MTSU’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media celebrates 50 years of telling stories, breaking news

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media is celebrating its 50th year of teaching students reporting, storytelling, breaking news and everything in between.& & Approved in 1972, the program began when& Ed Kimbrell& started the& Department of Mass Communications, which included sequences in advertising and public relations, news-editorial, graphics and photography, and broadcasting.& A Recording Industry major was added in 1973. The department became a school as it added radio and TV courses before becoming the College of Mass Communications in 1989 and later renamed the College of Media and Entertainment in 2015.& The School of Journalism and Strategic Media in& the John Bragg Media and Entertainment building& now offers two degrees and 10 concentrations. It has more than two dozen faculty and 300 students.& “I am so proud of the School of Journalism and Strategic Media, which is known throughout the nation for the education it has provided our students for 50 years,” said College of Media and Entertainment Dean Beverly Keel, an MTSU alumna and former award-winning music industry journalist. “What I really admire is that it continues to provide the foundation for journalism, advertising, public relations, sports media, and media design...