The Mass Connection

(L-R) Jordan Ewing, Kareem McMichael, Dr. Angela Mathis, Chloe Gallivan, Eden Turner, William Martin, and Keleigh Arrington. Center for Journalism & Democracy Awards $22,000 to SSU Student Newsroom Savannah State University’s (SSU) Department of Journalism and Mass Communications received a $22,000 grant from the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University via its Newsroom Innovation Challenge. SSU is one of only ten Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to receive funding from the center. The grant will support the Tiger’s Roar student-run newspaper and Tiger’s Roar-TV. The Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University invested nearly $200,000 to help improve campus newsroom technology, business operations, audience engagement, and reporting. “HBCU student newsrooms brim with talent but often lack the resources needed to give students access to the cutting-edge technology and operational support that so many of their peers at predominatel

Faculty & Staff: Dr. Serajul Bhuiyan  presented a paper titled "Charlotte Collaborative Journalism - A Case Analysis on Collaborative Journalism" at the AEJMC (association for education in Journalism and Mass Communication) Conference held from August 7-11, 2023. Dr. Juliana Trammel was invited to present her published chapter titled "Artificial Intelligence for Social Evil: Exploring how AI and Beauty Filters Perpetuates Colorism- Lessons Learned from Colorism Giant, Brazil, at the media sociology symposium in partnership with the Brazil-US Colloquium on Communication Studies (International Communication Association Pre-Conference, August 2023). Reginald Frankli n was appointed to serve on the assessment committee for the Georgia Film Consortium, a professional organization, a unit of the University System of Georgia           Students:   Aniyah Baker is Chairwoman of Health and Wellness Committee, NAACP Eden Turner received the 2023 Washington Media Fellows Scho

Photos from Savannah State University Open Campus Day in April 2024 Photographer JMC student Kenneth Harrison

Interested in radio? Come join WTRT-TV and WHCJ 90.3 FM as we host Friends of Georgia Radio to discuss opportunities for students in radio. Mentorships and internships will be the subject of conversation. Join us on Tuesday, March 26 in Whiting Hall Room 110A (JMC TV Studios) at 3 p.m. to discuss everything radio and how you can start your radio career.

Olivia Carter , senior at Savannah State University and president of The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) SSU Chapter, is now a news producer at WJCL 22. Carter is majoring in journalism and mass communications will graduate in May 2024. Last year, Olivia was an intern in the WJCL 22 News department where she learned the ins and outs of how a news operation functioned. She has extensive experience with news content creation, social media, and media relations.

Savannah State University (SSU) hosted the 73 rd Annual Southern Regional Press Institute (SRPI) on February 29 – March, 2024, 1 to help high school and college students acquire skills in communications.     The two-day event featured more than 20 industry professionals presenting topics related to multimedia and digital communications, journalism, public relations, and strategic communications. Here are some media mentions from this years conference. WSAV Connect Savannah Tiger's Roar