For some, hearing the names Selma, Alabama or the Edmund Pettus Bridge, almost immediately invokes some of the worst images from the civil rights battles of the 1960s. However, it would be the images from one day in particular that stand out above the rest – “Bloody Sunday.” On March 7, 1965, scores of blacks from Selma were beaten, and …
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Stacey Patton Honored for Exemplary Reporting on Black Life in America Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) announces the award of its first annual Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence to Stacey Patton, a senior enterprise reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education, book author, child advocate, and adjunct professor of American history. Patton is being recognized for her in-depth reporting …
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Preachers, gangs, politicians, the Nation of Islam and a rainbow of social-justice groups are all poised for the “fix,” but will Baltimore really emerge reborn? Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has not yet released details of what her One Baltimore will do, but members of the clergy are arranging prayer calls and making plans to open their doors in the summer for …
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Strategic Communication Professor Selected for Project on First Generation College Student Success The Interactivity Foundation (www.interactivityfoundation.org) is proud to announce that Morgan State’s Dr. Laura Dorsey-Elson will be joining us as a panelist in our First Generation Students: Possibilities for Success project. Given how extensively Morgan State works to enroll, mentor, and graduate first generation students through university studies, we are very excited to …
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Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) breaks new ground this month with the publication of Morgan Global Journalism Review (MGJR), a quarterly e-magazine that examines media, communication and information technology on the international stage. Available online at MGJR, this electronic magazine provides reporting and analysis on media and communications trends, issues and events from a global …
Read More »Morgan State University President David Wilson yesterday announced the receipt of a $250,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish an Urban Digital Journalism program in the university’s School of Global Journalism and Communication. The grant will enhance training technologies and resources to develop undergraduate journalists covering news and features stories in four Maryland municipalities; Baltimore …
Read More »Morgan State University will welcome a cast of journalists, editors and media experts from around the country for the ceremonial opening of the MSU School of Global Journalism and Communication on Thursday, Oct. 3 beginning at 11:15 a.m. The opening will feature a ribbon cutting and will be followed by a national dialog on the influence of media in the …
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The National Association of Black Journalists, the nation’s largest and oldest advocacy organization for journalists-of-color, recently concluded its 2013 national convention in Orlando, Florida. It is where Morgan State University President David Wilson and Dean DeWayne Wickham announced the University’s new School of Global Journalism and Communication. Morgan hosted a reception at the convention to introduce the latest addition to …
Read More »Morgan State University President David Wilson today announced Morgan’s newest academic unit. The School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) has received approval from the Morgan Board of Regents and will officially open its doors on July 1, 2013, becoming the ninth school to open at the University. “It will be grounded in 21st Century journalistic technologies and curricula providing Morgan students …
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