Author: Spencer O’Daniel
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Old Faces, New Spaces – Lindsay Porter and Tim Schrag to lead Royal Purple and Manhappenin’ Magazine staffs for Collegian Media Group
MANHATTAN, Kan. – CMG and K-State alumni Tim Schrag ’12 and Lindsay Porter ’04, ’07 will take over advising duties for Manhappenin’ Magazine and Royal Purple yearbook starting this month for the 2026-27 school year. Schrag served as the three-time editor-in-chief of the Kansas State Collegian while at K-State and recently held the role of…
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Manhappenin’ and McCalmon help CMG earn nearly 50 awards, Journalist of the Year honor at KCM conference
Student journalists of all three publications at Collegian Media Group won 46 awards, including the 4-Year Journalist of the Year award this past weekend at the Kansas Collegiate Media Conference at Wichita State University. With 20 students and all three advisers attending the state conference this past weekend, the students attended sessions with current and…
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Celebrating Firsts and Lasts: CMG Staffers Grab National Awards in Final Apple Awards and ACP Clips and Clicks Contest
After receiving the 2026 Kelly Lash travel grant through the College Media Association, Collegian copy editor Declan Phipps traveled to New York City in early March representing all three of the publications of the Collegian Media Group, in addition to his role at Wildcat 91.9 FM through the Miller School. Our publications grabbed five national…
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A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication and Collegian Media Group agree on new partnership for the 2026 Flint Hills Publications Workshop
Story by Daren Lewis, Director of Flint Hills Publications Workshop MANHATTAN, Kan. — The A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication will be donating $3,050 to CollegianMedia Group in support of the 2026 Flint Hills Publications Workshop in a new partnership agreement between the two groups in December. This amount will support staff honorariums, workshop…
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Manhattan local Daren Lewis promoted to associate director of Collegian Media Group
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Daren Lewis, who currently serves as the assistant director of Collegian Media Group, has been named associate director of Collegian Media Group. He officially starts in the position January 1, 2026. “I am ecstatic for this internal promotion for Daren at CMG,” said Spencer O’Daniel, director of Collegian Media Group and instructor…
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Collegian Media Group brings home multiple national awards from ACP MediaFest in D.C.
The K-State Collegian, preparing to celebrate its 130th year at K-State in 2026, earned a 2nd Place finish in the College Media Association Organizational Pinnacle awards last Friday at the national MediaFest 2025 conference in Washington D.C. Oct. 14-18. Last year’s newspaper staff was led by editor-in-chief Cole Bertelsen and managing editor Meredith McCalmon. The…