Department News

Vanya, aka Le Fat Beagle

App State student videographer creates online fandom for family beagle
Apr 8, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — What started out as a 30-second video assignment for a video production class at Appalachian State University has morphed into a ...

AppTV Operations Manager Ciera Thompson

Turn the channel to AppTV — the Best College TV Station of 2020
Apr 6, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — The best college television station in the nation is broadcast from the George G. Beasley Media Complex at Appalachian State Universit...

Appalachian News Update regarding COVID-19

The news must go on: App State’s student-run media continue remotely
Apr 3, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — The on-campus studios and newspaper offices may be empty, but Appalachian State University students continue to produce and report the...

Nora Smith Fall Commencement

Communication Student Nora Smith Selected To Speak at Fall Commencement
Dec 11, 2019

A student from Appalachian State’s Department of Communication has been selected to speak at Fall Commencement on Dec. 13, 2019, in the Holmes Convo...

Communication Student Tyler Hotz

Communication Student Tyler Hotz to be PRSSA Representative in New Western NC Chapter
Dec 5, 2019

Tyler Hotz, a Journalism and Public Relations senior within the Department of Communication will serve as the PRSSA student liaison for the new Wester...

AppTV Launches SIGNAL Project
Nov 25, 2019

BOONE, NC (Nov. 23, 2019) - Since its inception in 2015, AppTV has served as a learning lab for students, providing news, entertainment and sports for...

Second Story Media

Second Story Media Students Visit Advertising Agencies in the Triangle
Nov 22, 2019

BOONE, N.C. (November 21, 2019)--Students from Second Story Media, Appalachian State University’s student-run communication agency, visited two adve...

Second Story Media 5k

Second Story Media Launches Partnership with New Client
Nov 11, 2019

BOONE, N.C. (November 8, 2019) — Second Story Media, Appalachian State’s new student-run communication agency, is partnering with the High Country...

Religious Rhetoric, Dividing a Nation or Building Community

Newly Published Book by Dr. Ed Brewer
Nov 6, 2019

Congratulations to Department of Communication professor Dr. Ed Brewer on his recently published book, Religious Rhetoric, Dividing a Nation or Buildi...

AppTV Staff

AppTV Students Receive Logoed Station Merch from Carolina West Wireless
Oct 28, 2019

The students behind (and in front of) the cameras at AppTV recently received a great branding boost. Edward Hinson from Skyline/Skybest and Todd Elled...