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Hickerson selected as SOJNM dean, pending IHL approval

Andrea Hickerson has been selected to serve as Dean of the School of Journalism and New Media. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Noel Wilkin announced that Hickerson accepted the

April 29, 2022

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UM alum and ‘most influential PR person’ dies at 98

Ole Miss alumnus Harold Burson, dubbed the “most influential PR person of the 20th century” by PRWeek, died this morning at the age of 98. Burson, a Memphis native and a 1940

January 10, 2020

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Ed Meek’s lasting ties to the University of Mississippi

Last semester, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved the University of Mississippi’s request to remove prominent university donor Ed Meek’s name from the School of Journalism and New Media, but Meek

April 11, 2019

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What was Ed Meek thinking?

Four aging men sit around a booth at the Beacon. It’s late afternoon, and the steady drip of a slow Oxford rainstorm is tapping on the tinted windows of the oldest restaurant

April 11, 2019

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OPINION: Is this a turning point?

Just over six months ago, Ed Meek made a racist, sexist Facebook post that implied a relationship between the images of two young black women, both Ole Miss students, and a threat

April 11, 2019

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In Opinion: Hypersexulization of black bodies

Black women’s bodies have always been a focal point of conversation among white men who have no right to discuss them. Through a historical lens, commodification of the black body allowed for

April 11, 2019

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With no official recommendations, journalism school still seeks common ground

The Common Ground Committee, a group created to make recommendations to the School of Journalism and New Media on how to move forward after the Meek controversy, has yet to release its

April 11, 2019

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Students weigh staying or leaving journalism school following Meek’s post

Editor’s Note: This article incorrectly stated the year that the university’s journalism department became the Meek School of Journalism and New Media. The school was formed in 2009, not 2007. Thanks to

April 11, 2019

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Opinion: Why do we glorify those who served to maintain white supremacy?

At long last, four weeks after his sexist and racist Facebook post, the IHL has decided to remove Ed Meek’s name from the School of Journalism and New Media. The university has

October 19, 2018

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State Education Board agrees to remove Meek’s name

JACKSON — The state Institutions of Higher Learning unanimously approved the University of Mississippi’s request to remove Ed Meek’s name from the School of Journalism and New Media at its regular meeting

October 19, 2018

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