News News Archive

Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received one Award of Excellence and seven Awards of Distinction in the 22nd Annual Communicator Awards 2016 Audio Competition. WMUL-FM was notified by mail that its entries had won. The Communicator Awards come from the International Academy of Visual Arts, which recognizes outstanding work in the communications

A Marshall University alumnus has received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing. Huntington native John Hackworth, editor of the Sun Newspapers in Charlotte Harbor, Florida, received the award for a series of editorials calling for an investigation into the death of an inmate at Charlotte Correctional Institute.

Five graduates of Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications (SOJMC) are being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame this fall. Dr. Charles Bailey, Mike Cherry, Jody Jividen, Chad Pennington and Peter Ruest officially will be inducted during a Sept. 23 ceremony.

Students from WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s public radio station, received six first-place awards and eight honorable mention awards during the National Broadcasting Society/Alpha Epsilon Rho 25th Annual National Student Audio/Video Scriptwriting and 53rd Annual Audio/Video Production Awards Competition ceremony.

For the 10th year in row and 12th time overall, Marshall University journalism professor Dan Hollis received a first-place award in the Video News category of the National Broadcasting Society’s Professional Production Competition.

Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received one first-place award and three finalist awards during the 76th Annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference’s 7th Annual Awards Ceremony at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City March 5.

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams proclaimed Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, as Dr. Carter G. Woodson Day during a ceremony today at Marshall University. The life of Woodson, a former Huntington resident known as The Father of African American History, is being remembered throughout February, which is Black History Month. Among other speakers today were Marshall President

Burnis Morris, Marshall University’s Dr. Carter G. Woodson Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, has been selected as a 2016 History Hero, for which he will be honored during the West Virginia History Day at the Legislature program Friday, Jan. 29. The program will be held in the State Theater at the

Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, has been named a finalist for Best College/University Radio Station (more than 10,000 students) in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s annual awards contest.

Boasting such names as Marvin Stone, Ernie Salvatore, Joe Johns, Estelle Belanger, Jim Comstock and even pioneer television comedian Soupy Sales in its Hall of Fame, the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications (SOJMC) is seeking nominations for its upcoming induction class.