MTSU Sidelines
Serving as the independent student-run news organization for Middle Tennessee State University, this publication provides comprehensive coverage of campus life, local Murfreesboro news, and collegiate athletics. Through its digital platform, it functions as a vital training ground for aspiring journalists while maintaining a critical voice on administrative policies and student-led issues.
MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN MURFREESBORO
Rutherford County's media landscape is anchored by a single corporate-owned daily operating alongside a community weekly and a prominent university publication. The Gannett-owned Daily News Journal serves as the dominant daily print source, tracing its local roots to the mid-nineteenth century. Coverage is supplemented by the Murfreesboro Post, a free weekly owned by Main Street Media, and MTSU Sidelines, the editorially independent student news organization of Middle Tennessee State University. Paperboy lists 3 newspapers in Murfreesboro.
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