Journalism and Mass Communication

Mary Arnold, Department Head
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Yeager Hall 211
605-688-4171
E-mail: mary.arnold@sdstate.edu
www.sdstate.edu/mcom

Faculty
Professor Arnold, Head; Professors Lucchesi, Olson; Professors Emeriti Lee, Getz, Giago; Associate Professors Emerita Laird, Perpich; Assistant Professors: R. Britt, B. Britt, Dailey, McEntee; Lecturer Koroglu; Instructors Jensen; Instructor Emeritus C. Cecil

Department Overview
South Dakota State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication’s mission is educating the next generation of media professionals – including journalists, strategic communicators, teachers and researchers. To fulfill our land-grant university mission, the department works closely with journalism and advertising professionals and the scholastic and the Native American community.

Accreditation
The Department is accredited by the national accrediting body of journalism and mass communication, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). The Department has been accredited continuously since accrediting began in 1948.

Programs

Facilities
The former Printing and Rural Journalism Building was renamed Yeager Hall in recognition of the contributions of Anson and Ada May Yeager. Mr. Yeager was longtime editor of the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls. The Department moved into expanded and renovated facilities in 2000 that cost $2.4 million. The Yeager Media Center, completed in 2012, is a high-definition television and new media facility and the primary center for SDSU campus television and media production. There are also three computer laboratories with equipment and software for newswriting; for news editing and digital media; for broadcasting and advertising; and for photojournalism. Broadcast and advertising courses are in the Joe L. Floyd News Media Laboratory. It is connected to digital video and audio production suites. Second floor of Yeager Hall includes a conference room, a reading room, a student lounge, and individual offices for the Department’s faculty members.

Student Engagement Opportunities
Students are invited to participate in one of the student organizations advised by faculty in the Department:

• Advertising Club (Advised by Professor Roxanne Lucchesi and Assistant Professor Didem Koroglu)
• Journalism Club (Advised by Instructor Jim Helland)