Gary D. Parisher, president of Cheeriodicals, spoke on “Spreading Some Magazine Cheer” at the ACT 4 Experience Wednesday, November 5, 2013. Watch the video on YouTube.
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Parisher “spreads magazine cheer” at ACT 4 Experience
Roy Reiman speaks at ACT 4 Experience
Roy Reiman, founder of Reiman Publications, addressed the topic “Don’t Take Publishing to Seriously” at the ACT 4 Experience Thursday, November 6, 2013. Watch the video on YouTube.
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Original SNL cast member speaks at Overby
Original SNL cast member Laraine Newman spoke with fiction author Jack Pendarvis in the Overby Auditorium last night. The event was sponsored by The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and M.F.A Program in Creative Writing. Photo by Alysia Steele.
Laraine Newman shares a light moment during her presentation with fiction author Jack Pendarvis in the Overby Auditorium last night. After their conversation, the floor was opened for Q&A. Photo by Alysia Steele.
With a full auditorium for the presentation, Laraine Newman made the audience share a few laughs. Photo by Alysia Steele
Street named Oxford’s PR Professional of the Year
Kelly Graeber, president of the Oxford chapter of the Public Relations Association of Mississippi, presents the PR Professional of the Year award to Robin Street, lecturer in journalism.
Robin Street, APR, was named PR Professional of the Year by the Oxford chapter of the Public Relations Association of Mississippi recently.
Street, lecturer in journalism at the University of Mississippi Meek School of Journalism and New Media, specializes in teaching public relations.
The award is given for career and professional achievements, as well as involvement in PRAM. Street co-founded the local chapter of PRAM and has served as president, vice president,and secretary-treasurer.
Local PRAM president Kelly Graeber presented the award to Street.
“Robin was chosen for the award because she is a role model and mentor to all her current and former students, as well as others in the profession,” Graeber said. “As a teacher, she has prepared hundreds of students to become the PR professionals they are today. In addition, her own work is award winning. She is truly a shining example of what a PR professional should be.”
Street now becomes the Oxford PRAM chapter’s nominee for the state professional of the year award. Previously, in 2009, Street was named Educator of the Year by both PRAM and the Southern Public Relations Federation.
Randall Pinkston accepts 2013 Silver Em
Randall Pinkston, center, accepted the 2013 Sam Talbert Silver Em Award from committee chair Dr. Samir Husni, left, and Dean Will Norton, Jr., right in a ceremony at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. Pinkston, who was born in Yazoo County and grew up in Jackson, spent most of his career as a correspondent for CBS News.
Randall Pinkston, winner of three national Emmys and one Edward R. Murrow Award as a network correspondent, accepted the 2013 Sam Talbert Silver Em Award from the University of Mississippi in a ceremony at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.
Pinkston is a native of Yazoo County. He retired in May after 33 years with CBS and in September joined the new Al Jazeera America team as a freelance journalist and national correspondent.
“Whether he was on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement or in the press room at the White House, Randall Pinkston reported with clarity and courage,” said Sharyn Alfonsi, Pinkston’s colleague who is now with “60 Minutes Sports.” “He is an intrepid reporter, a gifted story teller and always a true gentleman. I was honored to call him my colleague and proud to call him my friend.”
Pinkston was joined at the ceremony by his mother, Mrs. Clementine Davis, a retired school teacher, and other members of his family. In a brief acceptance speech, Pinkston traced the roots of his interest in news and reporting as a young man growing up in the shadow of the Mississippi Capitol and in an era when black voices were excluded from mainstream media. Watch Pinkston’s comments on YouTube.
The Silver Em dates to 1958 and is the highest award in journalism presented by the University of Mississippi. The criteria limit recipients to Mississippians with notable journalism careers, journalists with notable careers in Mississippi or both, which is the case with Pinkston.
He is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson whose first television work was three years with WLBT-TV. That was followed by two years with WJXT-TV, followed by a move to Hartford, Conn., where he worked four years as a reporter, anchor and producer for public affairs programs and specials while also earning his juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
In 1980, Pinkston joined WCBS-TV in New York, where he covered New Jersey for 10 years. Pinkston then joined CBS News as White House Correspondent covering the presidency of President George H.W. Bush and traveling with the president. At the end of the Bush presidency, Pinkston was reassigned to New York and covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. intervention in Haiti, the Unabomber story, the standoff with the Montana Freemen and the trial of Susan Smith, accused of killing her children. Pinkston covered the early developments in the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida and, notably, among his last interviews for CBS was with Myrlie Evers Williams, a fellow Mississippian and widow of Medgar Wiley Evers who was assassinated when Pinkston was 12 years old.
Foundation launches speaker series endowment
Students listen to a briefing on the nuances of magazine design during a presentation in the 225-seat Overby Auditorium.
Now in its sixth year, the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics has become a leading center for civil discourse on issues facing Mississippi, the region, nation and world.
Programs have ranged from second generation Chinese Americans sharing their stories of growing up in the rural South to the only debate between Democratic contenders for governor to a call for journalistic truth and fact-checking by the cousin of Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder triggered the American Civil Rights Movement.
To continue the exploration, the University of Mississippi Foundation has launched an initiative to endow a speaker series. Proceeds from the endowment will cover travel and expenses for guests invited to be part of presentations at the center, which have averaged about one per week during the fall and spring semesters. When fullly funded, the endowment will be the largest for a speaker series at Ole Miss.
Programs have included the well-known — Myrlie Evers Williams, Tom Brokaw, Shepard Smith and Harold Burson — as well as those, such as Till’s cousin Simeon Wright and Stuart Stevens, a manager of Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, whose stories are behind the headlines.
“The quality of speakers the Overby Center hosts each semester is a huge asset for the university,” said Chancellor Dan Jones, who is often in the audience at the center’s 225-seat auditorium.
The center was created through a gift from the Freedom Forum, the foundation created by the Gannett media company to support freedom of expression as an essential element in American Society and around the world. A major project of the Forum is the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
It was named in honor of Charles L. Overby, a Jackson native who, after serving as editor of the Daily Mississippian at Ole Miss, worked in politics and journalism, earning a Pulitzer Prize, before becoming chief executive officer of the Freedom Forum.
The center is adjacent to the newly renovated Meek School of Journalism and New Media, the fastest-growing academic unit at the university. In addition to the auditorium, the center features display areas, a 100-seat conference area and a boardroom for up to 24 people. Media technology is on display throughout the center, including a news wall with nine large-screen monitors showing 20 front pages of newspapers around the South as well as live news programs.
“The center has become a focal point for attracting knowledgeable and interesting speakers with diverse points of view,” Overby said. “Inside the center, we have benefitted from our ongoing partnership with the Newseum, through exhibits and technology.”
Gifts to the Overby Center Speaker Series Endowment may be made in a range. A gift of $50,000, payable over five years, will provide a named speaker series. Gifts of $25,000 each may be given for a paired-name series.
Gifts of $5,000 will endow a premium seat, which is commemorated with a permanent nameplate on the seat. Gifts of $1,000 will endow the remaining seats, which will also have a permanent nameplate.
More information is available from Director of Development John Festervand (jfestervand@umfoundation.com/662-915-1757). Donations may be made through the Giving link on the Meek School website, www.meek.olemiss.edu.
Randall Pinkston named 2013 Silver Em recipient
Randall Pinkston, winner of three national Emmys and one Edward R. Murrow Award as a network correspondent, has been chosen for the 2013 Sam Talbert Silver Em Award from the University of Mississippi.
Pinkston is a native of Yazoo County. He retired in May after 33 years with CBS and in September joined the new Al Jazeera America team as a freelance journalist and national correspondent.
“Whether he was on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement or in the press room at the White House, Randall Pinkston reported with clarity and courage,” said Sharyn Alfonsi, Pinkston’s colleague who is now with “60 Minutes Sports.” “He is an intrepid reporter, a gifted story teller and always a true gentleman. I was honored to call him my colleague and proud to call him my friend.”
The Silver Em dates to 1958 and is the highest award in journalism presented by the University of Mississippi. The criteria limit recipients to Mississippians with notable journalism careers, journalists with notable careers in Mississippi or both, which is the case with Pinkston.
He is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson whose first television work was three years with WLBT-TV. That was followed by two years with WJXT-TV, followed by a move to Hartford, Conn., where he worked four years as a reporter, anchor and producer for public affairs programs and specials while also earning his juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
In 1980, Pinkston joined WCBS-TV in New York, where he covered New Jersey for 10 years. Pinkston then joined CBS News as White House Correspondent covering the presidency of President George H.W. Bush and traveling with the president. At the end of the Bush presidency, Pinkston was reassigned to New York and covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. intervention in Haiti, the Unabomber story, the standoff with the Montana Freemen and the trial of Susan Smith, accused of killing her children. Pinkston covered the early developments in the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida and, notably, among his last interviews for CBS was with Myrlie Evers Williams, a fellow Mississippian and widow of Medgar Wiley Evers who was assassinated when Pinkston was 12 years old.
The Meek School of Journalism and New Media was founded in 2009 with an endowment gift by Dr. Ed and Becky Meek. It offers bachelors and masters degree programs in both journalism and integrated marketing communications on the Oxford campus and in coordination with satellite campuses. Because of the increasing diversity of media careers, enrollment continues to rise and almost 1,000 undergraduates are journalism or IMC majors in the Meek School.
SILVER EM HONOREES
1958 – George W. Healy Jr.
1959 – Turner Catledge
1960 – Kenneth Toler
1961 – John Oliver Emmerich
1963 – George McLean
1964 – William B. Street
1965 – Purser Hewitt
1966 – Hal C. DeCell
1967 – Paul Pittman
1968 – Hodding Carter Jr.
1969 – Willie Morris
1970 – T.M. Hederman Jr.
1971 – Joseph R. Ellis
1972 – Wilson F. Minor
1973 – Mark F. Ethridge
1975 – H.L. Stevenson
1976 – William Raspberry
1977 – Joe L. Albritton
1978 – James A. Autry
1979 – Jack Nelson
1980 – Mary-Lynn Kotz
1981 – Curtis Wilkie
1982 – Harold Burson
1983 – John O. Emmerich
1984 – Hazel Brannon Smith
1985 – Charles Overby
1986 – W.C. “Dub” Shoemaker
1987 – Charles Dunagin and Larry Speakes
1988 – Edward Fritts
1989 – Rudy Abramson
1990 – Hodding Carter III
1991 – James L. McDowell
1992 – Rheta Grimsley Johnson
1993 – Dan Goodgame
1994 – Robert Gordon
1995 – Jere Hoar
1996 – Gregory Favre
1997 – Stephanie Saul
1998 – Lerone Bennett
2000 – Jerry Mitchell
2001 – Bert Case
2002 – Ira Harkey
2003 – Jim Abbott
2005 – Otis Sanford
2006 – Dan Phillips
2007 – Stanley Dearman
2008 – Ronnie Agnew
2009 – Stan Tiner
2010 – Terry Wooten
2011 – Patsy Brumfield
2012 – Greg Brock
2013 – W. Randall Pinkston
Congratulations, Winners; Thank You, Judges …
Professor Samir “Mr. Magazine™” Husni was the Master of Ceremonies at the 33rd Annual International and Regional Magazine Association in Baltimore, Maryland. The annual magazine competition was judged by the faculty of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media for the first time this year. The IRMA awards are now housed at the Magazine Innovation Center and administered by the staff of the Magazine Innovation Center. Winners of the Magazine of the Year were Missouri Life magazine and Cottage Life magazine.Jack Ford discusses new crime novel set in Mississippi
Watch CBS Legal Analyst Jack Ford’s interview about his new novel based on the 1955 unsolved murder of a civil rights activist in Mississippi at cbsnews.com. Ford, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist, is scheduled to speak at The University of Mississippi School of Law, on October 10, 2013, at 3 p.m. Visit the School of Law’s website for more information.
