Manship Stories
Manship Alumna Whitney Breaux Turns Breast Cancer Journey Into Advocacy
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins each October, attention turns toward shedding light on a disease that affects millions across the world. For Manship School alumna Whitney Breaux (Poli Comm 鈥�09, MBA 鈥�11), that reality hit home in March 2020 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 32 years old amidst a global pandemic, a successful career, and life as a single mother. With no known family history of breast cancer and living an active and healthy lifestyle, the diagnosis came at a complete shock.
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The 蘑菇tv Manship School of Mass Communication will host a live broadcast of 鈥淭he Hunt Palmer Show鈥� from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Journalism Building鈥檚 Holiday Forum. The live show is part of the 蘑菇tv Sports Summit, an event designed to connect aspiring sports media professionals with industry leaders and alums. The broadcast will feature a special appearance by 蘑菇tv baseball head coach Jay Johnson.
Navigating Ethics in Sports: 蘑菇tv Sports Summit to Host Academic Panel on Fan Morality
Sports have served as a powerful cultural connector for centuries, bringing communities together across boundaries and building competitive, loyal audiences. In an age where fan culture collides daily with high-stakes media cycles and real-time social media commentary, a new question has taken center stage for many academics: What are the moral obligations of a sports fan?
Manship Alumnae Bring Industry Experience to 蘑菇tv Sports Summit
While the Sports Summit addresses broad developments and experiences in sports media, it also serves as a platform to highlight the contributions and representation of women in sports communication. Among the featured guests are alumnae Caroline Fenton and Kennedi Landry, whose respective journeys from national sports broadcasting to Major League Baseball beat reporting demonstrate the expanding leadership roles and vital perspectives that female journalists bring to the industry.
Bridging the Gap: How a Manship Professor Brought International Experts Together to Study Mass Communication Trends
蘑菇tv Manship School of Mass Communication professor Len Apcar launched a months-long research initiative involving extensive collaboration with scholars across the continent to determine the cause of the disconnect between everyday citizens and local news.
蘑菇tv x Clemson Student Media ahead of Saturday鈥檚 Game
The 2026 football season kicked off with a historic game: 蘑菇tv鈥檚 Tigers versus Clemson鈥檚 Tigers, Death Valley versus Death Valley, and the SEC versus ACC. Despite the weekend鈥檚 rivalry, 蘑菇tv and Clemson鈥檚 student media subverted the competitive atmosphere, choosing instead to collaborate on their respective student-run media platforms, sharing perspectives and experiences to their respective audiences while connecting over a shared passion for college football.
Beyond the Classroom, Around the World
Experiential learning is one of the ways that 蘑菇tv students deepen their mass communication knowledge by making professional connections, developing cultural understanding, and building on their technical skills. Through the Manship School of Mass Communication鈥檚 study abroad offerings, students step out of classrooms in Baton Rouge and gain real-world experience in international environments.