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

Start Here / Never Stop Podcast: Lisa Stockman '91, '13 (M.A.)	Online News Association recognizes Hussman School's 'Undercurrent' for excellence in visual storytelling	State parks documentary to air statewide on October 6
Hussman School students win 27 awards from Society for News Design	UNC at AEJMC 2016 in Minneapolis	Student-produced 'Love is in the Fair' featured in PBS Online Film Festival