Day: February 24, 2023
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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JMC faculty to teach one-credit residential college classes
How would you like to take a class about Star Trek? What about movies in journalism? Or social justice? Those are the themes of three one-hour elective classes that will be taught in the residential colleges during the second-half semester. These courses are listed as IDC 199 in MyGate. Dr. Debbie Owens will teach “Let’s […]
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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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Public relations students learn skills through working with McGaughey Lecture
By Eli Pitcock JMC student Students in the Murray State University public relations capstone class (JMC 491) got a first-hand education in creating public relations materials during the first McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and Responsibility recently. The Murray State Department of Journalism and Mass Communications held the first McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and […]
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