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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 MoreThe News Wins 24 KPA Awards
The Murray State News won 24 awards at the Kentucky Press Association’s Winter Convention in Bowling Green. The awards recognize work in news and advertising categories. The Murray State News won 23 awards in the news division and one award in the advertising division in Student Publications 1, the division for schools with under 10,000 […]
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 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 MoreStudents 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 […]
Read MoreCelebrating one of JMC’s unsung heroes
Do you know JMC’s Orville Herndon? Along with a long list of duties, he is the publication manager for The Murray State News. Orville has been involved with The Murray State News since the early 1980s. First as a student and then as a Murray State employee, Orville has seen The News through a lot […]
Read MoreAlumni can now help support The News
The Murray State News launched a new donation site in August. The News is now revenue-dependent, meaning it relies on donations and advertising sales.Alumni and friends can donate to The Murray State News through this website:isupport.thenews.org. The Murray State News announced changes this semester to move to a digital-first newsorganization. Students will post content regularly […]
Read MoreMurray State JMC department receives re-accreditation
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Murray StateUniversity was re-accredited Friday, April 28 during the Accrediting Council on Education inJournalism and Mass Communications’ meeting in Chicago. The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) isthe agency responsible for the evaluation of professional journalism and mass communicationsprograms in colleges and universities, […]
Read MoreMurray State News editors herald changes to student media organization
Change is inevitable in the news business. The students at The Murray State News have embraced changes with the beginning of a new academic year. The Murray State News is now a digital-first publication with monthly thematic printed editions. The first tabloid-sized print edition hit newsstands on Thursday, Aug. 17, the first Thursday of the […]
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