The Murray State News received four awards at the recent Southeast Journalism Conference in Cartersville, Georgia.
The conference is a vibrant learning community of collegiate journalists from member colleges across the Southeast. Schools from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee are members. The schools represent large public universities, regional universities and private schools.
In the Best of the South Awards, Kristopher Fister, a senior graphic communications media major from Murray, Kentucky, won second place in photography, and The Murray State News placed fifth in best newspaper and fourth in best magazine.
Murray State senior MacKenzie Rogers, of Cerulean, Kentucky, won second place in the infographic/design on-site competition at the Southeast Journalism Conference. Rogers is a journalism and creative writing major who serves as associate editor of The Murray State News.
This marked the first time The Murray State News has competed in the Best of the South and the Southeast Journalism Association on-site competition.
“We are thrilled to have performed so well against several larger schools,” said Leigh Landini Wright, adviser to The Murray State News. “The top four in the newspaper division were SEC schools. It shows that our students can rise to the challenge and excel at the highest level of competition.”
Since the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year, The News has won 26 awards at the state, regional and national levels.
