Posted in Alumni, News on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Al Cross, Director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky recapped the memorial service held for our Advisory Board member Rudy Abramson. The memorial service took place at the Newseum last Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Here is the intro to Professor Cross’ blog:
Rudy Abramson was a role model [...]
Posted in Media, News on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Quality in a Digital Environment was the title of the presentation given by multi-media gurus Dan and Janet Conover at the Department of Journalism’s SPJ meeting last Monday. Our MCAST, the department’s video outlet, has the presentation for our students, alumni and friends to watch. Click here to watch this informative lecture.
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Posted in Faculty, Media, Students on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Dan Conover, a leader and expert in anything media, will be the guest speaker at the upcoming Society of Professional Journalists’ UM Chapter meeting on Monday Feb. 25 at noon, in Farley 125. Dan Conover is a reporter, cartoonist, blogger, illustrator and videographer for The Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, SC. Conover spent [...]
Posted in Alumni, News on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rudy Abramson, advisory board member and Ole Miss journalism class of 58 graduate, has died. He was 70. According to the Los Angeles Times web site “Abramson sustained massive head injuries in a fall Tuesday at his home in Reston, Va. He died late Wednesday at a hospital in Fairfax, Va., according to a [...]
Posted in Faculty, Media, News, Views on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The following is from Jeanni Atkins, Ph.D., Executive Director Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information and associate professor of journalism:
For those of you who might be interested in the MCFOI secrecy series, I’m sending the links to articles I’ve been able to find online today.
This effort began last October beginning with the appointment of a [...]
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