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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 […]
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Alumnus wins Emmy for Outstanding Achievement-Magazine Program
Congratulations to JMC Alumnus Eric D. Seals (’09), Founder and Director of Digifé, Chicago’s award-winning documentary production house, on winning its first Chicago/Midwest Emmy® Award for their series You Don’t Know CHI. Eric and his team took home the Emmy® for Outstanding Achievement for Magazine Program – Single Program/Series.
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Ads Club Celebrates Semester of Success
By Jada Poindexter Murray State Ads Club meets every Tuesday in Wilson Hall, and this fall, they have been working tirelessly on a campaign for the National Football League (NFL) as part of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) annual competition. During Homecoming 2025 Tent City, the club continued its annual fundraising tradition by selling stickers […]
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JMC Department Hosts Annual “Meet the Pros” Networking Event
By Reagan Daniel The Murray State Department of Journalism and Mass Communications hosted its annual “Meet the Pros” event this fall, continuing a long-standing tradition that connects students with alumni and other industry professionals. “Meet the Pros” is a networking event that gives graduating seniors a chance to talk one-on-one withexperts from their fields, explore […]
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Wright Named Emerging Adviser of the Year
By Kenna Clancy Associate Professor of Journalism Leigh Wright was named 2025 Emerging Adviser of the Year at the 2025 Pinnacle awards. Wright, who began advising the Murray State News in the fall of 2023, was recognized by the College Media Association. The award, which requires letters of support and a nomination, recognizes advisers with […]
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Alumni News & Notes
Tab Brockman, JMC/RTV ’81, is currently working as a consultant after several decades in management and public relations for a variety of well-known municipalities and organizations. He currently resides in Paducah, Kentucky. Chrissy (Stubblefield) Driver, PR ’01, is currently working as a Territory Manager for Zoll Medical. She lives in Benton, Kentucky. Curt Hart, TV […]
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Public Relations Alum Accepts Position Managing all North America Communications for Amazon Logistics
We recently caught up with Murray State JMC Alumnus, Heather Mix (PR 2017), to discuss the journey that took her from the classrooms of Wilson HALL to Internal Communication Specialist for Amazon. Q: What did your professional path after college look like?A: I like to think of my professional path as more of a winding […]
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Alumni News & Notes
Richard Shepherd (2001) recently joined the staff of WRDW/WAGT in Augusta, Georgia, as Broadcasting/IT Engineer. He most recently was the Director of News Operations at WALB in Albany, Georgia. Kelsey Randolph (2016) was recently hired as Marketing Manager for the Chicago Market at Cushman & Wakefield, one of the top three global CRE firms.
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Alumni Tales: From Murray State to Hollywood’s WGA Picket Lines
When I graduated from Murray State University with a public relations degree in 2019, the last place I expected to be in June 2023 was on a picket line outside of Disney’s gates. Surrounded by thousands of television and film writers, we held our signs high. We marched and we cried and we sang and […]
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A Note from the Chair:
The Fall ’23 semester is well underway, and the JMC department is busy! Having just accomplished our ACEJMC re-accreditation, we now return to the “re-imagining JMC” initiative that started pre-pandemic. Actually, it’s now less about imagining and more about implementation. So, there are a few changes coming about. The most noticeable change is with student […]
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