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From Kent State to the White House, Sarah Matthews has been in the middle of the country's political scene since earning her degree in Public Relations in 2017. What she's learned along the way can help today's students better prepare for the careers that await.
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Susan Kirkman Zake, an associate professor in the School of Media and Journalism at Kent State University, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Adviser Award, Four-Year Multimedia, from the College Media Association (CMA).
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Connie Schultz will discuss her debut novel The Daughters of Erietown in an exclusive conversation for The College of Communication and Information at Kent State University.
The event will take place 7:00 p.m. on August 18, 2020 in an online…
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Public Relations Campaigns is a rite of passage for any senior public relations major at Kent State.
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When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a statewide “stay-at-home” order at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Kent State University students immediately recognized an issue that almost nobody else was talking about: Not all homes are healthy homes.
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A team of advertising students from the Kent State School of Media and Journalism recently earned semi-finalist status in the national competition Effie Collegiate.
Modeled after the Effie Awards U.S. competition, Effie Collegiate, now in its 10th year, tasks students with…
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We are all now, truly, witnesses. Know that we stand together as we face what comes and work for a more equitable and inclusive future.
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When students began to face the reality of losing their media internships this summer in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff moved quickly to develop an innovative solution for students, recent School grads and media partners.
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A Kent State University student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.
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Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will be known as the School of Media and Journalism, effective July 1, 2020. The university’s Board of Trustees approved the name change at its meeting June 3, 2020.