatch-Geib Productions and Joke Productions. The two-day workshop will teach the skills needed to sell a reality TV or documentary series to Hollywood. Participants will learn how to identify a compelling story, how to craft their presentations for the right network and how to pitch a marketable reality show or docu-series. At the end of the class, participants will have the chance to pitch a TV show or documentary.
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