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Students pick the brains of five College of Media alumni who have found success in New York City, the country’s largest media market, during the “Making it in a Major Media Market” panel event.

Finding Major Market Success

Students pick the brains of five College of Media alumni who have found success in New York City, the country’s largest media market, during the “Making it in a Major Media Market” panel event.

To kick off the fall 2017 semester, Reed College of Media students flooded the Media Innovation Center to learn more about more than a dozen media-based clubs and organizations on campus. During the event, journalism junior Karlee Gibson explains to another student how she got involved with RTDNA and what the organization offers its members.

Get Involved!

To kick off the fall 2017 semester, Reed College of Media students flooded the Media Innovation Center to learn more about more than a dozen media-based clubs and organizations on campus. During the event, journalism junior Karlee Gibson explains to another student how she got involved with RTDNA and what the organization offers its members.

WVU News reporter Casey Gentile recording at the Media Innovation Center’s Studio B.

WVU News

WVU News reporter Casey Gentile recording at the Media Innovation Center’s Studio B.

Reed College of Media students toured various media agencies in Washington, D.C., taking advantage of the opportunity to network with WVU Alumni in the industry.

Students in Washington, D.C.

Reed College of Media students toured various media agencies in Washington, D.C., taking advantage of the opportunity to network with WVU Alumni in the industry.

The Boy Scouts came to the Media Innovation Center to learn about 360° video, TV production, anchoring and video editing.

Boy Scouts at the Inno Center

The Boy Scouts came to the Media Innovation Center to learn about 360° video, TV production, anchoring and video editing.

Strategic communications capstone students presented their campaigns to their nonprofit client in Manchester, London over the 2017 spring recess.

Strat Comm students in London

Strategic communications capstone students presented their campaigns to their nonprofit client in Manchester, London over the 2017 spring recess.

Fourth grade TAG students from Suncrest and North Elementary Schools visited the Media Innovation Center to learn about TV production, 360 photo and video, and AR/VR.

TAG Students visit Inno Center

Fourth grade TAG students from Suncrest and North Elementary Schools visited the Media Innovation Center to learn about TV production, 360 photo and video, and AR/VR.

Strategic communications capstone students led by Dr. Oppe planned and executed the fourth annual “Once A Mountaineer, Always A Mountaineer” event in spring 2017. The event is meant to inspire healthy lifestyles among local youth by bringing back former WVU athletes for a “Day of Play.”

Day of Play

Strategic communications capstone students led by Dr. Oppe planned and executed the fourth annual “Once A Mountaineer, Always A Mountaineer” event in spring 2017. The event is meant to inspire healthy lifestyles among local youth by bringing back former WVU athletes for a “Day of Play.”

Students in the spring 2017 strategic communications Innovator-in-Residence course used augmented and virtual reality to tell the resilient stories of three southern W.Va. communities that were ravaged by the 2016 floods.

Hope 360°

Students in the spring 2017 strategic communications Innovator-in-Residence course used augmented and virtual reality to tell the resilient stories of three southern W.Va. communities that were ravaged by the 2016 floods.

The WVU Chapter of PRSSA planned and hosted its first “Let’s Eat!” event, which showcased international cuisine while raising money for the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club.

Let's Eat

The WVU Chapter of PRSSA planned and hosted its first “Let’s Eat!” event, which showcased international cuisine while raising money for the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club.

Students in the fall 2016 Innovators-In-Residence program partnered with MSU School of Global Journalism and Communication and traveled to Baltimore to investigate urban and rural food deserts.

Investigating Food Deserts

Students in the fall 2016 Innovators-In-Residence program partnered with MSU School of Global Journalism and Communication and traveled to Baltimore to investigate urban and rural food deserts.

Students in the Digital Storytelling Campaign capstone class are working on their project -- “College is Selling Success: Hatching into Success.”

Hatching Into Success

Students in the Digital Storytelling Campaign capstone class are working on their project -- “College is Selling Success: Hatching into Success.”

Students participate in a mini-makeathon and create wearable data gathering prototypes for the college student demographic.

Mini-makeathon: Wearable Technology

Students participate in a mini-makeathon and create wearable data gathering prototypes for the college student demographic.

Students in the event planning class partnered with the Morgantown Marathon to help promote the races, recruit volunteers and complete race day tasks.

On your marks, Get set, Plan!

Students in the event planning class partnered with the Morgantown Marathon to help promote the races, recruit volunteers and complete race day tasks.

Showcasing HoloLens

Strategic Communications major Hollie Greene shows US Senator Shelley Moore Capito how to use HoloLens at the WV Press Association President’s Reception.

#whereWVUlives in 3D

As part of a series on student housing, Journalism major Rachel Teter visited Ben, his three roommates, and their resident ghost.

Up Up and Away

Media College students worked with Statler College of Engineering students to launch a 360 camera on a weather balloon.

All Things Media at Camp

Students at the Mountaineer Media Camp take a 360 selfie with Broadcast major Kyle Monroe.

Learn more about the Makeathon

Turning Uncertainty into Magic: How We Won the Women’s IoT Makeathon

WVU Reed College of Media strategic communications major Antoinette (Toni) Yelenic shares about her experience on the winning team of the 2016 Women's Makeathon. MediaShift and the Reed College of Media brought together college-age women from around the country to envision their role and influence in the emerging “smart-world” market and opportunities for entrepreneurship. From smart-objects to beacons, sensors and augmented reality, this hands-on Makeathon introduced women as first-generation makers in media and the Internet of Things (IoT).

From smart-objects to beacons, sensors and augmented reality, this hands-on Makeathon introduced women as first-generation makers in media and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Hacking the Gender Gap Makeathon

From smart-objects to beacons, sensors and augmented reality, this hands-on Makeathon introduced women as first-generation makers in media and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Strategic Communications major Davey Robinson testing out stabilization techniques with the 360 Camera.

In the field with 360

Strategic Communications major Davey Robinson testing out stabilization techniques with the 360 Camera.

Broadcast Journalism senior Kalea Gunderson learning how to solder in Maker Journalism class.

Makerspace Creations

Broadcast Journalism senior Kalea Gunderson learning how to solder in Maker Journalism class.

Students in the Media, Computing and Neurosciences class are beginning to experiment with applications of data collected from EEG headsets in their perspective fields of study.

Reading Minds

Students in the Media, Computing and Neurosciences class are beginning to experiment with applications of data collected from EEG headsets in their perspective fields of study.

Students from the Innovator-in-Residence class shoot 360 video of bluegrass musicians and troubleshoot audio from 8 mics.

Bluegrass Meets 360

Students from the Innovator-in-Residence class shoot 360 video of bluegrass musicians and troubleshoot audio from 8 mics.

Students in @NancyAndrews’ Experimental Storytelling class create a 3d model of a room in the @WVUMediaInno Center using the @Matterport camera.

Exploring 3D

Students in @NancyAndrews’ Experimental Storytelling class create a 3d model of a room in the @WVUMediaInno Center using the @Matterport camera.

Senior Television Journalism major Tristan Webster tested the temperature in the Evansdale Crossing Building with the Arduino coded to be a temperature sensor as part of his Maker Journalism class.

Arduino #IoT

Senior Television Journalism major Tristan Webster tested the temperature in the Evansdale Crossing Building with the Arduino coded to be a temperature sensor as part of his Maker Journalism class.

Spring 2016 Innovator-in-Residence Danese Kenon of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette worked with students in a 2-day immersive workshop on 360° storytelling and production.

Testing 360° Video

Spring 2016 Innovator-in-Residence Danese Kenon of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette worked with students in a 2-day immersive workshop on 360° storytelling and production.

Strategic Communication major Aileen Smith explained to visitors at the Media Innovation Center Open House about her capstone project helping the city of Fairmont market its community.

Media Innovation Center Open House

Strategic Communication major Aileen Smith explained to visitors at the Media Innovation Center Open House about her capstone project helping the city of Fairmont market its community.

Data collected by water conductivity sensors put inside Gatorade bottles and floated down Monongahela River by students at @wvumediacollege. #streamlab #IoT

Streaming Data

Data collected by water conductivity sensors put inside Gatorade bottles and floated down Monongahela River by students at @wvumediacollege. #streamlab #IoT

Computer Science professor Frances VanScoy shares her work in direct neural interface and interactive gaming with media students working in immersive storytelling.

Future Gaming

Computer Science professor Frances VanScoy shares her work in direct neural interface and interactive gaming with media students working in immersive storytelling.

Students participate in a workshop exercise revealing the power of word choice in creating narratives about race.

Race Matters

Students participate in a workshop exercise revealing the power of word choice in creating narratives about race.

Morgan State University senior Emily Pelland tests a beta version of VR app “Fractured Tour” that she co-produced as part of the Bridging Selma project.

Empathy Machine

Morgan State University senior Emily Pelland tests a beta version of VR app “Fractured Tour” that she co-produced as part of the Bridging Selma project.

Forensic Science graduate student Eric Law works with media students to define a genre of forensic journalism and investigate the hidden stories in objects.

#4N6 Journalism

Forensic Science graduate student Eric Law works with media students to define a genre of forensic journalism and investigate the hidden stories in objects.

Senior Shaleah Ingram experiences what Epson Moverio augmented reality glasses can do in a class exploring AR and VR.

Gadgeteering

Senior Shaleah Ingram experiences what Epson Moverio augmented reality glasses can do in a class exploring AR and VR.

Associate Professor Joel Beeson and Morgan State University student Emily Pelland work with Washington Post innovators in interactive design to explore new story forms in VR.

{Co}Inno Field Trip

Associate Professor Joel Beeson and Morgan State University student Emily Pelland work with Washington Post innovators in interactive design to explore new story forms in VR.

Students collaborate to define failure on their own terms as part of an experimental grading model designed to reward risk-taking.

Fail Camp

Students collaborate to define failure on their own terms as part of an experimental grading model designed to reward risk-taking.

Visiting Ogden Newspapers Professor in Media Innovation Nancy Andrews leads students in an effort to fill race and gender gaps on Wikipedia entries of notable photojournalists.

Closing the Gap

Visiting Ogden Newspapers Professor in Media Innovation Nancy Andrews leads students in an effort to fill race and gender gaps on Wikipedia entries of notable photojournalists.

360-degree video technology utilized in Professor @ritacolistra’s #Colistra459 #BrandMatewan class. #community

#community

360-degree video technology utilized in Professor @ritacolistra’s #Colistra459 #BrandMatewan class. #community

Students in the #streamlab experimental journalism class launch water sensors in the Monongahela River. #IoT

Beta Testing

Students in the #streamlab experimental journalism class launch water sensors in the Monongahela River. #IoT

@NancyAndrews demonstrates the @Matterport Pro 3D Camera for students in @JuliaDaisyPMC's Community Branding class in the @WVUMediaInno Center. #Fraustino459 #BrandGrafton

Immersive Media

@NancyAndrews demonstrates the @Matterport Pro 3D Camera for students in @JuliaDaisyPMC's Community Branding class in the @WVUMediaInno Center. #Fraustino459 #BrandGrafton

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Finding Major Market Success

Students pick the brains of five College of Media alumni who have found success in New York City, the country’s largest media market, during the “Making it in a Major Media Market” panel event.

Get Involved!

WVU News

WVU News reporter Casey Gentile recording at the Media Innovation Center’s Studio B.

Students in Washington, D.C.

Reed College of Media students toured various media agencies in Washington, D.C., taking advantage of the opportunity to network with WVU Alumni in the industry.

Boy Scouts at the Inno Center

The Boy Scouts came to the Media Innovation Center to learn about 360° video, TV production, anchoring and video editing.

Strat Comm students in London

Strategic communications capstone students presented their campaigns to their nonprofit client in Manchester, London over the 2017 spring recess.

TAG Students visit Inno Center

Fourth grade TAG students from Suncrest and North Elementary Schools visited the Media Innovation Center to learn about TV production, 360 photo and video, and AR/VR.

Day of Play

Strategic communications capstone students led by Dr. Oppe planned and executed the fourth annual “Once A Mountaineer, Always A Mountaineer” event in spring 2017. The event is meant to inspire healthy lifestyles among local youth by bringing back former WVU athletes for a “Day of Play.”

Hope 360°

Students in the spring 2017 strategic communications Innovator-in-Residence course used augmented and virtual reality to tell the resilient stories of three southern W.Va. communities that were ravaged by the 2016 floods.

Let's Eat

The WVU Chapter of PRSSA planned and hosted its first “Let’s Eat!” event, which showcased international cuisine while raising money for the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club.

Investigating Food Deserts

Students in the fall 2016 Innovators-In-Residence program partnered with MSU School of Global Journalism and Communication and traveled to Baltimore to investigate urban and rural food deserts.

Hatching Into Success

Students in the Digital Storytelling Campaign capstone class are working on their project -- “College is Selling Success: Hatching into Success.”

Mini-makeathon: Wearable Technology

Students participate in a mini-makeathon and create wearable data gathering prototypes for the college student demographic.

On your marks, Get set, Plan!

Students in the event planning class partnered with the Morgantown Marathon to help promote the races, recruit volunteers and complete race day tasks.

Showcasing HoloLens

Strategic Communications major Hollie Greene shows US Senator Shelley Moore Capito how to use HoloLens at the WV Press Association President’s Reception.

#whereWVUlives in 3D

As part of a series on student housing, Journalism major Rachel Teter visited Ben, his three roommates, and their resident ghost.

Up Up and Away

Media College students worked with Statler College of Engineering students to launch a 360 camera on a weather balloon.

All Things Media at Camp

Students at the Mountaineer Media Camp take a 360 selfie with Broadcast major Kyle Monroe.

Turning Uncertainty into Magic: How We Won the Women’s IoT Makeathon

Hacking the Gender Gap Makeathon

From smart-objects to beacons, sensors and augmented reality, this hands-on Makeathon introduced women as first-generation makers in media and the Internet of Things (IoT).

In the field with 360

Strategic Communications major Davey Robinson testing out stabilization techniques with the 360 Camera.

Makerspace Creations

Broadcast Journalism senior Kalea Gunderson learning how to solder in Maker Journalism class.

Reading Minds

Students in the Media, Computing and Neurosciences class are beginning to experiment with applications of data collected from EEG headsets in their perspective fields of study.

Bluegrass Meets 360

Students from the Innovator-in-Residence class shoot 360 video of bluegrass musicians and troubleshoot audio from 8 mics.

Exploring 3D

Students in @NancyAndrews’ Experimental Storytelling class create a 3d model of a room in the @WVUMediaInno Center using the @Matterport camera.

Arduino #IoT

Senior Television Journalism major Tristan Webster tested the temperature in the Evansdale Crossing Building with the Arduino coded to be a temperature sensor as part of his Maker Journalism class.

Testing 360° Video

Spring 2016 Innovator-in-Residence Danese Kenon of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette worked with students in a 2-day immersive workshop on 360° storytelling and production.

Media Innovation Center Open House

Strategic Communication major Aileen Smith explained to visitors at the Media Innovation Center Open House about her capstone project helping the city of Fairmont market its community.

Streaming Data

Data collected by water conductivity sensors put inside Gatorade bottles and floated down Monongahela River by students at @wvumediacollege. #streamlab #IoT

Future Gaming

Computer Science professor Frances VanScoy shares her work in direct neural interface and interactive gaming with media students working in immersive storytelling.

Race Matters

Students participate in a workshop exercise revealing the power of word choice in creating narratives about race.

Empathy Machine

Morgan State University senior Emily Pelland tests a beta version of VR app “Fractured Tour” that she co-produced as part of the Bridging Selma project.

#4N6 Journalism

Forensic Science graduate student Eric Law works with media students to define a genre of forensic journalism and investigate the hidden stories in objects.

Gadgeteering

Senior Shaleah Ingram experiences what Epson Moverio augmented reality glasses can do in a class exploring AR and VR.

{Co}Inno Field Trip

Associate Professor Joel Beeson and Morgan State University student Emily Pelland work with Washington Post innovators in interactive design to explore new story forms in VR.