Brigham Young University. News Bureau
Biography
The Brigham Young University News Bureau was established around 1952, and was responsible for overseeing university news publications. In 1978 Press Relations was renamed Public Communications. Directors for the News Bureau included Edwin J. Butterworth (1952-1978).
Press Relations’ main function was to serve the university in dispersing school news to the outside world. It also prepares news releases and dissemination of the same to press, radio, television, magazine, and wire services. Within it there were four main divisions: news operations, information service, publications, and advertising. The news bureau was responsible for publishing president ‘s letter to the parents, special editions of the Daily Universe, and BYU Today, the alumni magazine.
The director of News Bureau reported to the director of the Division of Public Relations until 1964, after which they reported to the director of University Relations.
Later units include Brigham Young University Public Communications Department(1978-1997) and University Communications (1997-).
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
BYU Photo photographs of baseball, 1970-2000
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University baseball related images. Dated 1970-2000.
BYU Photo photographs of men's basketball, 1964-2001
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's basketball related images. Dated 1964-2001.
BYU Photo photographs of men's cross country, 1976-2000
Negatives of Brigham Young University men's cross country related images. Dated 1976-2000.
BYU Photo photographs of men's golf, 1972-2000
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's golf related images. Dated 1972-2000.
BYU Photo photographs of men's gymnastics, 1967-2000
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's gymnastics related images. Dated 1967-2000.
BYU Photo photographs of men's soccer, 1974-2000
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's soccer related images. Dated 1974-2000.
BYU Photo photographs of men's swimming, 1967-2001
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's swimming related images. Dated 1976-2001.
BYU Photo photographs of men's tennis, 1968-2000
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's tennis related images. Dated 1968-2000.
BYU Photo photographs of men's track, 1965-2001
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's track related images. Dated 1965-2001.
BYU Photo photographs of men's volleyball, 1977-2001
Slides and negatives of Brigham Young University men's volleyball related images. Dated 1977-20001.