PHOTO: GENE WIGGINS RETIRES FROM SOUTHERN MISS

HATTIESBURG – Dr. Gene Wiggins, professor and graduate coordinator in the University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism, hugs Dianne Coleman, [More]

LONGTIME PROFESSOR DIES

HATTIESBURG – Arthur Kaul, a professor and assistant director of the School of Mass Communication and Journalism, died Tuesday afternoon at home of cancer. [More]

DR. ARTHUR J. KAUL, SOUTHERN MISS PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM, DIES

HATTIESBURG – Dr. Arthur J. Kaul, a popular University of Southern Mississippi journalism professor widely recognized for his scholarly and professional contributions to his field, died at his home here Tuesday. He was 62. [More]

USM TO HONOR LONGTIME PROFESSOR ROBERT GENE WIGGINS AT RETIREMENT RECEPTION

HATTIESBURG – Veteran educator Dr. Robert Gene Wiggins, professor and graduate coordinator in the University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism, will retire this summer after 35 years of service. A reception in his honor will be held from 3-5 p.m. May 7 in Room 218 at the Thad Cochran Center. [More]

PUBLISHING COMPANY CEO TO BE INDUCTED INTO SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME

HATTIESBURG – Bill Phalen, CEO of Cities West Publishing and a University of Southern Mississippi journalism graduate, will address students at the School of Mass Communication and Journalism Awards Banquet Tuesday (April 22). He also will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame at the banquet that begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Thad Cochran Center’s Ballroom III. [More]

USA TODAY FEATURES EDITOR OFFERS INSIGHTS TO SOUTHERN MISS STUDENTS

HATTIESBURG – When Kim Willis decided to pursue a degree in news editorial journalism at The University of Southern Mississippi 25 years ago, she was frequently reminded by friends and family of the apparent risks. [More]

TV NEWSMAGAZINE PRODUCED BY SOUTHERN MISS STUDENTS AIRS ON COMCAST CABLE

HATTIESBURG – "Southern Miss Magazine," a weekly 30-minute television program produced by broadcasting students in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism, airs on Comcast Cable Channel 11 at 6 p.m. weeknights. [More]  

WUSM ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMMING LINEUP, SEEKS FEEDBACK ON PUBLIC RADIO

STUDENT PRINTZ STAFFERS EARN AWARDS AT REGIONAL JOURNALISM CONFERENCE

HATTIESBURG – University of Southern Mississippi student journalists took home seven honors at the Southeast Journalism Conference at the University of Mississippi. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS PROFESSOR RECEIVES NATIONAL ACCREDITATION IN PUBLIC RELATIONS

HATTIESBURG – Kurt Brautigam, distinguished lecturer in public relations and associate director of The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism, has earned his Accreditation in Public Relations through the Public Relations Society of America. [More]

FORMER STUDENT PRINTZ EDITOR, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST MEET AT SOUTHERN MISS JOURNALISM SYMPOSIUM

HATTIESBURG – On Friday, four decades after University of Southern Mississippi officials tried to keep student newspaper editor Charles Kershner from telling the story of John Frazier, an African-American denied admission into the then all-white university, the two met for the first time. [More]

SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM HOSTS SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM, HALL OF FAME

HATTIESBURG – The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism will host the first Mass Communication and Journalism Symposium, “Social Justice and the News,” on the Hattiesburg campus Nov. 9. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS PROFESSOR CO-AUTHORS NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS BOOK

HATTIESBURG – A new book co-authored by Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin of The University of Southern Mississippi refines the emerging definition of public relations and provides a new theoretical framework that reinforces the need for professional practitioners to be grounded in public relations scholarship. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS ALUMS ASSESS MISSISSIPPI, NEW ORLEANS AREA RECOVERY

HATTIESBURG – Two University of Southern Mississippi alumni whose photographic coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s impact helped earn their newspapers a shared Pulitzer Prize say recovery from the storm is slow, but evident. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS PHOTOJOURNALISM SUMMIT, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SET FOR OCT. 12

HATTIESBURG – The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism will induct two former faculty members and six alumni into the school’s Hall of Fame as part of the Southern Mississippi Photojournalism Summit Oct. 12. [More]

WASHINGTON TV REPORTER JOINS SOUTHERN MISS JOURNALISM FACULTY

HATTIESBURG – Andy Barth, a veteran reporter in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets, has joined The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism faculty as a visiting distinguished lecturer in broadcast journalism for the fall semester. [More]

BOOK BY SOUTHERN MISS GRAD FOCUSES ON CIVIL RIGHTS PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIES

HATTIESBURG– Marches, sit-ins, Freedom Summer Schools, non-violent resistance – all of these were tools used in the Civil Rights Movement to bring about racial justice. [More]

DAVIES ON CENTRAL HIGH DESEGREGATION PANEL

HATTIESBURG– A prestigious panel of journalists and scholars that includes a University of Southern Mississippi administrator will meet tonight to discuss the media’s coverage of the historic integration of Little Rock’s Central High School. [More]

FILM STUDENT FINDS INSPIRATION AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

GULFPORT - Sometimes a summer internship means much more than just a part-time job. It can be a discovery of dynamic dreams and lasting personal connections. [More]

PHOTOS BY PULITZER-PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOJOURNALIST ON DISPLAY AT SOUTHERN MISS MUSEUM OF ART

HATTIESBURG - The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of photographs by Pultizer Prize-winning photojournalist Clarence Williams through Sept. 29.  Williams, a native of Philadelphia, Penn., is a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in photojournalism at Southern Miss. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS ADVERTISING PROFESSOR SELECTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP

HATTIESBURG - A University of Southern Mississippi faculty member is one of just 18 professors from across the country selected for a highly competitive and prestigious fellowship by the Advertising Educational Foundation. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS PROFESSOR'S BOOK EXAMINES CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION THROUGH FILM

HATTIESBURG - A book written by a University of Southern Mississippi professor and one of his former graduate students examines the portrayal of China's Cultural Revolution by three of that country's top filmmakers. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS ALUM PLAYING ROLE IN NEW ORLEAN'S RECOVERY FROM KATRINA

NEW ORLEANS - Lisa Easterling's New Orleans home was untouched by the catastrophic flood waters that poured into the city after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge breached several levees. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS FILM PROGRAM MOVING TO THE GULF PARK CAMPUS EFFECTIVE FALL 2007

HATTIESBURG -The University of Southern Mississippi's film program will move from Hattiesburg to the university's Gulf Coast Student Service Center in Gulfport in August 2007, the first step in the university's overall plan to build a full-scale academic program in entertainment industry studies on the coast. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS JOURNALISM PROJECT GETS GRANT TO CONTINUE AFTER KATRINA NEWSWIRE

HATTIESBURG -The Mississippi Power Foundation and The Clarion-Ledger have each awarded $5,000 grants to The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism to support the After Katrina Newswire, an online journalism project that is focusing on the region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS PROFESSOR RELEASES BOOK ON CHANGES IN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY AFTER WORLD WAR II

HATTIESBURG—Turmoil in the nation's newspaper industry in the 20 years following World War II set the stage for the challenges facing the industry today, according to a new book by David R. Davies, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi. [More]

DAVID MCRANEY WINS PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP

HATTIESBURG—David McRaney, executive editor of The Student Printz and a senior in USM's School of Mass Communication and Journalism, has been named a Scripps Howard Foundation Top Ten journalism scholarship winner for 2006-2007. [More

SOUTHERN MISS GRADUATE MAKES HUGE SPLASH WITH FIRST FEATURE FILM (WITH PHOTO)

HATTIESBURG—During a sit-down interview with CNN, University of Southern Mississippi Mass Communication graduate and Air Force Reserve Sgt. Justin Pearce said sarcasm and a chance to test newly-purchased camera equipment sparked his highly-publicized film, "Katrina Diary." [More]

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONALS JOIN SOUTHERN MISS SHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM

HATTIESBURG—A Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and a former Mississippi Power public relations executive have joined the faculty of the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi for the 2006-07 academic year. [More]

MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM INDUCT TWO INTO NEW HALL OF FAME

HATTIESBURG—A veteran faculty member and a CNN reporter will be the first two inductees into the University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism’s new Hall of Fame during an April 26 ceremony. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS JOURNALISM PROGRAM CREATES KATRINA NEWS SERVICE

HATTIESBURG—Journalism students at the University of Southern Mississippi are covering the Gulf Coast’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina in an online project designed to add to the news industry’s effort to report on a story of unprecedented scale. [More]

CNN'S KATHLEEN KOCH TO SPEAK AT USM

HATTIESBURG-- CNN correspondent Kathleen Koch, who studied broadcast journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi, will return to Hattiesburg for a showing of a recent documentary about her hometown’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. [More]

JUNIOR TO INTERN AT ABC IN NEW YORK

HATTIESBURG-- Jessica Bowman, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism, will intern at ABC-World News Tonight in New York City during the summer of 2006. [More]

STUDENT PRINTZ TAKES 2ND OVERALL IN MPA CONTEST

HATTIESBURG--The Student Printz, USM’s student newspaper, took second place overall in the Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Student Division awards announced Thursday in Jackson. [More]

PROFESSOR, PRINTZ STAFFERS WIN AWARDS AT THE SOUTHEAST JOURNALISM CONFERENCE

HATTIESBURG--Members of The Student Printz staff brought home eight individual and staff awards from the Southeast Journalism Conference held this past weekend in Atlanta. [More]

MCJ ALUM ANCHORS CNN PRESENTS: "SAVING MY TOWN -- THE FIGHT FOR BAY SAINT LOUIS" SATURDAY & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH & 19TH

SOUTHERN MISS JOURNALISM MAJOR WINS HEARST FEATURE WRITING AWARD

HATTIESBURG -- A senior journalism major from the University of Southern Mississippi took seventh place in feature writing in the 2005 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. [More]

"THE STUDENT PRINTZ THROUGH THE DECADES" STAFF & EDITORS REUNION 2005

HATTIESBURG -- Student Printz staffers from the 1950s through 2004 returned to campus in November to reminisce about battles with the USM administration and other highlights of working at the student newspaper. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS MASS COMM STUDENTS, FACULTY GARNER AJHA'S TOP HONORS

HATTIESBURG -- Five University of Southern Mississippi mass communication graduate students were the crème de la crème of this year’s American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) national conference. [More]

THREE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS JOIN SOUTHERN MISS SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM

Three new faculty members, including a new director and a pioneering journalist, have joined the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at The University of Southern Mississippi. [More]

SOUTHERN MISS PROFESSOR FOCUSES ON INFORMATION AGE, FIRST AMMENDMENT ISSUES DURING LECTURES AT TAIWAN UNIVERSITIES

Dr. Mazharul Haque, a 20-year veteran faculty member of The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Mass Communication and Journalism, recently presented lectures focusing on First Amendment issues during a visit to a Taiwan university. [More]