USM School of Media and Communication Faculty Members Named to Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Fellowship Program

Fri, 09/09/2022 - 01:08pm | By: David Tisdale

From left to right: Chuck Cook, Dr. Lindsey Conlin Maxwell, Jonathan McGowan

The Mississippi Association of Broadcasters (MAB) recently named seven faculty/staff members from four of the state’s universities to its 2022 Fellowship Program, with three from The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Media and Communication - Dr. Lindsey Conlin Maxwell, Chuck Cook, and Jonathan McGowan.

The purpose of the MAB Faculty/Staff Fellowship Program is to educate selected faculty/staff from Mississippi’s universities about today’s broadcast media environment to help them better prepare their students for careers in broadcasting. As part of this initiative, Dr. Maxwell and Cook partnered with WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, and McGowan with WLOX-TV in Biloxi.

"Selection for a program like that offered by MAB is more evidence of our faculty remaining close to the industries our students serve,” said Dr. Ed Simpson, director of the School of Media and Communication. “In the last couple of years, we have had more demand for our broadcast students than we have had graduates. The high job placement for our graduates is testament to the strength of the program put together by Dr. Maxwell and our Student Media Center leaders, Profs. Cook and McGowan."

For information about The USM School of Media and Communication, visit https://www.usm.edu/media-communication/index.php.