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NBC’s Micah Grimes says journalism’s ‘golden age’ has opportunities, pitfalls

February 19, 2019
By Victoria Cirilli
Former Trojan football player Micah Grimes, the current head of social media for NBC News, speaks at the M. Stanton Evans Symposium on Feb. 18.

Micah Grimes, head of social media for NBC News and MSNBC, spoke to Troy University students Monday, celebrating technology and the advances it brings to a “new golden age of journalism” — but warning of pitfalls.

As a 2010 graduate of TROY, he has seen the innovation that technology has brought to the journalism industry…

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NBC News social media head will speak at Troy University on Feb. 18

January 15, 2019
By Steve Stewart
TROY alumnus Micah Grimes, head of social media for NBC News, will talk journalism,social media and business on Feb. 18 at the Troy Campus.

Micah Grimes, a Troy University graduate who is head of social media for NBC News and MSNBC, will speak at the Troy Campus on Feb. 18 about how journalists can succeed using social media.

“Journalism, Social Media and Business: How to Excel in a Volatile Time for News” will be his topic for the annual…

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Award-winning reporter Pittman discusses truth in journalism

February 20, 2018
By Colton Purdue
Tampa Bay Times reporter and TROY alumnus Craig Pittman addressed the M. Stanton Evans Symposium on Money, Politics and the Media on Monday, Feb. 19.

For a journalist, truth is the most important part of any story, no matter what effects it will have once released, according to Florida journalist Craig Pittman.

Pittman, an award-winning environmental reporter and columnist for the Tampa Bay Times as well as a book author, spoke Monday to students and faculty at Troy University’s M….

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