Student publications are under the jurisdiction of a student-faculty-staff Publications Board. No student publication may be distributed on campus through University distribution facilities without the approval of the Publications Board. Publications are supervised by a staff coordinator who directs the activities of student writers and assistants.

• The Patriot newspaper is published regularly for the students of Francis Marion University. Students are encouraged to become involved with The Patriot, with a staff including student editors, writers, photographers, and managers. A member of the FMU faculty serves as the adviser to the student newspaper which is not only a record of campus news and events, but also an excellent outlet for students seeking practical journalistic experience.
  
  
• The Snow Island Review is a campus literary journal featuring the work of FMU students and is published on a semester basis.