News Releases
Experts, Advocates to Discuss Voting Rights, Suppression at LSU Reilly Center Event
BATON ROUGE--The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication and partners will host the first installment of season seven of the "Racism: Dismantling the System" series. The new episode, "Equity at the Ballot Box: Discriminatory Obstacles to Voting," will take place Sept. 19, at 3:30 p.m. CT, via Zoom.
LSU Professor, Historian Robert Mann to Present Showcase of Archival Materials, Discussion of New Book, 'Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU'
BATON ROUGE--The LSU Libraries Special Collections and the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication will host "Afternoon in the Archives: 'Kingfish U' with Bob Mann" on Sept. 13, at 3:30 p.m., at LSU's Hill Memorial Library. The event, a 360-degree experience, will submerge the audience into the relationship between Huey P. Long and Louisiana State University, as well as provide insight into author Bob Mann's research process for the book.
LSU Professor of Journalism John Hamilton Honored with American Journalism Historians Association's Lifetime Achievement Award
BATON ROUGE--John Maxwell Hamilton, professor of journalism at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement, the American Journalism Historians Association's (AJHA) highest honor.
Four Distinguished Communicators Join LSU Manship School's 2023 Hall of Fame
BATON ROUGE--LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication will honor the accomplishments of four distinguished mass communication professionals as they are inducted into the Manship School Hall of Fame at its annual gala on September 21, 2023.
McNeese State University Joins LSU Reilly Center Partnership to Document, Preserve Women's Legacies in State Politics
BATON ROUGE--The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication is partnering with McNeese State University to document Louisiana women's experiences as political leaders through oral histories.
LSU Manship School's John Hamilton Honored for Media History Excellence by AEJMC
BATON ROUGE--LSU Professor John Maxwell Hamilton has been awarded the Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) History Division. This award honors a scholar who has a demonstrated record of excellence in media history that has spanned at least 15 years, including division membership.
LSU Manship School's Tina Harris, Asha Winfield Earn University Faculty Awards
BATON ROUGE--LSU Manship School of Mass Communication faculty members Tina M. Harris and Asha S. Winfield were recognized as University Faculty Award recipients by LSU Academic Affairs in spring 2023. These elite awards recognize faculty accomplishments and showcase superb teaching, research and service at LSU.