Posted in News on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
The S. Gale Denley Student Media Center at The University of Mississippi and the Department of Journalism will host the annual Southeastern Journalism Conference Feb. 21 - 23, in the city of Oxford and on the campus of the University. The theme for this year’s conference is “Your Journalism Future in the Digital Information Age.” [...]
Posted in Alumni, Media, News on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The following item comes from the Jackson Free Press:
[Gigs] From Ole Miss to Al Jazeera
by Greg Williamson
January 30, 2008
Annie Kate Pons (class of 03) knows the South. The Old Miss grad was born in Hereford, Texas, the beef capital of the world, and her dad was a cattle rancher. A committed Christian, she used [...]
Posted in News, Students on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Ten University of Mississippi seniors have earned entry into the school’s Hall of Fame, one of the university’s highest honors. Two out of the ten students are journalism majors. What follows is an edited copy of the UM’s news release regarding this major honor:
Chancellor Robert Khayat bestowed the honor Friday (Jan. 25) in [...]
Posted in Faculty, Media, News, Students on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
February is going to be a busy month at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at Ole Miss. The Center is hosting a series of programs starting on Feb. 4. The programs include:
Monday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. A conversation with Charles Cobb, a founder of the National Association of [...]
Posted in Faculty, News, Students, Views on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Code of Ethics: Minimize Harm, Issues of Diversity is the topic of the Society of Professional Journalists meeting Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2008.
The session will focus on increasing cultural diversity in newsrooms and will focus on solutions.
The 4 p.m. meeting in Room 138 Farley Hall will feature:
Dr. Brad Schultz, assistant professor/journalism; Dr. Ralph Braseth, director [...]
Posted in Alumni, News, Students on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
This item comes from our faculty member Deidra Jackson:
In a discussion yesterday morning on MSNBC-TV’s “Morning Joe,” NBC’s Tom Brokaw in an interview with host Joe Scarborough, mentioned senior journalism major Lillie Flenorl (indirectly) and her mother Rose Jackson Flenorl, UM Alumni Association President-Elect, who serves as manager of social responsibilities for FedEx Services.
The [...]
Posted in News on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at The University of Mississippi is kicking off “The Year of the Debate” at Ole Miss with a round table The Campaign Moves South. The information about the program follows:
“The Campaign Moves South” as the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics kicks off a year [...]
Posted in News on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
The board of directors of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund approved more than half a million dollars in grants and operating expenses for its 2008 programs designed to encourage high school and college students to consider careers in journalism. The University of Mississippi’s Department of Journalism was one of 26 universities receiving a grant [...]
Posted in News on January 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Department of Journalism is on its way to become a School of Journalism. The proposal to establish the new school is on the Institute of Higher Learning’s board agenda for their Feb. meeting. The generosity of our Advisory Board member and former faculty member Dr. Ed Meek and his wife Becky played [...]
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