Student Media Center
The Southern Miss Student Media Center (SM2) gives students a voice while providing opportunities to collaborate with professional staff and faculty advisers to create, inspire and inform campus and surrounding communities.
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Our Divisions
The Center has five divisions, all led by students working with faculty and staff advisers:
The Student Printz was founded in 1927 and has traditionally served as the heart of student media at Southern Miss. Over the years, the Printz has launched numerous careers, won many awards and added digital services such as a web site, video and social media.
Students work in the Charles Scarborough TV studio in College Hall and control room to report, shoot and edit the weekly newscast. SMTV also accepts ideas for special reports or other shows of interest to the campus audience.
Launched in 1954, the radio station holds a non-commercial FCC license. The 3,000-watt signal, beaming from a 100-foot tower on Old Highway 11, reaches six counties around Southern Miss鈥� Hattiesburg campus. In addition to its Modern College music format, the station hosts a variety of student-led programming, including the Southern Miss Today news show and the Fourth Street Sports show.
The Creative Division live streams events, such as the Hattiesburg Christmas Parade, and serves as the production and graphic arts arm of the center. Students also produce advertising for news and digital products.
The Strategic Communication Division includes advertising sales account executives, social media managers and marketing directors. Students work on paid media advertising placements, public relations campaigns and social media management for the center and outside clients.
Student Media Center Staff