Student media take major awards in 94-95

Campus media organizations at Mississippi State took major honors for the 1994-95 school year in statewide competitive events.

In 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 station received more honors than any other non-commercial broadcast operation in the state.

The Reflector, the twice-weekly student-run newspaper, took first place in 13 of 18 separate categories in the student division at June's Mississippi Press Association convention in Natchez. The 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 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, a senior broadcast communication major, and public affairs director Dawn R. Hanna, a senior communication/public relations major. The full-time staff includes station manager Steve Ellis and news director Norris Agnew.

The Reflector has a 50-member paid staff and a circulation of 13,000. Editions average 16 pages. Editor for the school year was Terri D. Tabor, a May graduate now working at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo. Denise M. Kellum and Henry F. Meyer are the paper's full-time business manager and adviser, respectively.