Alumni
MSU students, alum win state broadcast honors
Three JMC students won top honors at the Kentucky Broadcasters Association’s Impact Broadcast Awards in April. The contest has two divisions – professional and college – in television and radio. Entries came in news, features or sports categories. The college division recognizes excellence in collegiate broadcast journalism, including television, radio and digital. Winners were: Jamie […]
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Mazzone: My Doc Story
It was actually an MSU English teacher who sent me to Dr. McGaughey. In my second year of English literature, my essay professor asked me if I would consider English as a major, and I wasn’t really interested in that. “Well, then you need to go talk to Dr. McGaughey and consider journalism,” was her […]
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Alumni accomplishments
Alumnus Cory Sharber recently was featured in an NPR segment about the excitement surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals days before the Super Bowl. Sharber was a journalism and political science major at Murray State and worked for WKMS and the Murray State News during his undergraduate career. Here’s a link to his NPR piece that originated […]
Read MoreMcGaughey remembered
[wds id=”6″] By Bob Valentine “To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Robert Howe McGaughey, III, arrived at Murray State in the late summer of 1961. By any important measure, he never left until the 14th of June, 2019. He would have agreed with Abe Lincoln, but […]
Read MoreDoc McGaughey dies
Dr. Robert H. McGaughey, III, passed away on June 14 at the University of Louisville Medical Center at the age of 76. He was born Feb. 18, 1943 to Robert H. McGaughey, II and Frances W. McGaughey in Anniston, Ala., where his father was serving in the Army. He is preceded in death by his […]
Read MoreShemberger elected faculty regent
Dr. Melony Shemberger was elected Murray State faculty regent in April. She was one of five faculty members seeking the position on the University’s Board of Regents. Shemberger is an associate professor of journalism and mass communications at Murray State. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University, with a double major in mass […]
Read MoreThe News celebrates 90 years
Doc McGaughey, left, Ryan Brooks and Ann Landini share memories at The Murray State News reunion in October. The first issue of The College News can be seen here. John Mark Roberts, left, and David Ramey look through some of the old issues of The Murray State News they helped produce in the 1985-86 school […]
Read MoreWatson receives alumni award
Amy Bryan Watson, award-winning broadcast anchor and journalist, was one of the 2017 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Murray State presents the Distinguished Alumni Award annually to alumni who have made meaningful contributions to their profession on a local, state and national level. Established in 1962, the award is the highest honor granted by […]
Read MoreWright elected interactive multimedia, emerging technologies vice chair
Leigh Wright, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, was elected vice chairman of the Interactive Multimedia and Emerging Technologies division of the Broadcast Education Association recently. Wright will serve two years as vice chair and then will move to the chairman’s slot for two more years. As vice chairman, Wright will manage the research […]
Read MoreShemberger selected for Academic Leadership Academy
Dr. Melony Shemberger, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, has been selected as a fellow for the Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy, June 11-14, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU partners with the Scripps Howard Foundation each year to host 12 to 15 participants in […]
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