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Kent State鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication has welcomed three new full-time faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Dianne Finch, assistant professor in the journalism sequence, will be teaching鈥
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Journalism Professor Gary Hanson was honored with the prestigious Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education on Aug. 5, 2016. The award is presented annually by the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and鈥
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JMC Associate Professor and CCI Associate Dean Danielle Sarver Coombs has been a frequent commentator in local and national media outlets leading up to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Coombs is an expert in media framing in politics and author of 鈥淟ast Man鈥
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As media and communications professionals from across the country descend upon Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention, July 18-21, 2016, so too, will students from Kent State鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC).
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Franklin Advertising, Kent State University鈥檚 pre-professional student run advertising organization, hosted the first annual FAd Awards competition this spring, honoring Kent State students for creative work completed for class, internships or personal projects. The鈥
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Professor Gary Hanson of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at Kent State University has been named the recipient of the 2016 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education. The award is presented annually by the Electronic News鈥
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Kent State's School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) and Department of Biological Sciences hosted a three-week study abroad trip for biology, digital media production and photojournalism students during the 2015 winter break. Students spent three weeks鈥
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How do you mourn the loss of a loved one? Do you take your feelings to social media? Journalists from all over the country did when two of their own were killed in an on-air shooting in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Kent State University earned 16 Mark of Excellence awards at the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region 4 spring conference, including first place honors for The Kent Stater (best all-around non-daily newspaper) and TV2 (best all-around television newscast).
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As the 2016 presidential election cycle intensifies, examining and discussing the media coverage of the candidates becomes more prevalent than ever. The Student Voice Team鈥檚 (SVT) 鈥淢edia and Politics: A JMC Conversation鈥 did just that on Thursday, March 31.
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