Davis Houck, professor in the School of Communication, has been at Florida State University for over seventeen years, researching the history of the civil rights movement and how the civil rights movement moved. A large part of the movement happened in the Mississippi Delta, what Houck calls “the most southern place on earth”. To better understand the history, …
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Houck and Students Roadtrip to the Mississippi Delta and Civil Rights Landmarks
FSU Students Take First Place at BEA Documentary Competition
Students from FSU’s Digital Media Production program (DMPP) won first place at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Student Documentary Competition for 641 Muriel Court. Kyle Jones, Deanna Kidd, Michael Walsh and Elijah Howard are the students behind 641 Muriel Court, a documentary uncovering the 1966 triple-murder of the Sims family in Tallahassee, Fla. The case grew …
CONTINUE READINGMedia Production Students Turn Their Cameras on Infamous Tallahassee Mystery
On October 22, 1966, the Sims family of 641 Muriel Court Tallahassee, Florida were discovered murdered in their home in a crime that has remained unsolved for the last half decade. Now, on the 50th anniversary of this chilling mystery, four students in FSU CCI’s Media Production program tell the story of the investigation, speculation, …
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