School of Journalism and Mass Communication
In 1941, a writing exercise for high school journalists visiting Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State was centered around a fictional kidnapping of the university's first president, John E. McGilvrey. In a pre-internet version of a "home page takeover," the stories ran on the front page of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Stater - without including information revealing that they were not real!
Natalie Pillsbury, who earned both a bachelor’s degree in 2007 and a Master of Public Administration in 2023 from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, will begin her new role on March 20.
As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team’s first trip to the World Series.
As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team’s first trip to the World Series.
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, , focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.
