Tag Archives: Leon Alligood

“The Bonnaroo campus” again available to students

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, served as a hands-on, outdoor classroom for College of Media and Entertainment students in 2019 for the sixth year in a row.

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MTSU hosts and Sidelines wins at SEJC Conference

The Southeast Journalism Conference brought 336 journalism students and their advisers to Middle Tennessee State University, Feb. 14 to 16.

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Future of Journalism Education Roundtable draws a crowd

The School of Journalism hosted a Future of Journalism Education Roundtable in October in the Bragg Media and Entertainment Building.

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MTSU racks up at 2017 Associated Press awards

Students in the College of Media and Entertainment received 37 awards, including 12 first place awards, at the 2017 Tennessee Associated Press Broadcast and Media Editors College Contest on Saturday, April 8.

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MTSU student journalists bring home a passel of awards

Student journalists from Middle Tennessee State University won nine awards in the Best of the South competition at the Southeast Journalism Conference on Feb. 19, including four first-place finishes in several of the most competitive categories.

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Covering Bonnaroo: MTSU students hands-on at festival

About 40 College of Mass Communication students, faculty and staff braved the heat and rain for the opportunity to promote 24/7 coverage of the 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

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Student journalists win 12 certificates in Atlanta

MTSU students brought home 12 certificates from the Southeast Journalism Conference awards held in Atlanta, Feb. 26 through 28.

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Seigenthaler music project puts students in limelight

It has been a very busy and productive fall semester for the Music City Project, an offshoot of the Seigenthaler News Service from the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies.

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Where student journalism meets Tennessee’s roads

For the second year in a row, a group of journalism students took to the road in Associate Professor Leon Alligood’s summer feature writing class.

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Sidelines’ West tops features competition

Sidelines Editor-in-chief Emily West won the Best Feature Writing competition Friday, Feb. 21, at the 2014 Southeast Journalism Conference, meeting this year in Lafayette, La., with the University of Louisiana-Lafayette the host school.

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