M.A. in Media and Communication

"I truly believe that the school's most valuable asset is its faculty. All of my professors were brilliant, inspiring and extremely engaging. My adviser taught me how to see the field of strategic communications in a totally different manner, one that involves understanding audiences and evaluating which media we, as practitioners, should use to reach them better."

Pablo Miño '17 - Global Communications and Engagement Strategist at Duke University

"We work with UNC alumni constantly. It is very clear that the leaders in our field are coming straight out of this program, whether it's the 'UNC mafia' at The New York Times, or the incredible independent work of editors and shooters throughout the country. And as business owners, when we look to hire or collaborate with independent producers, we go straight to our network of UNC students and alumni."

Catherine Orr Giovanetti '11 - Cofounder of StoryMineMedia

"I've never had an adviser who has pushed me to work as hard or reach as high as my UNC Hussman School adviser. She believed in me sometimes when I didn't believe in myself, and because of her I feel prepared to take new and exciting steps forward in my field."

Chanda Marlowe '17 - Christopher Wolf Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum

"I simply would not have my current position if not for the UNC master's program. The large international project in which two classes of students traveled to Panama to produce a multimedia website from scratch was an invaluable experience I don't think I would have had in any other program."

Kirsten Schmidt '17 - Graphics Editor at The Wall Street Journal

"Academia is a difficult world to navigate by oneself, but the network of UNC alumni is so immense that whenever I am having difficulty conceptualizing a new project or testing a research design, there is inevitably a Hussman School grad I can turn to for suggestions about what literature to read or how to better analyze my data."

Jessica Collier '16 - Ph.D. student at the Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin

Student Work

Undercurrent 360 named a finalist for 2017 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards	Spring Break 2017: Immersive student experiences locally, nationally, internationally	Start Here / Never Stop Podcast: Jess Clark '15 (M.A.)
Research Publication Roundup: March 2017	Powerhouse Hussman School alumnae Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (M.A.), Brooke Baldwin ’01 to deliver 2017 commencement addresses	Carolina Global Photo Competition: Zalman