University of the Cumberlands Offers New Major
Journalism and Public Relations is now being offered as a major at the University of the Cumberlands. Mr. Jeremiah Massengale, Ms. Marianne Worthington, and Ms. Jamey Temple will be the primary faculty members responsible for teaching the new major.
According to Mr. Jeremiah Massengale, director of the new journalism and public relations major, the staff and faculty had certain goals they wanted to achieve with this new major.
“Our biggest goal was to prepare journalists for a future in the industry. Our goal was to have students have a high degree of professionalism, ethics, and to be very objective in their writing,” said Massengale.
The new major has added many new classes to the curriculum, including: Introduction to Journalism and Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Public Relations and Advertising, Editing and Layout for Print, Magazine and Feature Writing, New Media and Online Content, Public Relations and Management, Media Technology and Society and a Senior Colloquium.
According to Dr. Keith Semmel, professor and chair of communication and theatre arts, each teacher will mainly teach a different group of journalism classes. “Jeremiah will mainly teach the Web Journalism classes. Marianne will be mainly be teaching the Journalism and Publication writing and Jamey will be teaching the Public Relations classes,” stated Semmel.
Both Massengale and Semmel are hoping that the journalism department will one day grow so that the faculty and the number of classes can increase.
“I would love to increase the faculty. The faculty we have right now are stretched. By increasing the number of majors and faculty, it gives new possibilities to students for internships and opportunities,” said Semmel.
“We don’t have any plans to add any more required classes, but we are hoping within the next few years to add some special topic classes like photo journalism, ethics, and opinion writing,” stated Massengale.
The new journalism department and the campus newspaper, The Patriot, are also keeping up with the emergence of online media, social networking, and online journalism. The Patriot, features its own fan page on Facebook, in order to update readers and keep in close contact with staff writers. The campus newspaper can also be read online through a Word Press Blog.
Journalism and Public Relations is now being offered as a major at the University of the Cumberlands. Mr. Jeremiah Massengale, Ms. Marianne Worthington, and Ms. Jamey Temple will be the primary faculty members responsible for teaching the new major.
According to Mr. Jeremiah Massengale, director of the new journalism and public relations major, the staff and faculty had certain goals they wanted to achieve with this new major.
“Our biggest goal was to prepare journalists for a future in the industry. Our goal was to have students have a high degree of professionalism, ethics, and to be very objective in their writing,” said Massengale.
The new major has added many new classes to the curriculum, including: Introduction to Journalism and Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Public Relations and Advertising, Editing and Layout for Print, Magazine and Feature Writing, New Media and Online Content, Public Relations and Management, Media Technology and Society and a Senior Colloquium.
According to Dr. Keith Semmel, professor and chair of communication and theatre arts, each teacher will mainly teach a different group of journalism classes. “Jeremiah will mainly teach the Web Journalism classes. Marianne will be mainly be teaching the Journalism and Publication writing and Jamey will be teaching the Public Relations classes,” stated Semmel.
Both Massengale and Semmel are hoping that the journalism department will one day grow so that the faculty and the number of classes can increase.
“I would love to increase the faculty. The faculty we have right now are stretched. By increasing the number of majors and faculty, it gives new possibilities to students for internships and opportunities,” said Semmel.
“We don’t have any plans to add any more required classes, but we are hoping within the next few years to add some special topic classes like photo journalism, ethics, and opinion writing,” stated Massengale.
The new journalism department and the campus newspaper, The Patriot, are also keeping up with the emergence of online media, social networking, and online journalism. The Patriot, features its own fan page on Facebook, in order to update readers and keep in close contact with staff writers. The campus newspaper can also be read online through a Word Press Blog.
(This photo is featured on The Patriot's official facebook page)
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