Thirteen mass communications professionals met with upperclassmen in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the annual “Meet the Pros” event Oct. 11.
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| Joe Hedges conducted the Meet the Pros session for public relations majors. Panelists were, from left, Lisa Satterwhite, Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce; Megan Tubbs, CFSB; Katie Mantooth, MSU Career Services; and Tara Miller, Lourdes Foundation.
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The pros, representing advertising, journalism, public relations and TV production, talked with the JMC students about the job market, internships, resumes, job interviews and their experience in the communications field.
After the sessions with the students, the pros had dinner with the JMC faculty/staff and talked about their impressions of the current upperclassmen and about JMC graduates working in the field.
Dr. Bob Lochte, department chairman, said that the input from the pros serves as part of the outcome assessment data for the department.
“It helps us evaluate what we are doing in the classroom and make changes necessary to prepare our students for the marketplace,” Lochte said.
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| The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications’ advisory council participated in the “Meet the Pros” event in October and met with department faculty/staff afterwards. This year’s advisory council includes, front row, from left: Debbie Lee, Megan Tubbs, Tara Miller, Katie Mantooth, Lisa Satterwhite, Liz Fields, Stephanie Elder, and back row from left: John Wright, Tab Brockman, Will Brantley, Chad Lampe, and Bill Evans.
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The pros participating in this year’s event included Debbie Lee, grants associate, West Kentucky Educational Cooperative, Murray; Dave Washburn, vice president of operations, FLW Outdoors, Benton; Will Brantley, editor, Realtree.com, Columbus, Ga.; Chad Lampe, news director, WKMS-FM, Murray.
John Wright, staff writer, Murray Ledger & Times; Megan Tubbs, marketing/business development officer, CFSB, Benton; Katie Mantooth, career counselor, MSU Career Services; Tara Miller, executive director, Lourdes Foundation, Paducah.
Lisa Satterwhite, assistant director, Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce; Tab Brockman, director, Murray-Calloway County Parks; Stephanie Elder, area director, American Cancer Society, Paducah; and Bill Evans, vice president of news and operations, and Liz Fields, reporter, WPSD-TV 6, Paducah.
Gill Welsch, head of the advertising major and director of the senior seminar for the JMC Department, is the event coordinator.
