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TV2 Wins Station of the Year, Best Entertainment Show at CMA Awards
For the second year in a row, TV2 has taken top honors in the College Media Association’s (CMA) Pinnacle Awards, earning the 2013 “TV Station of the Year” award at the CMA National College Media Convention in New Orleans. “The Agenda,” TV2’s topical comedy-satire show, also won “Best TV Entertain…
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91ֿ Faculty Member Joins Tinker Tour
First the Tinker Tour came to 91ֿ. Now 91ֿ has joined the Tinker Tour. JMC Professor and Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism Mark Goodman spoke to high school students and teachers at the 50th Annual Kettle Moraine Press Association Fall Conference in Whitewater, Wisc., on O…
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JMC Student Voice Team Launches; Self-Nominations Encouraged
The faculty-led Diversity and Globalization Committee will form a student advisory board, the Student Voice Team (SVT), in early November to help advance JMC’s diversity and globalization goals and to ensure that student views and concerns are heard. SVT members will include representatives from …
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Distinguished Alumni, Friends Honored At JMC’s Annual Award Ceremony
JMC celebrated the outstanding achievements of five alumni and one extraordinary “friend” at its annual Alumni Awards and Friends Reception and Ceremony on October 4. JMC alumni, faculty, staff, students, as well as family, friends and colleagues of the award recipients, were on hand for the evening…
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New Honors Course Helps Students be Smarter Than Their Smartphones
Undergraduate students across campus can now learn about the technology that has made smart phones such a success in a new course titled “Be Smarter Than Your Phone.” John West, trustees research professor in 91ֿ’s Liquid Crystal Institute created the course based on his career …
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Faculty Exhibition Chronicles Public School Desegregation in Leon County, Florida
When journalism professor Ann Schierhorn was a high school student at Florida State University School in 1966, she knew she was witnessing a story that needed to be told. Her classmates Keith Neyland and Mahlon C. Rhaney, Jr. were the first African American students to desegregate the…
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Brazilian Student Journalists Visit 91ֿ, JMC
A group of Brazilian students from Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR) are visiting 91ֿ this month to work on multimedia storytelling projects focused on American media and culture. JMC assistant professorMitch McKenney is helping Brazilian professors orga…
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91ֿ Student Project on Suicide Prevention Earns Innovator of the Year Award
Online platform offers a comprehensive look at college suicide and aims to eliminate stigma surrounding mental illness September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Students from 91ֿ’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and School of Digital Sciences won the Associated…
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Student Broadcasters Earn More National Recognition
When it comes to collegiate electronic media recognition, JMC students and independent Student Media are on a roll. College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) has announced its 2013 Student Production Awards finalists, and TV2 is nominated in two categories: Best Sports Sportscast for "Sports Corner" and B…
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TV2 Scores Four Finalist Nods In College Media Competition
The College Media Association (CMA) announced the finalists for the 2013 Pinnacle Awards, and TV2 KSU is included in four categories: Best Television Newscast, for the March 2013 broadcast that featured breaking news of a United States Senate vote to prevent the shutdown of the Feder…
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