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Faculty, graduate students and alumni will represent the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the International Communication Association’s (ICA) 64th annual conference in Seattle June 17-21.

The J-school’s Reese News Lab has been awarded $35,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for Capitol Hound — a Web application that will offer searchable North Carolina General Assembly transcripts. The funding was provided through the Knight Prototype Fund.

A study of reactions to the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs suggests health communicators have a critical window of opportunity after a public figure dies to disseminate information about disease prevention and detection.

Associate professor Lois Boynton was nominated by Senior Marshals and selected by the Class of 2014 executive board to deliver the senior class Last Lecture April 24 on the steps of Morehead Planetarium.

For the second consecutive year, two UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication projects are finalists in the 18th Annual Webby Awards.

The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a roundtable discussion for journalists — “North Carolina: Political Hot Spot in 2014 and Beyond” — April 2 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Students from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication will pitch at the 2014 American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) May 28-30 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Charles Sumner “Chuck” Stone Jr., celebrated local journalist and educator, who was intrigued with the world and life died April 6, 2014.
The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and his children - Krishna, Allegra and Charles III - invite you to celebrate his life with family, friends and colleagues in Chapel Hill, N.C., on May 3. The memorial will begin at 1 p.m. in Carroll Hall on the UNC campus.

Siren magazine — a student-produced publication at UNC that promotes a feminist perspective on issues surrounding gender, identity, sexuality and human rights — was selected as the student organization recipient of the 2014 University Diversity Award for its commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The Reese News Lab is proud to announce the launch of Capitol Hound, an online searchable archive and alert system for the North Carolina General Assembly. The Reese News Lab is a media innovation center at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.