Murray State News
First-Generation Students Study Abroad in London as Part of Innovative Grant Program
Learning in a classroom setting can be fun, but getting to see the world for class is somuch better. A study abroad experience can open students up to countless new possibilities.They experience a sense of independence, understand new cultures and create long-lastingrelationships that would never happen without study abroad. In 2024, the Murray State study […]
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You Can Make a Difference at The Murray State News!
Since The Murray State News launched its donation page, alumni and friends have contributed more than $1,600 that can be used to help provide services and materials to the award-winning student-run news organization. Thanks to the contributions of our donors, The News took four students to the Kentucky Press Association winter convention in Bowling Green. […]
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The News Wins 24 KPA Awards
The Murray State News won 24 awards at the Kentucky Press Association’s Winter Convention in Bowling Green. The awards recognize work in news and advertising categories. The Murray State News won 23 awards in the news division and one award in the advertising division in Student Publications 1, the division for schools with under 10,000 […]
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Celebrating one of JMC’s unsung heroes
Do you know JMC’s Orville Herndon? Along with a long list of duties, he is the publication manager for The Murray State News. Orville has been involved with The Murray State News since the early 1980s. First as a student and then as a Murray State employee, Orville has seen The News through a lot […]
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Alumni can now help support The News
The Murray State News launched a new donation site in August. The News is now revenue-dependent, meaning it relies on donations and advertising sales.Alumni and friends can donate to The Murray State News through this website:isupport.thenews.org. The Murray State News announced changes this semester to move to a digital-first newsorganization. Students will post content regularly […]
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Murray State News editors herald changes to student media organization
Change is inevitable in the news business. The students at The Murray State News have embraced changes with the beginning of a new academic year. The Murray State News is now a digital-first publication with monthly thematic printed editions. The first tabloid-sized print edition hit newsstands on Thursday, Aug. 17, the first Thursday of the […]
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Murray State News wins 2nd in class 1 at KPA
By Erinn Finley/The Murray State News The Murray State News staff was recognized with 12 awards at the Kentucky Press Association (KPA) Convention in Lexington, Kentucky, including a second place award for general excellence in the student publications class 1 category for the 2022 school year. Carol Terracina-Hartman, the faculty adviser for The Murray State […]
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Remembering, honoring Doc McGaughey on his 79th birthday
By Bob Valentine We celebrate the birthday of the man who left a legacy of laughter, a legacy of caring and a legacy of learning: Dr. Robert H. McGaughey III, the man we all affectionately called “Doc.” Doc would have been 79 on Feb. 18. Doc died at age 76 in June 2019. The legacy […]
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News claims second in KPA contest
Continuing a tradition of producing award-winning journalism, the Murray State News took home top honors for collegiate newspapers as awarded through the Kentucky Press Association’s Better Newspapers Contest. The News brought home a 2nd place in General Excellence in the Class 1 Student Publication Division, which indicates the judges see consistent quality in reporting, photography, […]
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