News & Notes
A Note from the Chair
There’s a lot going on in the JMC department. A revised curriculum, new hires, new technologyand a new media advisor to name a few. In the last JMC Journal, I was happy to report that our ACEJMC reaccreditation is secured. Wewere found compliant on all standards. So, “if it ain’t broke, why fix it,” might […]
Read MoreYou Can Make a Difference at The Murray State News!
Since The Murray State News launched its donation page, alumni and friends have contributed more than $1,600 that can be used to help provide services and materials to the award-winning student-run news organization. Thanks to the contributions of our donors, The News took four students to the Kentucky Press Association winter convention in Bowling Green. […]
Read MoreAlumni Tales: From Murray State to Hollywood’s WGA Picket Lines
When I graduated from Murray State University with a public relations degree in 2019, the last place I expected to be in June 2023 was on a picket line outside of Disney’s gates. Surrounded by thousands of television and film writers, we held our signs high. We marched and we cried and we sang and […]
Read MoreJMC Professors Receive Kentucky Communication Association Awards
Public Relations Alumna Krista Kimmel (PR 2002) awarded Dr. Melony Shemberger and Dr. MarcieHinton top prizes at the 2023 Kentucky Communication Association (KCA) Annual Conference.In her capacity as First Vice-President of KCA, Kimmel presented the awards on behalf of theorganization to Hinton at a different state meeting, who accepted on behalf of Shemberger andherself. Shemberger […]
Read MoreA Note from the Chair:
The Fall ’23 semester is well underway, and the JMC department is busy! Having just accomplished our ACEJMC re-accreditation, we now return to the “re-imagining JMC” initiative that started pre-pandemic. Actually, it’s now less about imagining and more about implementation. So, there are a few changes coming about. The most noticeable change is with student […]
Read MoreJMC faculty to teach one-credit residential college classes
How would you like to take a class about Star Trek? What about movies in journalism? Or social justice? Those are the themes of three one-hour elective classes that will be taught in the residential colleges during the second-half semester. These courses are listed as IDC 199 in MyGate. Dr. Debbie Owens will teach “Let’s […]
Read MoreValentine reflects on Murphy’s lecture, Doc’s legacy
By Simon Elfrink JMC student Despite retiring in 2021, former Murray State professor of advertising Robert Valentine got the opportunity to watch more fruit of his labor bloom at the Inaugural Doc McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and Responsibility. Dozens of media enthusiasts poured into Lovett Auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 14, to witness the lecture, […]
Read MoreCartoonist discusses ‘value of dissent’ during McGaughey Lecture
By Katie Coleman JMC student Political cartoonist Marc Murphy believes there’s a fine line between informing and inflaming. Murphy, editorial cartoonist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, spoke at the inaugural McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and Responsibility on Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the newly renovated Lovett Auditorium at Murray State University. The lecture benefitted the Robert […]
Read MoreJMC classes participate in Scholars Week
Two classes in the JMC department participated in Scholars Week in November 2022 under the guidance of Dr. Melony Shemberger, associate professor of mass communication. Scholars Week, organized by the Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) on campus, is a weeklong celebration of scholarship held each semester. The event in the fall was held […]
Read MoreMurray State News wins 2nd in class 1 at KPA
By Erinn Finley/The Murray State News The Murray State News staff was recognized with 12 awards at the Kentucky Press Association (KPA) Convention in Lexington, Kentucky, including a second place award for general excellence in the student publications class 1 category for the 2022 school year. Carol Terracina-Hartman, the faculty adviser for The Murray State […]
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