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Members of Kent State Student Media smile with their new awards in the newsroom in Franklin Hall.

Student Newspaper, The Kent Stater, Named Best in the Nation

The Kent Stater, Kent State University’s independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in D…

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Agadez’s elite business classes now include drug dealers, smugglers and pimps – the types of people who rape newly trafficked women to “break: them, beat migrants who haven’t paid their passage or bribe officials so this illicit work may continue.

Pulitzer Center Grantee to Speak About International Refugee Crisis

The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University will host its fall Global Issues Forum with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 in Rm. 226/226A Taylor Hall. International reporter Malia Politzer will present, “Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global G…

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Jimmy Miller, a 2017 Kent State graduate who served as editor of The Kent Stater, takes notes while talking to a fellow student in the student media newsroom in Franklin Hall.

Kent Stater Named Best in Ohio

Kent State’s student newspaper, The Kent Stater, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest. Alumna Neville Hardman, ’16, and journalism major Kelly Powell, ’18, also rec…

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SPJ Names The Burr Best Student Magazine in Nation

The Burr Magazine, Kent State’s general interest student magazine, was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Kent State also earned national finalist status in two categories in SPJ’s annual national Mark of Excellence Awards competition. …

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Jimmy Miller, a 2017 Kent State graduate who served as editor of The Kent Stater, takes notes while talking to a fellow student in the student media newsroom in Franklin Hall.

Student Journalist Traverses Nation to Document Voting Rights Challenges

Kent State University journalism major Jimmy Miller recently spent 10 weeks traveling the country examining the political views of white, working-class Americans, a group now credited as a difference maker in the successful campaign of President-elect Donald Trump. The project was part …

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Paula Madison, former NBC journalist and executive, will be honored by Kent State University with the 2016 Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Award for her accomplishments in media diversity.

Kent State Honors Trailblazers in Media Diversity at Annual McGruder Lecture and Awards Luncheon

Former NBC executive Paula Madison is 2016 McGruder Award recipient; Plain Dealer columnist Phillip Morris to Be Honored with Diversity Leadership Award Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will honor Paula Madison…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Kent State Experts Available for the RNC

  The following experts from Kent State University are available to media covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Their areas of expertise and topics they can discuss are provided, as well as links to additional information and contact information. Areas of expertise includ…

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Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Kent State, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. The award recognizes outstanding work by student journalists. (Photo credit: Gary Hanson)

2016 Journalism Grad Wins Student Murrow Award for Video Excellence

Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Kent State University who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. 

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Kent State Advertising Students Named National Finalists in Collegiate Effie Competition

Team will present integrated marketing campaign to V8®+Energy brand team For the first time, a team of Kent State University students and alumni will compete as finalists in the Collegiate Effie Competition later this month. The students – Ellie Schering, ’17, of Malvern, Ohio; Emily Wahl, ’16, of…

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Kent State Senior Combines Passion for Public Relations and Fashion to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking

Student helps bring UNCHAINED fashion show to campus on April 4 A project that began as part of a public relations course in Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication is now coming to fruition and raising awareness about human trafficking. Mackenzie Lunde, a senior fashio…

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