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The WSU Edward R. Murrow College of Communication shifted its mentoring program this semester to focus on first-generation college students. The newly named Murrow First program aims to assist first-generation students and help them navigate college and the early stages of their career in the communication field, said Sara Stout, Murrow College director of student...

The Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award has been given to recipients since 1997 by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at WSU.  The award is a recognition by the faculty at the Murrow college and goes to someone who has had an outstanding career as a journalist, said Bruce Pinkleton, dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. “We give the award to a journalist … who reflects the standards and legacy of Edward R. Murrow,” he said. In the past, people who have...

March 9, 2021 Lester Holt, news anchor for NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, will receive the Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award and give the keynote speech virtually on March 30. PULLMAN, Wash. – The Murrow College at Washington State University is delighted to host the virtual 45th Murrow Symposium on March 30–31, 2021. Originally scheduled for March 2020, the 45th Murrow Symposium was postponed last year due to the COVID‑19 pandemic. This year’s virtual environment presents added...

January 8, 2021 Porismita Borah, an associate professor in the Murrow College of Communication, poses for a picture with Paul Bolls. This is part of a series of articles highlighting new faculty members from each college at Washington State University. By Todd Mordhorst, Office of the Provost Paul Bolls calls this “chapter 3” of his life in Pullman, and the story is getting better with each passing page. After earning his master’s degree at WSU in the 1990s’ and serving as a faculty mem...

The new COVID-19 stimulus package passed by Congress this week includes a provision authored by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, addressing the fact that the original CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection