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Pulitzer Center Grantee to Speak Â鶹¹û¶³ International Refugee Crisis
The School of Communication Studies at Â鶹¹û¶³ will host its fall Global Issues Forum with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 in Rm. 226/226A Taylor Hall. International reporter Malia Politzer will present, “Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global G…
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Kent Stater Named Best in Ohio
Kent State’s student newspaper, The Kent Stater, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest. Alumna Neville Hardman, ’16, and journalism major Kelly Powell, ’18, also rec…
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SPJ Names The Burr Best Student Magazine in Nation
The Burr Magazine, Kent State’s general interest student magazine, was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Kent State also earned national finalist status in two categories in SPJ’s annual national Mark of Excellence Awards competition. …
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Student Journalist Traverses Nation to Document Voting Rights Challenges
Â鶹¹û¶³ journalism major Jimmy Miller recently spent 10 weeks traveling the country examining the political views of white, working-class Americans, a group now credited as a difference maker in the successful campaign of President-elect Donald Trump. The project was part …
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Kent State Honors Trailblazers in Media Diversity at Annual McGruder Lecture and Awards Luncheon
Former NBC executive Paula Madison is 2016 McGruder Award recipient; Plain Dealer columnist Phillip Morris to Be Honored with Diversity Leadership Award Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will honor Paula Madison…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Kent State Experts Available for the RNC
The following experts from Â鶹¹û¶³ are available to media covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Their areas of expertise and topics they can discuss are provided, as well as links to additional information and contact information. Areas of expertise includ…
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2016 Journalism Grad Wins Student Murrow Award for Video Excellence
Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Â鶹¹û¶³ who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video.
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Kent State Advertising Students Named National Finalists in Collegiate Effie Competition
Team will present integrated marketing campaign to V8®+Energy brand team For the first time, a team of Â鶹¹û¶³ students and alumni will compete as finalists in the Collegiate Effie Competition later this month. The students – Ellie Schering, ’17, of Malvern, Ohio; Emily Wahl, ’16, of…
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Kent State Senior Combines Passion for Public Relations and Fashion to Raise Awareness Â鶹¹û¶³ Human Trafficking
Student helps bring UNCHAINED fashion show to campus on April 4 A project that began as part of a public relations course in Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s School of Journalism and Mass Communication is now coming to fruition and raising awareness about human trafficking. Mackenzie Lunde, a senior fashio…
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Danielle Sarver Coombs Associate Professor College of Communication and Information 2007-present Danielle Sarver Coombs is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the College of Communication and Information. Her research focuse…
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