Ole Miss Students Ask, and Fareed Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek International Answers

Earlier this morning Fareed Zakaria gave the keynote address at the FedEx Access Forum held at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at The University of Mississippi. Dr. Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International and host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” which airs Sundays worldwide on CNN.
My students have prepared some questions [...]

Ole Miss Students Ask and Rick Stengel, TIME Managing Editor, Answers Their Presidential Debate Questions

The following article appeared on page one of The Oxford Eagle newspaper on Monday Sept. 15:

UM Students Interview TIME Editor About Debate
By Samir A. Husni
Special to The Eagle
On Thursday Richard Stengel, TIME managing editor, was one of two moderators at the Forum on Service and Civic Engagement at Columbia University in New York that [...]

Teens converge on J-Department for the Presidential Debate Panel: Teens and Politics

Hosted by the Department of Journalism, and sponsored by Justine magazine, 13 teenager-panelists from across Tennessee and Mississippi engaged in a lively debate on the role of teens and politics. The event took place on Tuesday Sept. 9 at 4:00 pm at the Overby Center at the University of Mississippi. Jana Kerr Pettey, editorial [...]

UM Journalism Faculty Member Promoted, Wins Public Relations Awards

Ole Miss Journalism faculty member Robin Street, who specializes in teaching public relations, has received both a promotion and a prestigious public relations award.
Street’s promotion to Lecturer in the Ole Miss Department of Journalism took effect this fall. She was also designated a Senior Practitioner by the Southern Public Relations Federation at their conference this [...]