All those involved with SUU Athletics are collectively mourning the passing of former university president, Gerald R. Sherratt, who will go down as one of the most influential people in the history of the Southern Utah University Athletics Department. A friend and advocate of the many athletic programs at SUU, Sherratt was also instrumental inContinue reading “GERALD SHERRATT”
Tag Archives: Journalism
Visual Framing
An Excerpt from “How Visuals Contribute to Framing Effects.” In today’s modern news coverage, photos, illustrations, graphics, and other visuals play a prominent role. It is accepted that visuals in news media help define and frame issues. Framing is often used in discussing news media reporting. Gamson and Modigliani (1987) explain that a frame isContinue reading “Visual Framing”
WBB: WEB @ SUU
Cedar City, Utah – The Southern Utah University Thunderbirds welcomed their in-state rival, the Weber State Wildcats, into Centrum Arena Saturday evening. Early turnover troubles and a failure to effectively move the ball doomed the Thunderbirds from the start, as they fell 70-51. Southern Utah head coach Chris Boettcher was disappointed in his team’s performance.Continue reading “WBB: WEB @ SUU”
COACH LAMB
Just a little bio piece I wrote for Coach Lamb’s award ceremony. He is such a class-act. He and his family will definitely be missed here in Cedar City. Former Southern Utah University head football coach, Ed Lamb, has been named the 2016 Cedar City Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year. Lamb’s success onContinue reading “COACH LAMB”
WBB: ISU @ SUU
SUU Comes Up Short In Close Contest With ISU 1/28/15 Cedar City, Utah – The Southern Utah University women’s basketball team was back in Centrum Arena Thursday night for a matchup against the Idaho State Bengals. The contest proved to be a back-and-forth affair, featuring 11 lead changes and neither team leading by more thanContinue reading “WBB: ISU @ SUU”
MBB: UND @ SUU
Cedar City, Utah – Despite a strong second half by the Thunderbirds, in which they scored 51 points, the Southern Utah University men’s basketball team dug themselves an early hole that they were unable to climb out of, falling to the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks 88-72. North Dakota came out hot, shooting sixContinue reading “MBB: UND @ SUU”
INFO RECALL
The article, “Information Recall of Four Elements Among Young Newspaper Readers,” written by Wayne Wanta and Jay Remy (Newspaper Research Journal 16 [2], 1992), examines the ability of high school students to process and recall information contained in four different print-newspaper elements. The elements were: in-story texts, graphics, index boxes, and pullout quotes. I believeContinue reading “INFO RECALL”
WRITING BOOKS II
If I ever get to teach a writing course of any sort, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield would be required reading. Upon completion of this book, I felt inspired to continue writing, but more importantly, I knew that the only person that could hold me back was me. The War of Art StevenContinue reading “WRITING BOOKS II”
GRANTLAND
Almost every time I have gotten on the internet in the past four years, I followed the same routine. I immediately open five tabs, then enter the following URLs: RealGM.com HoopsHype.com Grantland.com Screenrant.com Facebook.com It is safe to say that I’ve spent most of my internet time on these sites. But sadly, I am back downContinue reading “GRANTLAND”
Hayden Coombs 