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Twenty-five UNC Hussman students and recent graduates are covering the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, marking the fourth Olympic reporting partnership in school history.

Olympic athletes represent determination, hard work and top-tier levels of graceful, skilled athleticism. They’re also really, really hard to get a hold of — especially during the Olympics. Students in UNC Hussman’s “MEJO 390: Tokyo Olympics” class have been finding that out as they use the Summer School course to cover the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, which began July 23 and end on Aug. 8, 2021.

Twenty-nine students traveled to Brazil with the UNC School of Media and Journalism to cover the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in partnership with the Olympic News Service and the University of Memphis.

Thirty-one UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media students supported international journalists covering the Beijing Olympics.

Julia Roth and Kaitlyn Schmidt covered the Tokyo Games from afar in 2021 but will be on site in Paris this month.

An independent documentary by Anna Connors ’24 and Aayas Joshi ’26 tells the history of the dwindling buffalo population in the Yellowstone, Montana, region and the factors that threaten the species’ survival.

Professor Charlie Tuggle talks about the school’s 16-year partnership with the International Olympic Committee.

Before taking on one of the most iconic horror franchises of all-time, Arkasha Stevenson's journey began at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism.

The roots of the program run by the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association go back to the 1930s.

Four graduate students, four faculty members and various alumni will represent the UNC Hussman School of Journalism at the 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference June 20-24 in Gold Coast, Australia, and in virtual/hybrid sessions.
These students and faculty will participate in panel sessions and present authored or co-authored papers: