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Students from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication finished sixth in the final round of the 2014 American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held May 28-30 during the AAF's annual national conference in Boca Raton, Florida.

Averi Harper and Linda Callahan were named student journalist of the year and educator of the year, respectively, by the National Association of Black Journalists.

UNC J-school students have been recognized in competitions for work in radio, television, public relations, scholarship, advertising, design and multimedia during the spring semester.

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media students won 25 awards in print and digital categories of two Society for News Design (SND) student chapter contests.

Jim Mullen, the founder of the J-school's advertising specialization, died May 26. He was 91.

During their summer residency, the third cohort of MATC students immersed themselves in video creation, multimedia storytelling, and design. While learning the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier and video and lighting hardware was an important part of the summer residency, students found just as much value in strengthening relationships with MATC faculty and fellow students.  Each day the students have lunch with MATC faculty and a review of one of the Year II courses.

Liz Woolery, a Ph.D. student in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been awarded a Google Policy Fellowship to work at the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute in Washington, D.C., during summer 2014.

The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication finished fourth overall in the Intercollegiate Competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards, often called the Pulitzers of college journalism. The school has placed top 5 overall every year since 2004.

Jessica Gall Myrick, a 2013 doctoral alumna, won the 2014 Doctoral Dissertation Award given by the health communication divisions of the International Communication Association (ICA) and the National Communication Association (NCA). It marks the second time in as many years that a J-school doctoral graduate has won the award.

J-school senior lecturer Jock Lauterer returned to China for a third summer to teach community journalism at workshops from Beijing to Chongqing to Guangzhou. Follow his experiences on his “Blue Highways Journal” blog.