Month: February 2022
Remembering, honoring Doc McGaughey on his 79th birthday
By Bob Valentine We celebrate the birthday of the man who left a legacy of laughter, a legacy of caring and a legacy of learning: Dr. Robert H. McGaughey III, the man we all affectionately called “Doc.” Doc would have been 79 on Feb. 18. Doc died at age 76 in June 2019. The legacy […]
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Qualls: My Doc Story
By Kevin Qualls In the fall of 1993, I was on the receiving end of a phone call from a very stern Robert “Doc” McGaughey III. I had never met him. But something I had said got back to him, and he had to reply. I had voiced a comparison of the studio facilities of […]
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Share your Doc Story with us
Those of us who have roamed the hallways of Wilson Hall or the eighth floor of the Fine Arts Building from the 1970s to the 2000s hold many fond memories of the one and only Doc. Whether we were the recipients of one of his Atta Boy awards or a Doc Hot News Tip or […]
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Mazzone: My Doc Story
It was actually an MSU English teacher who sent me to Dr. McGaughey. In my second year of English literature, my essay professor asked me if I would consider English as a major, and I wasn’t really interested in that. “Well, then you need to go talk to Dr. McGaughey and consider journalism,” was her […]
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A note from the chair: Dr. Kevin Qualls
These are busy and exciting days in JMC. We are preparing for our ACEJMC re-accreditation visit (Fall ’22), welcoming two new tenure-track professors, developing the Robert “Doc” McGaughey Fund for Excellence, offering a new university studies elective, growing an online master’s program and planning facility upgrades. We are also feeling the absence of two long […]
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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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Alumni accomplishments
Alumnus Cory Sharber recently was featured in an NPR segment about the excitement surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals days before the Super Bowl. Sharber was a journalism and political science major at Murray State and worked for WKMS and the Murray State News during his undergraduate career. Here’s a link to his NPR piece that originated […]
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