December 5, 2025

Terracina-Hartman takes leadership role with JMC professional association

Dr. Carol Terracina-Hartman was elected to AEJMC’s Professional Freedom & Responsibility committee. She plans to vacate her seat on the Magazine Media division leadership and step up to this new national role in October.

Terracina-Hartman was also appointed to the MagLab advisory committee where she will help plan conferences, research and outreach. This is the only organization dedicated to magazine research internationally, thus also allowing her to utilize her writing skills in Portuguese as well as English.

During the spring 2025 semester, Terracina-Hartman also trained to serve as a judge for the Stillwater Awards, SPJ’s Prison Journalism Project.

Elizabeth Thomas

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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A Note from the Chair

It’s been a busy Fall semester in JMC. Already we have had the McGaughey Lecture, our annual High School Media Workshop, a student-organized cookout on the quad and “Meet the Pros.” Leigh Wright and students from The News have traveled to a college media conference, and Ed Rode traveled with students to the Atlanta Photojournalism […]

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McGaughey Lecture Series Features KET’s Shaw

December 10, 2024

By Lindsey Gipson Renee Shaw, Kentucky Educational Television (KET) Director of Public Affairs and Moderatorwas the guest speaker for the McGaughey Lecture series on Press Freedom and Responsibilityheld September 19, 2024, on the Murray State campus. Shaw, who has more than 30 years of journalistic experience, spoke about journalistic integrity,representation in media, connecting with audiences […]