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The Carolina Association of Black Journalists (CABJ) and the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media will host a one-day journalism workshop for minority high school students on Saturday, Feb. 27 in Carroll Hall on the UNC campus. A $25 registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Deborah Potter, founder of NewsLab, will give the school's fall commencement address on Sunday, Dec. 20.
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Journalism and public health students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have partnered with the North Carolina Center for Public Television to produce “Environmental Heroes,” a three-part series that will air this week on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Now.”
Students in Professor Tom Linden’s “Science Documentary Television” course in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media produced the series.

Recent grads Holter, Donecker, Karr, Plaks and Baumgartner are new members of the nation’s oldest college honorary society.
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Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest college honorary society, inducted five recent J-school graduates as new members. They are:
• Amy Beatrice Holter, daughter of John Holter and Betty Williams of Greenville
• Sherrie Marchant Donecker, daughter of Dr. John M. Donecker and Anne Donecker of Reidsville
• Meredith Brooke Karr, daughter of Michael and Joanne Karr of Orlando
• Mallory Kristen Plaks, daughter of Michael and Chris Plaks of Cooper City

Carolina photojournalism and multimedia students won 13 awards in the 64th College Photographer of the Year contest.
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Carolina students won 13 awards in the 64th College Photographer of the Year contest, one of the most prestigious international collegiate photojournalism competitions.

Is there a potential path for renewal for traditional news organizations struggling to survive and thrive in the digital age?

Knight Chair Penny Abernathy and Yale's Richard Foster analyze from the perspectives of shareholder, journalist and economist.
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