Department Message

The Intersection of Knowledge and Experience

Recently, BYU’s Department of Communications was reorganized to provide more focus on, and greater collaboration within, one of our most important assets—the four student labs housed within the Brimhall Building.
These labs include the Daily Universe, the Broadcast News Lab, the Advanced Advertising Lab and the Bradley Public Relations Agency. These labs produce award-winning media products [...]



BYU’s Communications Department Labs—The Intersection of Knowledge and Experience

Recently, BYU’s Department of Communications was reorganized to provide more focus on, and greater collaboration within, one of our most important assets—the four student labs housed within the Brimhall Building.
These labs include the Daily Universe, the Broadcast News Lab, the Advanced Advertising Lab and the Bradley Public Relations Firm.  These labs produce award-winning media products [...]



Farewell message from Associate Chair Kevin Stoker

In August 1998 at an academic conference in Baltimore, Laurie Wilson, then chair of the Department of Communications, shared her vision for the future of the BYU program with four Latter-day Saint colleagues from other universities. Laurie said that many members of the department’s faculty were nearing retirement, and she needed aggressive scholars to replace [...]



Farewell message from Associate Chair Kevin Stoker

In August 1998 at an academic conference in Baltimore, Laurie Wilson, then chair of the Department of Communications, shared her vision for the future of the BYU program with four Latter-day Saint colleagues from other universities. Laurie said that many members of the department’s faculty were nearing retirement, and she needed aggressive scholars to replace [...]



New outreach coordinator: Jacey Reynolds

The Department of Communications is committed to reconnecting its nearly 14,000 alumni to BYU in a way which allows them opportunities to enhance the education experience of current students.
Through the outreach office, the department has increased the use of social media in connecting with the alumni. Some other helpful avenues are the department’s electronic newsletter, [...]



Welcome from Department Associate Chair

One of the things I enjoy most about serving as associate chair is the opportunity to meet even more of the Department of Communications’ gifted students and successful alumni.
We, like the rest of academia, are caught up in a strong current of performance assessment. We measure how well we are doing, in large part, by [...]