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Behind the Scenes of a Super Bowl Ad: A Conversation with Kate Sheehan
Kate Sheehan of HiveDive Chicago gave students a behind-the-scenes look at her Super Bowl campaign for Lay’s, sharing how personal storytelling and creative strategy came together to create an emotional, impactful ad.
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Tomorrow Begins Here: Loyola Students Help Amplify Kiribati Voices on Climate Change
In Kiribati, the future is already shifting. With help from Loyola students, young islanders share their stories of climate change, turning lived experience into a documentary the world can’t ignore.
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Vanesa Hoxha Earns the President’s Medallion, One Story at a Time
Vanesa Hoxha’s journey from a first-year student imagining possibility to this year’s President’s Medallion recipient is rooted in purpose, service, and a commitment to telling stories that matter.
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Loyola Media Fellows Take the Stage at The Second City
Tina Fey. Steve Carell. Amy Poehler. Stephen Colbert. Loyola’s Media Fellows. Loyola’s School of Communication Media Fellows got a taste of the experience Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, and Stephen Colbert experience, as they recently visited The Second City to take an improv workshop.
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The Windy City Watcher: Where Journalism Meets Civic Engagement with Caroline Lyngen
Caroline Lyngen didn’t grow up in Chicago, but the city quickly became her classroom. As part of Windy City Watch, she joined a team of students producing a fast-paced, student-led news broadcast.
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Robert Kennedy: A Storyteller Across Borders and Back Again
With a background in international relations and a love of storytelling shaped by a journalist mother and a sailor father, Kennedy brings a global, deeply personal lens to everything he creates at Loyola.
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“Cheeseborger, Cheeseborger, Cheeseborger!” Media Fellows get taste of Chicago at Billy Goat Tavern
The 25 Media Fellows took a field trip to the original Billy Goat, a burger joint made famous in a classic Saturday Night Live sketch which coined the phrase, “cheeseborger, cheeseborger, chesseborger.”
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Master Class for Media Managers Builds Community
When a record-setting cohort of media leaders gathered online for Professor Jill Geisler’s Master Class, something rare happened. Real community formed. Through coaching, reflection, and candid conversation, participants left more confident, connected, and equipped to lead, with many wishing they had taken the course sooner.
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