April 2, 2025

Ads Club Takes Third Place in ACS Independent Division

Pictured here are members of the MSU Ads Club performing “Heard It Through the Grapevine” at the 66th Annual All Campus Sing on April 17, 2024. Club members sang advertising jingles and other songs featured in television commercials. The Club won third place in the Independent Division of the ACS competition, earning an award for the third consecutive year. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Aidan Schweitzer, Bek Schmidt, Jordan Sinkler, (back row, left to right) Sam Mitchell, Taryn Romaine, and Haley Shedd.

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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

December 10, 2024

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 […]