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JMC Students Thrive in Fort Knox Summer Internship
By MacKenzie Rogers, The Murray State News During the summer of 2025, seven Murray State students found themselves at the Fort Knox Army Installation as interns for the Cadet Summer Training Public Affairs Office. The internship hosts 20-22 communications-focused students from across the country to spend the majority of the summer covering training events while […]
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A Note From the Chair
In this edition of the JMC Journal, you can read about numerous accomplishments byour students. They are many and evidence mastery in multimedia journalism, visualcommunication and strategic communication. They have the awards to show for it. AndI think I know why. Yes, their accomplishments result from the very hard work of developing skills andapplying scholarship. […]
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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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Calling All PRSSA & JMC Alumni
Newly elected officers of the Murray State Chapter of PRSSA are planning for a PR packed fall 2024 semester. An important part of the student organization’s plan focuses on a new “Let’s Talk PR” lecture series. To ensure its success, the students are asking to feature YOU, our Racer JMC Alumni. No matter what field […]
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Presidential Fellow and Her Mentor Present Findings on Female Representation in The Media
A Murray State University undergraduate student presented research at the Popular Culture Association (PCA) conference in Chicago, Illinois this spring. Ania Boutin, a junior presidential fellow, has been developing her research with mentor Dr. Marcie Hinton for more than three years. “Ania and I have been working together since her freshman year to help find […]
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Ads Club Takes Third Place in ACS Independent Division
Pictured here are members of the MSU Ads Club performing “Heard It Through the Grapevine” at the 66th Annual All Campus Sing on April 17, 2024. Club members sang advertising jingles and other songs featured in television commercials. The Club won third place in the Independent Division of the ACS competition, earning an award for […]
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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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Capstone projects showcase JMC students’ talents
Students enrolled in capstone courses across the JMC department have received real-world training and experiences this semester, ranging from developing a campaign for Alumni Affairs to covering the aftermath of the EF4 tornado that ripped through far western Kentucky. Below are highlights from the capstone experiences: Advertising students present campaign Advertising students presented their campaign […]
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PR students launch travel website
JMC students in Dr. Marcie Hinton’s Content Creation class have partnered with the Murray Convention and Visitors Bureau in launching a travel website for all that Western Kentucky has to offer. The website, dubbed “Postcards From the Brink,” provides information to the public about everything from attractions and events to traditions and dine-ins located in […]
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Top seniors honored on World Press Freedom Day
The JMC department celebrated its top students during a hallway ceremony during World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The honors celebration originally was planned as a banquet, but when All Campus Sing was rescheduled for April 28, the department had to pivot to a new celebration plan. The following students were honored: Haley Bundren, […]
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