JMC Journal Podcast: The man behind the political ink

The JMC Journal podcast is a production of the Murray State University Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. In this podcast, we will have conversations with students, faculty and alumni and tell their stories about creating media.

In this first episode, JMC student Simon Elfrink interviews Marc Murphy, a political cartoonist for the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. Murphy spoke at Murray State for the inaugural McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and Responsibility. In this interview, Murphy discusses his artistic process, the value of dissent and the role of a free press today.

Featured JMC Dept. Students

Murray State News Wins National Awards

The Murray State News won five national awards at the recent AssociatedCollegiate Press/College Media Association fall national conference in New Orleans.The News won ninth place in the ACP Best of Show contest for newspapers andnews magazines at schools with less than 15,000 enrollment. This award is given as partof an on-site competition. The News won […]

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Terracina-Hartman Heads Magazine Media for Journalism Education Organization

A JMC FirstGen faculty member was elected to serve as head of magazine media in a national journalism and education organization in 2024. Assistant Professor Carol Terracina-Hartman was tasked with developing education and research panels for a national conference held in Philadelphia in August. She also helped expand outreach on a national student magazine contest, which […]

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WKMS: Connecting Local Students to National Opportunities  

By Isabella Shevetz WKMS, Murray State’s local NPR station affiliate, won a prestigious Murrow Award, and the station continues to provide opportunities for student reporters to connect to the larger world of broadcast news.   Mason Galemore (‘23), a former student reporter at WKMS, authored and researched the piece that won. WKMS won the Murrow Award […]

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