Campus media organizations at Mississippi State took major honors for the 1994-95 school year in recent competitive events sponsored by the state's newspaper and broadcasting associations.
In early June, radio station WMSV won seven first- and five second-place awards at the Mississippi Broadcasters Association convention in Biloxi. The first-place honors were in sports, commercials and public service/affairs categories; the second place, in public service/affairs and commercials.
For the second consecutive year, the 14,000-watt station received more honors than any other non-commercial broadcast operation in the state. Also, its 12 awards represented the second highest number received in 1995 by any non-commercial or commercial station. [Cleveland's commercial station, WDTL-FM, garnered 16 awards.]
The Reflector, the twice-weekly student-run newspaper, took first place in 13 of 18 separate categories in the student division at the Mississippi Press Association convention held in Natchez later the same month. The full-size paper was tops in the overall areas of general excellence and layout and design, as well as in specific categories of news, advertising, sports, cartoons, and general interest columns.
Last year, the Reflector was first in layout and design and second in general excellence. The publication also received three other first-place honors in 1994.
The radio station -- a 24-hour operation that debuted in March 1994 -- broadcasts year-round at 91.1 FM to a 50-mile radius of campus. The 75-member volunteer staff is led by music director James M. Martin of Crystal Springs, a senior broadcast communication major, and public affairs director Dawn R. Hanna of Gautier, a senior communication/public relations major. The full-time staff includes station manager Steve F. Ellis of Columbus and news director Norris I. Agnew of Starkville.
The Reflector, established in 1883 as a literary magazine, has a 50-member paid staff and a circulation of 13,000. Distributed free on campus and in the city of Starkville, editions average 16 pages, approximately half of which are devoted to local and national advertising.
Editor for the school year was Terri D. Tabor of Louisville, a May communication/journalism graduate now working at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo. Denise M. Kellum and Henry F. Meyer, both of Starkville, are the paper's full-time business manager and adviser, respectively.
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