Day: February 7, 2024

Featured JMC Dept. News & Notes

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 […]

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Featured JMC Dept. News & Notes

You 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. […]

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Featured JMC Dept.

The 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 […]

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Jordyn Rowland (PR '19) joins picketing WGA strikers outside the Disney Studios gates in Hollywood, Ca.
Alumni Featured News & Notes

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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Faculty/Staff JMC Dept. News & Notes Noteworthy

JMC Professors Receive Kentucky Communication Association Awards

Public Relations Alumna Krista Kimmel (PR 2002) awarded Dr. Melony Shemberger and Dr. MarcieHinton top prizes at the 2023 Kentucky Communication Association (KCA) Annual Conference.In her capacity as First Vice-President of KCA, Kimmel presented the awards on behalf of theorganization to Hinton at a different state meeting, who accepted on behalf of Shemberger andherself. Shemberger […]

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Faculty/Staff JMC Dept.

Tarracina-Hartman Accepts First Amendment Award

Dr. Carol Terracina-Hartman, assistant professor in journalism and mass communications, was honored with the Louis E. Ingelhart First Amendment Award by the College Media Association on Oct. 31, 2023, at the organization’s fall national convention in Atlanta, Georgia. College Media Association President Chris Whitley said this award is not one that is presented everyyear, but […]

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