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Debra Mcgaughey Visits Texas Southern

DEBRA MCGAUGHEY VISITS TEXAS SOUTHERN HOUSTON - On Wednesday April 10th speaker Debra Mcgaughey, the director of communication services for Houston Community College central, came to Professor Anthony Ogbo’s Introduction to Journalism class at Texas Southern University. She came in order to educate the students about marketing, advertising, and public relations from the field’s perspective, and as they relate to Journalism. She began by explaining to students her origin and how she became the woman she is today. An interesting tidbit from her past is that the reason she started doing journalism in the first place is due to the fact that one of her English professors, impressed with her writing skills, asked if she had considered journalism, Upon this, she enrolled in Boston University to study journalism.  In her speech she also mentioned that she was an intern for the New York Times while attending college. When asked about the experience as an intern she went on to say