department of journalism and mass communication

Student group works to premiere short film

Ava ChuppeStaff Writerachuppe@murraystate.edu The TV Club will hold the premiere of their short film, “Grief,” in the Curris Center Theater on May 7 at 1 p.m. At the end of every school year, TV Club usually showcases the short films they have made over the fall and spring semester. However, the pandemic has derailed this Read More

Alumnus wins awards with short horror scripts

Raleigh Hightower Lifestyle Editor rhightower@murraystate.edu Murray State alumnus Phillip Dishon has embarked on an award-winning entertainment career, drafting several critically acclaimed horror scripts. Dishon graduated from the Murray State Honors College with a major in journalism and electronic media and a minor in creative writing in 2007. Though Dishon later studied film production in Miami, Read More

New chairwoman makes department history

Story by Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer Associate Professor Debbie Owens will be the second woman and first African-American to take over as chairwoman for the department of journalism and mass communication. “The JMC department has wonderful faculty,” said Gerry Muuka, interim dean of the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business. “Faculty that do their work, who Read More

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