The Associated Collegiate Press has announced the 30 college newspapers that are finalists for the 2016 Pacemaker Award, collegiate journalism’s preeminent award. The list includes The Plainsman, Auburn University’s student newspaper. The newspaper has been awarded...
Leigh Leigh Tortorici recently marked her 25th anniversary at APA. The Birmingham native began her career as a part time employee at APA, just after graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in public relations. APA Executive Director Felicia Mason said...
Kelsey Davis Reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery Advertiser, Sept. 6, 2016 It took some time for me to realize that most 24-year-olds probably aren’t excited about going to speak at a small town Rotary Club. My editor actually had to point that oddity...
The Auburn University Advisory Journalism Council recently honored Gillis Morgan with the Distinguished Alabama Community Journalist Award. Morgan was among five journalists honored at the ceremony in Auburn on Sept. 9. In his early career, Morgan worked as a young...
Dr. Cory Armstrong began work in July as the new chair of the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. Armstrong comes to Alabama from University of North Texas where she was a professor and the director of the Mayborn School of...
In light of a new legal challenge (brought by 21 states, including Alabama) to the U.S. Department of Labor’s move to increase threshold for overtime consideration by more than 100 percent, publishers concerned with the impact on their operations should consider...
