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A new Kent State project, “For the Ages,” is bridging both art forms and generations:
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Pilot and Ph.D., School of Media and Journalism Professor Joe Murray puts his flying skills to good use flying humanitarian — and caninitarian — uses.
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In honor of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, the School of Media and Journalism would like to congratulate its graduate students in the Class of 2021!
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A Kent State student and alumnus from the School of Media and Journalism placed among the top 20 student journalists in the Hearst Journalism Awards’ Television News Competition.
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Turning Blue, a short film by Kent State's School of Media and Journalism faculty filmmakers Dana White and Christopher Knoblock, will be featured at the prestigious 45th annual Cleveland International Film Festival.
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A group of Kent State public relations students who are participating in a national competition launched the Common Ground campaign to dig deeper into how media professionals and journalists can help improve civility in discourse.
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Kent State students envision a new way for newsrooms to connect with audiences: a two-way text-messaging communication channel. The idea is part of the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s 2020-21 Student Innovation competition.
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Kent State public relations students are participating in a campaign and competition to educate their peers about civility this spring.
The Kent State University School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) and the Akron Area Chapter of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) received a joint Diamond Award from the PRSA East Central District’s 43rd annual Diamond Awards program for public relations campaigns and…
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Each year, the School of Media and Journalism’s Diversity and Globalization Committee recognizes select students with the Robert G. McGruder Student Award for Diversity in honor of the late Robert G. McGruder, a trail-blazing Kent State journalist, the first black editor…