Media professionals visit campus
Twenty-four mass communications professionals met with upperclassmen in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the annual "Meet the Pros" event Oct. 14.
The pros, representing advertising, journalism, public relations and television production, talked with the JMC students about the job market, internships, resumes, job interviews and about their experiences in the communications field.
After the sessions with the students, the pros had dinner with the JMC faculty/staff and talked about their evaluation of the current seniors and about the JMC graduates in the field.
Dr. Bob Lochte, department chairman, said that the input from the pros serves as part of the outcome assessment data for the department.
"It helps us evaluate what we are doing in the classroom and make changes necessary to prepare our students for the marketplace," Lochte said.
The pros participating in this year's event included William Amos, Jaguar Sports Marketing/IMG College, Mobile, Ala.; Jamie Futrell, Bristol Broadcasting, Paducah; Dave Washburn, FLW Outdoors, Benton; Gina Winchester, Regional Stewardship and Outreach, Murray State University; Jennifer Brown, Kentucky New Era, Hopkinsville.
Dave Winder, media relations, Murray State University athletics; Leigh Wright, freelance writer, Paducah; Charissa Acree, Peritus Public Relations, Louisville; Dr. Darryl and Kay Armstrong, L. Darryl Armstrong and Associates Behavioral Public Relations, Eddyville; Tab Brockman, TapLogic, Murray; Susan Jones, Nellen and Jones Public Relations, Paris, Tenn.
Lisa Satterwhite, Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce; Sandra Wilson, NewPage Corporation, Wickliffe; Stephanie Elder, American Cancer Society, Paducah; Jason Barnett, Interactive Media Lab, Louisville.
Cathy Crecelius, WPSD-TV, Paducah; Josh Maxwell, Hopkinsville Community College television production; Todd Plewa, WPSD-TV, Paducah; Eric Seals, freelance producer, Digital Café/owner, illinoisprep.com, Chicago; Karie Thornton, WPSD-TV, Paducah; Jerry Walker, WTVF-TV, Nashville; Dwayne White, WSMV-TV, Nashville; and Justin Wylie, independent TV producer, Nashville.
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, one of the units in Murray State's College of Business, is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.