Longtime foreign correspondent Joe Coleman, who speaks five languages and is the bureau chief for the Associated Press in Tokyo, will join the faculty of the Indiana University School of Journalism beginning in spring 2009.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas French has accepted an offer to serve on the faculty in the Indiana University School of Journalism, beginning in fall 2009.

A broadcast journalist widely respected for her coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court and legal affairs, a magazine and book writer who is one of Time magazine's "100 most influential people in the world" and the former executive editor of the Washington Post will speak at the Indiana University School of Journalism's fall speaker series.

News images of political candidates are vastly underappreciated as a source of information and play a central role in shaping voter impressions of presidential candidates, according to a recently published visual analysis of the last four presidential elections by two Indiana University professors.

While many Indiana University students will be hitting warm and sunny beaches for spring break, 30 journalism students will be retracing the steps of thousands of soldiers in Normandy, France, at the "Bloody Omaha" beach. More specifically, they'll be seeing where famed war correspondent and fellow Hoosier Ernie Pyle reported on the lives of those soldiers in World War II. Follow their journey as they write stories about the trip, some of which will be featured on the journalism school's Web site.

While many Indiana University students will be hitting warm and sunny beaches for spring break, 30 journalism students will be retracing the steps of thousands of soldiers in Normandy, France, at the "Bloody Omaha" beach. More specifically, they'll be seeing where famed war correspondent and fellow Hoosier Ernie Pyle reported on the lives of those soldiers in World War II.

News images of political candidates are vastly underappreciated as a source of information and play a central role in shaping voter impressions of presidential candidates, according to a recently published visual analysis of the last four presidential elections by two Indiana University professors.

Steve Lavin, a broadcast analyst for ABC and ESPN Sports and former men's basketball coach at UCLA, will provide color commentary about what it's like to be in broadcasting in a speech at Indiana University on Feb. 25.

The Indiana University School of Journalism has been recommended for re-accreditation by a site team from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). It also has been recommended for certification by the Public Relations Society of America.

Several journalists and scholars with decades of experience writing and reporting on Asia will participate in a conference at Indiana University Oct. 22-23, "Reporting India," which examines American media coverage of the world's largest democracy over its 60-year history.

While India has a population of more than 1 billion, the sun never sets on its people, who also include between 20 million and 25 million in more than 100 other countries. It was their story that Steve Raymer, an associate professor of journalism at Indiana University and a former photographer for National Geographic magazine, set out to tell and photograph.

Two major network television journalists will visit the Indiana University School of Journalism as part of a new class on visual storytelling. ESPN's Dana Jacobson, co-host of "First Take" will lecture on Oct. 22, and "NBC News" correspondent Bob Dotson, whose television feature stories about everyday Americans have earned him many fans and honors, is scheduled for Nov. 5.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, explore the creation of comic books, learn how humans process alcohol and meet Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam.

A book resulting from an extensive study of U.S. journalists by faculty in the Indiana University School of Journalism has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, explore the creation of comic books, learn how humans process alcohol and meet Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, explore the creation of comic books, learn how humans process alcohol and meet Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam.

Close out Black History Month with a Union Board lecture and attend the 61st annual IU Business Conference in Indianapolis in this edition of Lecture Notes.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, find events that allow you to look at portraits by Joyce Wilson and war photos by James Nachtwey, confer with 'CSI' consultant Gary Telgenhoff and dedicate new artwork to the IU Art Museum.

This edition of "Lecture Notes" features information about lectures and speakers on the Indiana University Bloomington campus from Nov. 6-20, including "Lunch with a Curator," a former chief of the CIA European Division and interesting discoveries from the Stone Age Institute.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a National Public Radio program host and a respected foreign news correspondent will highlight a new fall lecture series being presented by the Indiana University School of Journalism.

Featuring lectures and speakers on the Bloomington campus, including NPR's Michele Norris, recognizing the dangers of Facebook and "Confessions of a Cha Cha Feminist."

This issue of Lecture Notes features talks at IU Bloomington from Sept. 25 through Oct. 10. Lectures include a special evening with journalist Christopher Hitchens, and a lecture about Herman B. Wells.

The number of full-time journalists in the United States has dropped sharply over the last decade, particularly those working for daily newspapers and radio stations, according to a new book by faculty in the Indiana University School of Journalism. Fewer journalists identify themselves as Democrats, although as a group they consider themselves more liberal than the public at large. More said they found themselves to be middle of the road in their politics or even conservative.

For the second straight year, the Indiana Daily Student at Indiana University Bloomington won the "Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper" award in the Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence competition. The independent campus newspaper has won several other honors this spring.

Among the media converging at this year's NCAA men's Final Four in Indianapolis will be a group of 50 college sportswriters who will be involved in a competition of their own. The IU School of Journalism and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association have jointly organized a sportswriting seminar and scholarship competition that will begin Thursday (March 30) at the Bloomington campus.