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The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media community hosted events on Tuesday, Jan. 17, during the University’s Jan. 15-22 Week of Celebration honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The school hosted an evening conversation with Frank McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.

Lisa Villamil, an assistant professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, has been honored with an MLK Unsung Hero Award for her communications and data storytelling work helping Native Americans protect their genetic information from exploitation.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media welcomes Scott Geier ’16 (M.A.) and Nazanin Knudsen this semester as teaching assistant professors in digital storytelling and journalism. Geier and Knudsen enhance the strategic growth in the school’s faculty this semester along with new hires Assistant Professor Shelvia Dancy, Hussman Professor of Business Journalism Michelle LaRoche, Knight Chair in Local News and Sustainability Marisa Porto and Professor of the Practice Peter Sherman.

As part of activities honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media will host a conversation with Franklin McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.

Read the piece below, penned by Ira Wilder '24 for The Daily Tar Heel, about four of UNC Hussman's incoming professors. Photos in the story are by Carson Elm-Picard and Ira Wilder for The Daily Tar Heel.
 

The Bloomberg Journalism Diversity Program will start recruiting for its 2023 programs, which will be conducted in-person at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York City for students studying in the US and at Bloomberg’s London office for the students studying in the UK.

The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media (CISLM) has released findings from a statewide diversity audit of North Carolina newsrooms.

UNC Hussman's Tajahn Wilson's winding and occasionally uphill journey toward a college degree will culminate on Sunday when he officially earns his bachelor's from Carolina at Winter graduation
By Brandon Bieltz, University Communications

How can consumers evaluate the accuracy of science information in media? What factors can influence how media frame and build narratives around science information? Students learn to ask those questions — and find their answers — in an innovative interdisciplinary course at UNC designed for first-year students. “IDST 118: Fake News, Real Science” focuses on science literacy for both the creators and consumers of media. UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Associate Professor Deen Freelon is one of three professors teaching the course that attracts students from across disciplines at Carolina.

When Caitlin Russell graduated from high school, she had no idea she could have a career in public relations. It wasn’t until she enlisted in the Air Force in 2016 that the career path set in. She spent the next six years as a public affairs photojournalist, first as a public affairs specialist with the 673rd Air Base Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and then as a news desk editor for the Defense Media Agency’s Air Force Production Office at Fort Meade, Maryland. To take her public relations career to the next level, Russell has turned to Carolina and the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, where she is studying advertising and public relations with the hope of returning to the Air Force as a civilian public affairs officer.