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Three Faculty Members to Retire from Journalism School

From Taylor Hall to the third floor of Franklin Hall, Fred Endres, Carl Schierhorn and Tim Smith have been professional neighbors for more than 20 years. These three cornerstones of the journalism sequence have counseled hundreds of young journalists as professors in the School of Journalism and Mas…

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School Of Journalism And Mass Communication To Host First Kent Multimedia Workshop

Âé¶¹¹û¶³â€™s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host its first Kent Multimedia Workshop — a three-day, hands-on video and photography multimedia storytelling workshop — June 14-16 in Franklin Hall on the Kent Campus.  Media professionals, faculty members, s…

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Kent State Students To Launch Data-Driven Website That Features Goings-On In Kent

Students from Kent State’s schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and Digital Sciences have created a data-driven website, www.opencampuskent.com that features a recent feed of what’s happening in the Kent area including Kent State campus buildings. When the OpenCampus Kent websit…

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Students From The Kent State Schools of Journalism and Digital Sciences to Launch New Data-Driven Website

What's going on? OpenCampus Kent has the answer. This website features a recent feed of what's happening wherever you are in Kent, even at the campus building level—and it was created by students. When the OpenCampus Kent website launches April 26, users will be able to get the latest crime updates…

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Veteran Journalist Eric Mansfield Joins Kent State As Executive Director, University Media Relations

WKYC-TV anchor and reporter Eric Mansfield will become Âé¶¹¹û¶³â€™s new executive director for university media relations. The award-winning journalist and Akron native begins his new position with the university on June 1. Mansfield will lead the media relations team in the University…

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2012 Mcgruder Lecture and Awards Luncheon Takes Place March 26

Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will honor Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity, at an awards luncheon and lecture on Monday, March 26, on the Kent Campus. The award, from th…

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Kent State Honors Cleveland’S Plain Dealer Editor With r 2012 Mcgruder Award for Media Diversity on March 26

Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Âé¶¹¹û¶³. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media professionals who enco…

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Cleveland’s Plain Dealer Editor Named 2012 McGruder Award for Media Diversity Winner

Debra Adams Simmons, editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has been named the 2012 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Âé¶¹¹û¶³. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media profess…

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Kent State Professor to Fly 1,670 Miles to Fund Annual Scholarship

This spring, two Piper J3 Cubs will set out on a journey to the place where aviation began. It will be the first flight to Wright Brothers Airport via all of Ohio's 88 counties and will honor the 75th anniversary of the airplane that taught nearly a half-million pilots to fly. Joe Murray, Ph.D., …

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Kent State Student Named Top Finalist in National Awards Program

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded a Âé¶¹¹û¶³ broadcast journalism student the top television finalist award, along with a $2,600 scholarship. Jeannette Reyes, a Kent State senior and TV2 reporter and anchor, submitted two of her broadcast stories to the Journalism Awards…

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