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Lane Zyvoloski

Three Minnesota State University Moorhead mass communication majors, Lane Zyvoloski, Sauk Rapids, Minn., Bryce Haugen, Moorhead, Minn., and Kaitlyn Teske, Fargo, N.D., were honored

nationally by the Society of Professional

Journalist’s 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards.

Senior, Zyvoloski, won a national award for Online Feature Reporting from a medium-sized school for her “Being Queen: Life in Drag” story she wrote for the MSUM blog “Doing it Downtown.”

“I am humbled and extremely thankful to the people who made this possible,” Zyvoloski said. “The drag queens allowed me into their lives and they didn’t have to. My professor helped me edit and edit again and again and I couldn’t have done this without her.” Read the rest of this entry →

An amazing opportunity is now being offered through the Mass Communications Department. Beginning in the fall of 2013, students can work for MSUM’s student-run public relations firm, Positive Reactions and earn field experience credits! This is NOT just for public relations majors! The firm needs designers, audio and video personnel, photographers, writers and more. Read the rest of this entry →

left to right: Kyle Wahlberg, Stian Michalsen, Macy Egeland, Ezra Van Den Einde, Carly Lehmkuhl, Kenny Buck, Rebecca Lebak, Collin Boyles, Chelsey Smith

Campus News Wins NATAS Award in College Newscast Category, wins most of the SPJ Awards

Campus News, MSUM’s student produced newscast, took home a Crystal Pillar Award in the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Upper Midwest Chapter Student Awards of Excellence in the newscast category. Campus News was the only newscast honored with a Crystal Pillar out of six nominees from five different schools. The NATAS-Upper Midwest region includes Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and western Wisconsin.

Two students also won Crystal Pillars for individual news stories. LaurelLee Loftsgard won in the Light News category for “Toy Train Collectors” and Robert Swansen won in the photographer category for “The Advocate.” Recipients were announced at a ceremony on Sunday at the Theaters at Mall of America. Read the rest of this entry →

Eighteen people die each day waiting for an organ, but just one organ and tissue donor can save up to 60 lives.  MSUM’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is working with two local organizations, Alexa’s Hope and LifeSource, to generate more awareness about organ and tissue donation and to in turn, hopefully get more registered donors.

There will be an organ donor panel on April 30th at 7 p.m, in the Comstock Memorial Union at MSUM. At the event local families will speak about how organ and tissue donation has affected them. This event is free and open to the public. To learn more about organ donation, or Alexa’s hope and LifeSource visit www.unos.org,  www.alexashope.org, and www.life-source.org. Read the rest of this entry →

By: Dave Olson, INFORUM

FARGO – Marv Bossart, whose broadcast career spanned more than four decades and made him a fixture on TV screens in the Red River Valley, was remembered by family and colleagues Tuesday as a consummate journalist who also knew the importance of a good laugh.

Bossart, who died Tuesday at the age of 79, had battled Parkinson’s disease for several years.

He joined the news department at WDAY-TV in Fargo in 1958. Five years later, he took over the 6 p.m. and what was then the 10:15 p.m. newscasts and was an anchor at WDAY until retiring in 2000. Read the rest of this entry →

Eighteen people die each day waiting for an organ, but just one organ  and tissue donor can save up to 60 lives. MSUM’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is working with two local organizations, Alexa’s Hope and LifeSource, to generate more awareness about organ and tissue donation and to in turn, hopefully get more registered donors.

There will be an organ donor panel on April 30 at 7 p.m, in the Comstock Memorial Union at MSUM. At the event local families will speak about how organ and tissue donation has affected them. Read the rest of this entry →

What: Blood Drive (United Blood Services) sponsored by PRSSA
When: Tuesday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Where: Mass Comm Lounge, 2nd Floor MacLean Hall
Why: To be a life saver!
How: Schedule a donation appointment by contacting Kelly Falk by phone at 701.212.8599 or by email at falkke@mnstate.edu. Read the rest of this entry →

ELECTIONS
PRSSA will be holding elections for the 2013-2014 executive board in May. A list of the open officer positions are attached along with an application. Applications must be turned into the PRSSA room or a current officer by April 22. It is allowed to run for more than on position.

PRSSA has meetings every Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the Mass Communications Lounge. Check out our blog site at www.msumprssa.wordpress.com and like us on Facebook (MSUM Public Relations Student Society of America) to see more about us and the work we do for our clients through the affiliated on-campus PR firm, Positive Reactions. Read the rest of this entry →

MSUM student Macy Egeland has been awarded the Don Shelby Journalism Scholarship from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Upper Midwest Chapter/Foundation. Each year, the NATAS-UMW Chapter/Foundation awards $2,500 scholarships to high school and college students within its chapter region who want to study media or journalism in college. The Upper Midwest region includes Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and western Wisconsin. Read the rest of this entry →

The following entries have been selected to receive Region 6 Mark of Excellence Awards.  The actual place awarded will be announced at the awards ceremony April 12-13 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bloomington, Minn.

First-place regional winners will automatically advance to the national round of the competition. A list of regional winners will be posted on spj.org the Monday after the conference. Congratulations! Read the rest of this entry →

MSUM Ethics Day noon panel is open to the public

Matt VonPinnon, editor of The Forum; Birch Burdick, Cass County state’s attorney; and Paul Richard, chief legal officer, Sanford Health, are among a dozen area business leaders who will share their experiences about ethics in the workplace during Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Ethics Day Thursday, March 21. Read the rest of this entry →

Bill Hall, Mass Communications, was awarded the 2013 Silver Medal award by the American Advertising Federation of North Dakota (AAF-ND) at the Addy Awards on Feb. 22. The Silver Medal recognizes lifelong achievement in the region’s advertising, marketing and communication industries. Recipients are chosen by a committee based on outstanding contributions to advertising, creative excellence, and responsibility in areas of social concern.

Hall began his career at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) in 1975. He has taught almost every class in his department, including Introduction to Mass Communications, Principles of Advertising and Public Relations, Layout and Typography, Television Production, Visual Communications, Advanced Advertising, Public Information Processes and Media Buying. He was instrumental in instituting the advertising and PR programs at MSUM. Read the rest of this entry →

Several MSUM Mass Communications students received awards at the 56^th annual Addy Awards held in Fargo Feb. 22. This statewide advertising competition, conducted by the American Advertising Federation of North Dakota (AAF-ND), recognizes the most creative advertising in and around North Dakota. In the student category, MSUM Mass Communications students captured 10 of the 14 awards given. The following students received awards: Read the rest of this entry →

Camilla Wilson stands beside an OH-6 Cayuse helicopter, also called a LOACH, while in Vietnam about 1969 as a war correspondent for a group of Southern newspapers.

Daughter of Deep South came of age during turbulent era for US

By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM

MOORHEAD – Camilla Wilson remembers the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

She happened to be in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968, picking up photography supplies for a newsletter she was working on for a literacy program.

That evening, King was felled by an assassin’s bullet on the balcony of his hotel, dying at a hospital later that night.

“I think he was phenomenal. He was one, if not the, major leader of the era,” said the 67-year-old, who teaches in the mass communications department at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Read the rest of this entry →

Earns 3^rd EPPY among 65 national, regional awards

Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Horizonlines.org was named a national finalist in the 2012 EPPY^TM Awards presented by “Editor & Publisher” magazine. In its 17^th year, this international contest honors the best media-affiliated websites across 30 diverse categories, including recognizing excellence in college and university journalism in three categories. Read the rest of this entry →

National radio and television talk show host Ed Schultz will provide scholarship support for players on the college football team he once quarterbacked. Schultz has pledged $25,000 a year for the next four years for football scholarships at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Schultz was the quarterback for the Dragons in the 1976 and 1977 seasons. He was named the NCAA Division II National Passing Champion in 1977. Schultz was also the Most Valuable Player in the Northern Intercollegiate Conference in 1977. He was inducted into the Dragon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.

“I see a new direction and new commitment under University President Dr. Edna Szymanski,” Schultz said. “This is the time to step up and be a part of the building process to take Dragon football to a championship level in the Division. I’m honored to help the program.” Read the rest of this entry →

Charly Haley is a summer intern for the Detroit Lakes Newspapers.

This article is from the DL Newspapers.

Minnesota State University Moorhead senior Charly Haley is finding herself knee-deep in local journalism, as she was hired to work as an intern for the Detroit Lakes Newspapers.

Haley, a Sartell, Minn. native, is majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in muli-media journalism and minoring in communication studies.

Since starting her career in Detroit Lakes, Haley has been writing feature stories for the front of the Lake Area Press, as well as reporting for the Becker County Record, the Detroit Lakes Tribune and working on stories for both the Summer Living and Summer Scene magazines.

Readers can also find her work in the special section tabs for the water carnival and the Becker County Fair.

“I really like being a journalist because I like meeting other people, and I feel like you learn so much because you get to see so many things as you work,” said Haley, who will remain with the Detroit Lakes Newspapers until August 15.

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MSUM recent graduate joins West Fargo Pioneer staff as News/Sports Editor. This article is from the West Fargo Pioneer.

Daniel Determan has joined the staff of the West Fargo Pioneer, the West Fargo News, and its subsidiary publications as News/Sports Editor.

A native of Browerville, Minn., Determan is a 2012 graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a minor in mass communications.

Most recently, Determan served as sports editor of the MSUM Advocate and prior to that was sports coordinator for MSUM Intramurals for five years. Read the rest of this entry →

Winners of the 2012 North Dakota Professional Communicators (NDPC) College Communications Contest were recognized at the NDPC state conference held in April. More than 75 students and teams from seven North Dakota and western Minnesota schools participated in the annual competition. NDPC presented awards in 35 categories. MSUM students received 46 of the 91 awards (or nearly half!).

Participating institutions were: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.; North Dakota State University, Fargo; Lake Region State College, Devils Lake.; Minot State University; Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.); and Minnesota State University Moorhead. Read the rest of this entry →

FARGO – Well-known in the area as a photographer of the land and sky, Wayne Gudmundson trained his eye on an entirely different subject for his latest project: people.

By: John Lamb, INFORUM

FARGO – Well-known in the area as a photographer of the land and sky, Wayne Gudmundson trained his eye on an entirely different subject for his latest project: people.

The Moorhead artist teamed up with Prairie Public Television for “Faces of the Oil Patch.” Gudmundson’s still photos are featured throughout the documentary as a way of introducing subjects.

Some of the photos are displayed at North Dakota State University’s Memorial Union Gallery, with a reception at 5 tonight. The exhibit will eventually travel around the state.

Following the reception, the documentary will be screened. It premieres on PPTV, Channel 13, at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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