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Journalism professor Jeff Fruit is the current interim director for School of Library and Information Science. The school is currently searching for a new director, after the former director resigned last year.

JMC change to MDJ creates more inclusive school name

Auston Monigold Reporter March 4, 2021

The history of media at Kent State reached a new milestone when the School of Journalism and Mass Communication changed its name to the School of Media and Journalism, becoming more inclusive to its umbrella...

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Ethan Miller/Getty Images November 4, 2020

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 03, 2020: Workers process polling place equipment and materials at the Clark County Election Department after polls closed on November 3, 2020 in North Las Vegas, Nevada....

5 things to know for November 3: Election, Covid-19, Eta, Kabul, Vienna

AJ Willingham, CNN November 3, 2020

(CNN) -- It's Election Day in America, a day marked by uncertainty, political rancor and the unshakeable feeling that we are living through one of the most politically consequential moments in our country's...

Emily Metzgar was named the new director of Kent State's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Courtesy of Kent State University 

Emily Metzgar announced as JMC director

Brady Warmbein Reporter February 20, 2020

Emily Metzgar, the director of undergraduate studies for the Media School at Indiana University, was announced as the next director for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication on February 20.Metzgar...

Deggans presented one source of his research, "Slavery by Another Name," to support how history is important to better understand media racism Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.

Ethics expert, TV critic speaks about racism in media

Brady Warmbein Reporter February 12, 2020

Opposing racism and its disrespectful terms is more complicated than it seems, a TV critic for NPR told the audience at the second annual David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics Tuesday. “White...

Marcia Lei Zeng, professor in the school of library science, was elected to the Dublin Core Metadata Board in December. Photo courtesy of KSU.

SLIS professor elected international data chair

Nicholas Sewell February 2, 2014

A Kent State library and information sciences professor will now lead a 66-member international data advisory board known as the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, or DCMI, Advisory Board.Marcia Lei Zeng,...

Journalism professor Jeff Fruit is the current interim director for School of Library and Information Science. The school is currently searching for a new director, after the former director resigned last year.

SLIS begins search for director; interim named

Nicholas Sewell January 23, 2014

The School of Library and Information Science is currently searching for a new director.The position was vacated last year when the school’s former director, Tomas Lipinski, resigned. Lipinski, who served...