OXFORD, Miss. – The future of magazines – including the roles of print, digital media, advertising, design and marketing – is to be examined by several industry heavyweights during the first major event staged by the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi.

OXFORD, Miss. – Bob Guccione Jr. is teaching this fall at the University of Mississippi as the inaugural editor-in-residence for the Magazine Innovation Center at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media.

Tupelo Daily Journal from Michael Duran on Vimeo. Mark Dolan, UM associate professor of journalism, will moderate the panel, “George McLean and the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: 140 Years of Civic Journalism” at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 11 a.m.. Visit http://www.nems360.com/pages/history to read Dolan’s “InRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – John Festervand has joined the University of Mississippi’s Office of Development as the first major gifts officer for the Meek School of Journalism and New Media.

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students have edged out hundreds of competitors for top honors in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications’ annual student magazine competition.

OXFORD, Miss. – A record-breaking nine University of Mississippi journalism students and their instructor recently received honors from the state’s public relations association. Three of those students won top awards. Among the recent winners of Prism Awards are (front row, from left) Ainsley Rogers of Pontotoc, Erin Pollock of Washington, Ga., and Alex Cox ofRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Tom Brokaw, one of the most trusted and respected figures in broadcast journalism, is slated to return to the University of Mississippi this month as a guest lecturer.

OXFORD, Miss. – A diverse group of regional and national journalism figures will be at the University of Mississippi next week (April 12-16) to help the Meek School of Journalism and New Media celebrate its Spring Journalism Week 2010.

OXFORD, Miss. – The Society of Professional Journalists plans to celebrate the history of journalism at the University of Mississippi by naming the Ole Miss campus a national historic site in journalism.