![]() Brown was recruited as a full professor from the University of Illinois in 1963 and immediately became department chair. The adviser was a member of the faculty as was the general manager of KAET-TV.ĭonald E. In the beginning, the State Press, the campus newspaper, served as a laboratory for reporting and editing classes. In 1958, the department became a member in the American Society of Journalism School Administrators. The new department had a faculty of three and 31 majors Marvin Alisky served as head. In 1957, journalism left the English Department and radio-television courses were removed from the audio-visual curriculum to form the Department of Mass Communication. The first class in radio news was offered in 1951 and a major in radio-television appeared in 1954, as did the first class in news photography. The Division of Journalism was established with 10 courses offered. Hopkins, who is recognized as the founder of the journalism program, was employed as an associate professor of journalism in 1949 and became the first faculty member with journalism in his title. The primary role of the journalism classes in the early years was to provide talent to produce the student newspaper and yearbook.Įrnest J. ![]() “Pappy” Yates joined the faculty as chairman of the Division of Special Services and taught some journalism courses. “Chuck” Southern of the English faculty began teaching the first journalism classes. ![]() Taylor in both a public relations capacity and as the first journalism teacher at the institution. Journalism courses have been offered at Arizona State since 1931 when President Ralph Swetman wanted a publicist.
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