A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Kansas State University
105 Kedzie Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6890
Fax: 785-532-5484

JMC Announcements

• JMC Centennial Celebration coming Sept. 2-4, 2010. [ more ]
• JMC alumna Gail Pennybacker appears on "Good Morning America" to discuss breast cancer awareness coverage: [ story with video ]
• The Common Good Internship/Career Fair will be 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
• K-State PRSSA participates in "Cotton from Blue to Green" campaign. [ watch the video ]
• JMC wins 2009 University Outstanding Department Award for Enhancing Diversity. [ more ]
• JMC professor H.S. Jin wins Presidential Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence. [ more ]
• K-State implements contingencies and responses during H1N1 flu outbreak. [ more ]
• JMC alum Pete Souza takes us into the Oval Office on ABC's Good Morning America. [ GMA slideshow / Whitehouse.gov slideshow]
• Miller School alum named Obama White House photographer. [ more ]
• School moves forward with Community Readiness Communications Initiative. [ more ]

Campus Media

Student Television Programming

Students produce, direct, report and anchor two weekly television programs: Manhattan Matters and Purple Power Hour. Manhattan Matters is a news-magazine program and Purple Power Hour is a sports feature program. Student broadcasts have earned production awards through the National Broadcasting Society, College Broadcasters, Inc. and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. Television programming is produced in a state-of-the-art television studio at the Educational Communications Center.

• Take a look at the studio facilities

In addition to studio work, students produce special news and sports programming in the field using remote equipment. Student programming is aired on KST8: Cox Cable channel 8 and on-campus channel 25. You can see student television programming at the following sites:

• http://wildcatmedia.jmc.ksu.edu/
• http://www.ksu.edu/purplepowerhour/home.html

KSDB-FM "Wildcat 91.9"

Student operated KSDB-FM has been the Kansas College Station of the Year since 2000. Operating continuously since 1949, KSDB-FM is the oldest FM radio station in Kansas. Students who work at KSDB-FM are perennial award winners in news, sports and public affairs programming, and the station serves the K-State community with an alternative rock and urban music format. The station also operates a video music channel, KSDB-TV 25, which airs alternative and urban music videos 24 hours a day.

• Listen to The Wildcat online

eCollegian

The Electronic Collegian is the Kansas State Collegian's online edition. Launched in 1994, it was one of the first collegiate dailies online. Its print counterpart is published weekdays during fall and spring semesters, and three times per week during summer semester. It is the state's eighth-largest morning daily, with a 13,000 circulation in fall and spring.

• Read the eCollegian

Royal Purple

K-State's college annual first adopted the name Royal Purple in 1909. Since then the yearbook had been a pioneer in technological and conceptual innovations, including the addition of a CD-ROM to the yearbook in 1997. In recent years, the Royal Purple has garnered several national collegiate journalism honors, including the Gold Crown, all-American honors and the Pacemaker award.

• Visit the Royal Purple online

UPDATE magazine

Twice each year, friends of the Miller School can reacquaint themselves with former friends and mentors with Update magazine. Students in the School's magazine journalism classes write and produce the magazine, which is now available online.

• View the current issue of UPDATE Magazine