Alumni
Alumni News & Notes
Tab Brockman, JMC/RTV ’81, is currently working as a consultant after several decades in management and public relations for a variety of well-known municipalities and organizations. He currently resides in Paducah, Kentucky. Chrissy (Stubblefield) Driver, PR ’01, is currently working as a Territory Manager for Zoll Medical. She lives in Benton, Kentucky. Curt Hart, TV […]
Read MoreAlumni Update: David Barton Snow (JMC ’93)
Since last June, Snow has been staff writer for the Office of University Relations at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Prior to that he was a reporter with The Paducah Sun for nearly six years. Last January, Snow published the Governor’s Cup Region 1 Record Book, a compendium of records and statistics for high […]
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Public Relations Alum Accepts Position Managing all North America Communications for Amazon Logistics
We recently caught up with Murray State JMC Alumnus, Heather Mix (PR 2017), to discuss the journey that took her from the classrooms of Wilson HALL to Internal Communication Specialist for Amazon. Q: What did your professional path after college look like?A: I like to think of my professional path as more of a winding […]
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Alumni News & Notes
Richard Shepherd (2001) recently joined the staff of WRDW/WAGT in Augusta, Georgia, as Broadcasting/IT Engineer. He most recently was the Director of News Operations at WALB in Albany, Georgia. Kelsey Randolph (2016) was recently hired as Marketing Manager for the Chicago Market at Cushman & Wakefield, one of the top three global CRE firms.
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Alumni 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 […]
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Students enjoy valuable campus visit with alumnus
Murray State alumnus J.T. Waskowski visited Professor Bob Valentine’s Advertising Media Sales class on Sept. 1, 2023, and spoke about his job at advertising agency Starcom in Chicago. As associate director in the agency’s media planning division, Waszkowski leads a team helping clients buy the most effective advertising in a variety of media. He graduated in 2014 […]
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Alumni Accomplishments
Jim Burress, ‘07, is a senior producer and host for “All Things Considered” at WABE-FM, an NPR affiliate in Atlanta. Burress and WABE placed first in the Nielson rankings for afternoons in Atlanta recently. He is celebrating his 15th year with WABE * Tab Brockman, ‘82, was honored as the state’s Employee of the Year […]
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Valentine 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, […]
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McGaughey lecture: If you missed it, here’s the recording
Courier-Journal political cartoonist Marc Murphy spoke about the value of dissent during the inaugural McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and Responsibility on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Murray State University. In case you missed it, here’s a link to the lecture:
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Alumna discusses election coverage with in-depth reporting students
Jennifer P. Brown, editor of the Hoptown Chronicle, shared ideas for election coverage with students enrolled in JMC 397 In-Depth Reporting. Brown, an alumna, runs the nonprofit online Hoptown Chronicle site. She told the students that the best way to prepare for Election Night coverage is to prepare now and do their research into candidates. […]
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