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Kaleb A. Turner, editor of The Bison at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., was named College Journalist of the Year in the Best of the South competition for 2018. With him is Harding’s faculty delegate, Katherine Ramirez.
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Faculty delegates approved several changes to the SEJC constitution at the business luncheon on Feb. 15. Troy State University in Troy, Ala., was selected to host the 2021 convention. Katherine Ramirez of Harding University, immediate past president, presided over the meeting.
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Christine Eschenfelder, who brought more than a dozen years of experience in local TV news when she joined the MTSU faculty in 2015, spoke to students about “finding characters that resonate with an audience.” She offered video examples of compelling human interest stories and explained how she went about developing them.
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Most of the convention activities took place in MTSU’s impressive Student Union.
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The newspaper exchange is a SEJC tradition, allowing each school to show off its journalistic wares and to borrow ideas from other schools.
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SEJC President Leon Alligood delivered the convention “benediction” at the conclusion of the onsite awards luncheon on Saturday, Feb. 16. “We’re never going to be paid what we should be paid. We’re never going to work an 8-5 job,” he told students. “What you will have is something to look back on and say, ‘I was a part of that. My life will mean something.’” The next convention will be at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Feb. 13-15, 2020.
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Rutherford County’s antebellum courthouse is an architectural jewel—and especially beautiful at night.
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