SEJC at MTSU

Greetings, all!

This week we will take a slight diversion away from traveling around Troy, Alabama, and instead focus on a group of people from Troy that are traveling to a different state in pursuit of furthering their education. I have spent the past few days in Murfreesboro, Tennessee attending the Southeastern Journalism Conference representing Troy University. There are a total of 13 students attending and competing in on-site competitions, and learning from the many speakers and workshops the conference has to offer regarding multimedia journalism. We are learning a lot in the few short days we have been here!

This year, the Southeastern Journalism Conference (or SEJC for short) is being held at Middle Tennessee State University (or MTSU for short.) SEJC is an annual conference that approximately 45 colleges throughout the southeast participate in. The goal of the conference is to strengthen the ties between these colleges and their respective student journalism organizations while providing lectures, workshops and networking opportunities so that those in attendance can expand their knowledge, skills and contacts within the profession. Click this link for more information regarding SEJC.

Middle Tennessee State University sprawls across over 500 acres of the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Its current overall enrollment consists of almost 22,000 students. Some of their more successful schools and programs are their agriculture, biomedical, and communication and journalism departments. The latter department is one of the major reasons why MTSU was chosen as 2019’s Southeastern Journalism Conference location. Sidelines, MTSU’s independent student newspaper, is an award-winning digital news source for students that covers events around campus, but also events and happenings in Murfreesboro as a whole. Click here If you are interested in exploring and learning more about MTSU.

This year’s Southeastern Journalism Conference took place February 14^th through the 16^th. In between competing, attending lectures and workshops, and exploring the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, Troy University students also got the chance to explore the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. If you would like to read more about Murfreesboro, check out my other blog post for this week that gives a more in-depth look at some of the places and things to do in the city.

Next week we will resume exploring good ol’ Troy, Alabama.
Happy Traveling!