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The spring 2011 course schedule is now available.
Download a PDF of the spring 2011 course schedule.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media released Tuesday (Oct. 12) "Now What Argentina?" (www.nowwhatargentina.org) - a collection of student-produced multimedia stories about life in Buenos Aires nearly a decade after the most devastating economic crisis in Argentina’s history.

A photography exhibit at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media features portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Frost.

Jean Folkerts, dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, announced Oct. 8 that she will step down as dean on June 30, 2011. Folkerts, a media historian, will remain on the school’s faculty to teach courses, conduct research and mentor students.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media hosted a panel discussion Oct. 14 in Carroll Hall with acclaimed reporters and editors who covered the American civil rights movement.
Watch the discussion.

FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn met with UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media faculty and students Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Chapel Hill to discuss the past decade of American media and what their future might hold.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media’s “Powering a Nation” and “Living Galapagos” multimedia sites are finalists in 2010 Online Journalism Awards given by the Online News Association. The winners will be announced in a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 30, at the Marriott Renaissance in Washington, D.C.

May 2010 Carolina journalism school graduate Ariel Zirulnick contributed to a 23-story multimedia package investigating transportation safety in America that will be published this week by msnbc.com and The Washington Post.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media announced Friday, Sept. 24, that a $400,000 gift named the school’s newly converted high definition television studio for two long-time Capitol Broadcasting Co. (CBC) executives.

Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg News editor-in-chief, gave a free, public lecture at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media on Sept. 22 in the Carroll Hall auditorium on the UNC campus.
He spoke about the Freedom of Information Act and how Bloomberg has used it to get information from the Federal Reserve about the 2008 Wall Street bailout.