May 6, 2026

Alumni Update: David Barton Snow (JMC ’93)

Since last June, Snow has been staff writer for the Office of University Relations at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Prior to that he was a reporter with The Paducah Sun for nearly six years. Last January, Snow published the Governor’s Cup Region 1 Record Book, a compendium of records and statistics for high school academic teams from far western Kentucky that take part in the annual Governor’s Cup competitions. (It is a media guide fashioned after the sports media guides he created during his time at Murray State.) He is currently working on Volume 2 for the next school year, which will mark the 40th annual Governor’s Cup season. The season begins in January.

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I Never Wrote A Slogan – My Journey from Murray State to Spotify

By Megan (Summers) Haneline (ADV ’13) Too many years ago, I was sitting among the cluttered bookcases in Professor Welsch’s office, daydreaming of having my own office someday, when he asked where I saw myself after graduation. I’m sure my answer was something like writing catchy slogans at an ad agency in New York City. […]

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The Lisa Crites Story: Broadcast Journalist to Breast Cancer Survivor, Patented Inventor and Author

Lisa Crites began her studies at Murray State in 1985 as a music major scholarship recipient. While expanding her talent as a classical pianist during her freshman year, she was drawn to journalism. “The music department was on the 3rd floor, and journalism was on the 6th, of the same building. Once I began hanging […]

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JMC Alum Roars with 2025 Detroit Lions

By Natalie Sturgeon (PR ’25) What originally sold me on Murray State was the clear dedication that the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications faculty members had for their students. Even as a prospective public relations major, it was obvious that the professors and administrators cared for each student’s education – and their dreams. Once […]