CommArts debuts Foxtalk Magazine
Matt Spillane
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: News
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A publication solely for the School of Communication & the Arts, Foxtalk is a 22-page magazine that details the school's achievements in various departments. It highlights academic work by graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty members.
The magazine also includes updates on the school's alumni, dating back to the 1970s.
Originally the brainchild of Dr. Steven Ralston, the school's dean, Foxtalk was intended to be a brief newsletter. The faculty's inexperience in writing newsletters and its expertise in magazine writing gave it a new vision, however, and allowed it to take shape.
Dr. Keith Strudler and Dr. Lyn Lepre, of the Communication department, took the lead in recruiting writers and editing the final product. Alumni Geoff Decker, '05, and Victoria Banks,'09 and current junior Sabrina Clark contributed with writing, reporting and editing.
"It's definitely putting awareness out to alumni and the community on exactly what we're doing," Clark said. "People don't realize exactly how big the School of Communication is and how much we do every year. I think a lot of people don't associate the Fashion Department with the School of Communication, and some of the articles featured [its] faculty. Some students never got a chance to see what their professors are doing."
Lepre, who has a background in magazine writing, has taken over direction of Foxtalk and has big plans for the future.
"What you see now is just a tiny little taste of what I think it's going to become next issue," she said.
Although Foxtalk ended up being much longer than the original newsletter was intended to be, future editions will be even more extensive. Lepre plans on having next year's edition run between 50-55 pages long, with sections devoted to various campus publications and departments.
Lepre is in the process of recruiting students to write stories and take photographs for the next edition. She plans on adding more features on alumni, capping projects, faculty members and communication issues.
Lepre said there will be a more thorough representation of different departments and student groups, as well as potential stories from interns, journalism students, adjunct professors and local freelance writers.
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