Photo: Preston McClellan (far right) stands alongside Xander Schauffele of the United States, who poses with his gold medal during the final round of the Men’s Individual Stroke Play event on Day 12 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the Kasumigaseki Country Club on August 1, 2021 in Saitama, Japan.…
WYXR’s partnership with the University of Memphis guarantees us an intrinsic connection to some of the brightest young talents in the region, enabling us to be a potential training ground for careers in media. So, we’re ecstatic to have our very first intern, Morgan Massey, a senior from Bryant, Arkansas, studying…
Kim Marks Malone, APR, Fellow PRSA, online program coordinator and PR instructor, has been awarded the Steve and Linda Simon Family Fellowship for 2021-24. The Simon Family Fellowship is the University’s first fellowship dedicated to a public relations faculty member. It honors the late SSPR founder Steve Simon and is…
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Students with The University of Memphis Department of Journalism and Strategic Media have launched a new podcast series titled “Life in Quarantine: Our Stories from the New Plague.” The new podcast, which was developed under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Journalism and Strategic Media Robby Byrd as part of…
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The University of Memphis Department of Journalism and Strategic Media will host the 45th annual AEJMC Southeast Colloquium, a three-day academic research conference that will be held from March 19 to the 21 at the FedEx Institute of Technology. Over the course of three days, about 140 attendees will be…
The Mid-South LGBTQ+ Archive will host its kickoff event: De-Centering Stonewall: Exploring LGBTQ+ History Beyond the Stonewall Uprising this Friday, October 25 at the University Center. “This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York,” said Craig Stewart, associate professor of communication studies with the Department…
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William Sanders, senior journalism major with the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Helmsman, the independent student newspaper of The University of Memphis. With an eye for detail and working knowledge of news writing, design and photography, Sanders coordinates more than a dozen student…
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The UofM Department of Journalism and Strategic Media will debut two new graduate certificates this fall semester. A pair of all-new graduate certificates in the fields of Multimedia Storytelling and Social Media Analysis and Strategy will join the department’s existing Entrepreneurial Journalism certificate as areas of specialized post-graduate study. “The…
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Casey Hilder has joined the College of Communication and Fine Arts staff as the official CCFA Media Coordinator. Casey is an alumni of The University of Memphis Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, having received his BA in Journalism in the fall of 2009, and his MA in Journalism in…
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A contingent of faculty and students from the University of Memphis‘ Department of Journalism and Strategic Media has traveled to Mainz, Germany, this month as part of a partnership with Johannes Gutenberg University. UofM students Deborah Noel and Brandon Howard and Journalism Chair Dr. David Arant are in Germany with Professor…
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