Tag Archives: Pat Embry

Meacham draws 250 to discussion about Bush 41

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham gave MTSU students and faculty a look inside his latest book, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, when he spoke to a crowd of about 250 on Feb. 9 on campus. Skillfully leading the interview to span over six decades of the personal and political career of […]

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MTSU a huge presence at Americana Festival

Students and faculty from MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment contributed in a number of ways to the success of the 16th annual Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville.

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Bonnaroo 2015 MTSU Student

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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Seigenthaler panelists will talk Ferguson on Feb. 10

The challenges of reporting on the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting death case and the sometimes-violent protests in its aftermath will be the topic of a panel discussion

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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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Mass Comm’s Bonnaroo symposium packs the house

Bonnaroo began as a way to reinvigorate outdoor music festivals, its organizers said Wednesday, Oct. 8, at MTSU, and over the last 13 years has used its business model to embrace and expand on the same peaceful, inclusive culture of the events that inspired it.

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Pat Embry

Pat Embry is new director of Seigenthaler Chair

Longtime Midstate journalist Pat Embry has been selected as the new director of MTSU’s John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies.

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Kimi Thompson at Bonnaroo 2014

MTSU students cover world-celebrated Bonnaroo

MTSU students John Coulston and Kimi Thompson enjoyed the 2014 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., from a unique vantage point.

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