{"id":559,"date":"2020-05-06T23:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T23:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/?p=559"},"modified":"2020-05-11T02:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T02:17:52","slug":"student-driven-media-in-the-ifill-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/2020\/05\/06\/student-driven-media-in-the-ifill-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Student-Driven Media in the Ifill College"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"559\" class=\"elementor elementor-559\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfe988f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfe988f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-item\">2022 Senior Showcase<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-f9255a5\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-62\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-730\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Stories of Change<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-74\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/student-stories\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Student Stories<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-83\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/department-stories\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Department Stories<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-77\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/inside-the-industry\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Inside the Industry<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-80\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/fenway-then-now\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" 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Showcase<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-424e0bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"424e0bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca9cbee\" data-id=\"ca9cbee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a50876 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-254 elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3a50876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95b3e41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95b3e41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-753b303\" data-id=\"753b303\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edb633a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edb633a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Student-Driven Media in the Ifill College \n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a81db3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a81db3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: Caroline Smith<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5582ec5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5582ec5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c313bf\" data-id=\"6c313bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1bf790 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1bf790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Student-driven media is a big part of the Simmons Communications Department. The following four media outlets for student voices provide a look into the Ifill College and the COMM-unity at large.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf1a05e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cf1a05e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91e8b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91e8b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Simmons Voice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aed6ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aed6ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/The Simmons Voice \u2013 The Student News Site of Simmons University\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-561 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/voicelogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/voicelogo.png 374w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/voicelogo-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/>The Simmons Voice <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is our campus\u2019 newspaper, covering Simmons- and Boston-related news, sports, health and science, and more. Founded in 1922, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Voice <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continues to publish content for the Simmons community. For a number of years, it was published both digitally and in print. As of 2018, the paper became fully digital, but the staff is working to bring the print version back to the Simmons community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f4416a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f4416a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc9651b\" data-id=\"dc9651b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4bd59c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4bd59c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Simmons Radio: The Shark\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef19835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef19835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-562 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radiologo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radiologo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radiologo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radiologo.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Simmons-College-s135000\/?st=undefined&amp;utm_content=s135000&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=geminiEmbedArt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simmons Radio: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shark<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the University\u2019s internet radio station that features a wide variety of programming including several genres of music, regular student-run shows, and specialty show collaborations with other academic departments, faculty and staff members. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shark<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is part of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System and an affiliate of the IBS\/Backbone Student Radio Network. The station and the students who have brought it have received a number of awards for their outstanding work.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a782b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a782b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-208b791\" data-id=\"208b791\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-811d4b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"811d4b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sidelines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321b8a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"321b8a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-564 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sidelines-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" \/>Sidelines, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published twice a year, is a student literary magazine within the Ifill College that features students\u2019 short stories, poems, photos, and graphic art. The magazine, which is curated, designed, and edited by a student board within the college, allows Simmons students from all disciplines to showcase their creative work for the community to enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7b404f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7b404f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7e368e\" data-id=\"b7e368e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c618a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81c618a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CommTracks\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ec065e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ec065e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0e63de\" data-id=\"b0e63de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a605f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a605f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CommTracks, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which you are reading now, is an annual publication that was initiated in 2005 as a magazine by, for and about the graduating comm majors and minors. Over the years since its first publication in 2006, the magazine\u2019s 15 issues highlight the happenings of the department and the ways students and faculty collaborate on communications efforts in and out of the classroom. The magazine is a multiple-time winner of gold medals in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association publication competition.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-875e628 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"875e628\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb0bebf\" data-id=\"bb0bebf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c055b5f elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone 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