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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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Wilcox wins 2 Hearst honors
Dustin Wilcox, a senior journalism major and media production minor from Hopkinsville, has earned top honors in the Hearst Journalism Awards. He placed fourth in the student audio competition and tied for 17th in feature writing. Wilcox is a student journalist at WKMS. He will advance to the finals in the audio competition, tentatively scheduled […]
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JMC students excel in national, state, local competitions for 2020-21
Murray State journalism and mass communications students received top honors in University, state and national competitions during the 2020-21 academic year. Hearst Awards 9th place overall in the broadcasting competition Piper Casseto, fifth place, television feature Hannah Bullard, sixth place, audio feature Associated Collegiate Press Murray State News, Top 100 Pacemaker, awarded to 100 top […]
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Pandemic doesn’t slow down internships
Despite many challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic, students in the journalism and mass communications department were able to secure internships for summer 2021. “I’m really grateful that several of our students were able to secure internships for the summer,” said Gill Welsch, internship coordinator for the department. “The internship situation for 2020 was […]
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JMC recognizes top students for 2020-21
The JMC department presented its outstanding senior awards in May 2021. The outstanding senior awards are presented to those students who demonstrate academic success along with leadership and involvement in JMC activities. Advertising: Matt Anderson and Julia Cwiklowski Graphic Communications: Ethan Hunt and Autumn Anderson Journalism: Gage Johnson Public Relations: Elizabeth Erwin Television Production: Kalea […]
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News claims second in KPA contest
Continuing a tradition of producing award-winning journalism, the Murray State News took home top honors for collegiate newspapers as awarded through the Kentucky Press Association’s Better Newspapers Contest. The News brought home a 2nd place in General Excellence in the Class 1 Student Publication Division, which indicates the judges see consistent quality in reporting, photography, […]
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Graduate program offers update
The JMC graduate program continues to provide learning opportunities to our students and prepare them for the workforce and higher degrees. Our recent graduates are excelling in various positions and gaining admissions to doctoral programs. Four recent graduates are pursuing their doctorates: Jennifer Duck Brown (Clemson University), Yahya Alzahrany (Virginia Commonwealth University), Suraiya Shammi (George […]
Read MoreSandlin wins ACP Pacemaker Award
Blake Sandlin, a journalism major and former editor-in-chief of The Murray State News, won a fifth-place Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award for Sports Feature Story of the Year. The award, which is often regarded as the “Pulitzer Prize” in collegiate journalism, was given out at the National College Media Convention Nov. 2 in Washington D.C. […]
Read MoreOutstanding graduates named
JMC faculty, staff and students gathered April 24 to recognize the accomplishments of the department’s students in the 2018-19 academic year. The top senior in each major was recognized. Among those receiving recognition were Michelle Blanchett, Abigail Branham, Sydney Chambers, Lauren Edwards, Emily Hancock, Joel Polarek, and Tori Wood. Blanchett shared the position of top […]
Read MoreEight selected for Who’s Who recognition
Eight of the 129 Murray State students selected for the 2019-20 Who’s Who Among Students at Murray State University have majors in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. The JMC recipients were Piper Cassetto, Madison Chapman, KirstyAnn Cole, Abrielle Fischer, Lexi Jones, Ashley McVicker, Carly Middleton, and Alexandria Morgan. Cassetto, a television production major […]
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