Day: January 10, 2015
John Dillon
Dr. John Dillon, retired professor in Journalism and Mass Communications, died Dec. 28, 2014, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. A memorial service was held Dec. 31 at the Imes Funeral Home in Murray. Dillon Dillon had retired from teaching at Murray State as a full professor with 27 years in 2011. He was survived by his […]
Read MoreFrom the chair:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Murray State. It’s been an exciting year 2014 in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. Here are a few high points. After many years of planning, we finally added a concentration in Public Relations to our existing Master’s degree in Mass Communications. Along with it, we have […]
Read MoreJournalism students create website, explore poverty in Calloway County
Students enrolled in a journalism capstone course at Murray State University published a website that examines poverty in Murray-Calloway County. The Murray Poverty Project can be found online: http://murraypovertyproject.wordpress.com/ Each week during the fall 2014 semester, the eight students in JMC 597 Advanced Reporting course worked as a newsroom to assign and edit stories, discuss […]
Read MoreShemberger receives Love of Learning recognition
Two faculty members from Murray State University recently received a Love of Learning award worth $500 each from the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The awards were given to 147 Phi Kappa Phi members nationwide. Dr. Melony A. Shemberger, assistant professor […]
Read MoreThree present at Pop Culture Conference
Three persons representing Murray State’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications were presenters at the Radio and Audio Media Area of the Popular Culture Conference in Chicago April 18-19. The three were Kim Hamby, a graduate student in the JMC Department, Dr. Bob Lochte, chairman of the department and Elizabeth Thomas, lecturer and head of […]
Read MoreEzumah selected Kopenhaver Fellow
The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women at Florida International University sponsored its second workshop for 20 Kopenhaver Center Fellows at the 2014 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) convention in Montreal, Canada, Aug. 5. The Kopenhaver Center Fellows were selected through an application process that included the more […]
Read MoreThe News wins 19 awards
The Murray State News received awards on a national and state level in 2014. The News received a fourth-place best of show award, in the four-year weekly broadsheet division, at the National College Media Convention held in Philadelphia, Oct. 29-Nov. 2. The paper won 18 awards in the Kentucky Press Association’s 2013 Excellence in Kentucky […]
Read MoreFive win broadcast awards
Five Murray State students won awards at the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters conference in Louisville March 29. In the college TV division, Steve Peake of Louisville won first place for Best College Videographer. He, Jon Black of Benton and J.T. Waskowski of Gleason, Tenn., received honorable mention for Best Sports Coverage. Chris Haynes is a […]
Read MoreAds Club plans reunion
The MSU Ads Club is hosting a reunion for all Ads Club alumni for Homecoming Weekend 2015. The event will be Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the MSU Faculty Club. “We’re still working on the plans, but we do know that we will have an event following the football game,” […]
Read MoreProfessor presents at AEJMC conference
Leigh Wright, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, participated in an invited panel discussion and presented a paper at the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communications conference in Montreal, Canada in August. Wright spoke as one of six members of the AEJMC/Scripps Howard Foundation’s Visiting Professorship of Social Media. The discussion “Tweet […]
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