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What happens when the WNBA becomes a national phenomenon?

Sports journalist for The Athletic and Iowa alumna Annie Costabile discusses the league’s rise, the challenges of covering women’s sports, and why honest journalism matters more than ever.

Watch the full video from Iowa Writes now. Link in bio. by @uiowa_sjmc

Introducing TWO new podcasts on the Writing University Podcast Network, both from @uiowa_sjmc. Check them out!:

🔈💛 SJMC Podcast
A show offering an inside look at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications student life through the experiences, perspectives, and stories of its students.

🔈🧡 About the Abstract
A podcast focusing on the innovative media research being done by faculty and students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Find them via 🔗 link in bio! by @uiowa_sjmc

📣ATTENTION AWSM MEMBERS!📣 We have a Meet & Greet with Annie Costabile this afternoon from 2-3pm in the Moeller Lab (AJB W244)!

Annie is a Senior Writer for The Athletic covering the WNBA and women’s basketball at large. Before joining The Athletic, she worked as a women’s sports reporter for Front Office Sports, and prior to that, was a sports reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times for seven years, covering the Chicago Sky and other women’s sports. Annie also served as the high school preps and recruiting editor at The Clarion-Ledger, and is a graduate of the University of Iowa. We hope to see you there! by @uiowa_sjmc

This week on About the Abstract, host Disha Patel chats with professor Sang Jung Kim about her awarded paper: Navigating the Algorithm. Find out more about Professor Kim’s research and her experimental class project that left students more aware of the biases within their own social media algorithms.

Tap the link in our bio to listen to this interesting episode! by @uiowa_sjmc

Hear from State Representative Candidates for District 83 at candidate forums hosted by the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun. These forums are supported by The Daily Iowan and SJMC with funding from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation to promote civic engagement in Linn County.

Mike Bergman Candidate Forum
🗓: Oct. 20
🕰️: 5-6 PM
📍: Mount Vernon City Hall

Cindy Golding
🗓: Oct. 22
🕰️: 5-6 PM
📍: Mount Vernon City Hall

We’re excited to extend our news-academic partnership to community events! by @uiowa_sjmc

A group of SJMC Students taking Topics in Designing/Producing: Film Criticism got to attend the first weekend of the 2026 Chicago International Film Festival. They attended four film screenings, a lecture about legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh and participated in Q&A’s. They even had the opportunity to have a conversation over coffee with film critic Josh Larsen.

Thank you Josh for sharing your time and knowledge with these outstanding students! by @uiowa_sjmc

quotable hawks by @uiowa_sjmc

Heading into the Midterms, America needs journalists now more than ever, and SJMC students are stepping up to the plate.

Student Grace Olson (@grraceolson)fact checks Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Rob Sand's claim that Iowa once had "the best public schools in the country," but is now "in the bottom half" in an article published by PolitiFact.

Olson provides the nuances of Sand's claim to Iowa voters, working to create an educated voter base that is versed in the issues on the ballot and claims being made going into the elections.

Check out her article by visiting our bio!

*These photos have been cropped to fit the dimension restrictions of Instagram* by @uiowa_sjmc

Hey @uiowa_sjmc students! Today, The Gold Standard be LIVE from the rotunda in Adler! We're spending the bye week solely focused on the state of Iowa football, and we want to hear from YOU! This is your open invite to swing by anytime from 12-1pm, grab a headset, and share your thoughts! by @uiowa_sjmc

What happens when private equity reshapes workplaces, communities, and lives?

Join acclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell for a conversation about Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, which tells the stories of four American workers affected by the world of private equity.

🗓 Tuesday, October 20
⏰ 7:00 p.m.
📍 Iowa City Public Library

We hope to see you there! by @uiowa_sjmc

This week on the SJMC Podcast, host Disha Patel chats with Dravin Murti, who works for Iowa Barstool. In this episode, you’ll find out what it’s like to run the account, his summer with Bleacher Report, and all the other cool orgs he’s a part of!

Visit our bio to listen to the newest episode of the SJMC Podcast! by @uiowa_sjmc

We're only a couple days away from the @uiowaearthwords and @foolsmag Readings in the Student Center! Anyone that attended the @newmoonmag can tell you how cozy and moving it was to hear pieces read by the authors.

📅 October 14
📍 Adler Journalism Building Student Center
⏰ 3:30-4:30

Coffee, lemonade and pastries will be provided!☕🍪 by @uiowa_sjmc