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Beyond the Inverted Pyramid
Assistant professor Andy Bechtel is the author of a new online course about alternative story forms for News University, a project of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Former WRAL exec joins faculty

Jim Hefner, former vice president and general manager at CBS affiliate WRAL-TV in Raleigh, has joined the University of North Carolina’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media faculty as a professor of the practice of journalism.

Daniel Riffe, former professor at Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, was tapped as the first Richard Cole Eminent Professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. He joined the school’s faculty July 1.

Dana McMahan, a local entrepreneur and former advertising agency professional, joined the school's faculty July 1, as an assistant professor.

Nine top UNC journalism students will attend the school’s inaugural “Holding Power Accountable” workshop Aug. 22-24, in Oak Island, N.C. The workshop is intended to provide students with inspiration and coaching on investigative reporting.

Anh Ly, a 2006 UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media graduate, won a 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for excellence in business journalism.
The Loeb Awards, given by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, recognize journalists who make significant contributions to the understanding of business, finance and the economy.

AEJMC Convention 2008
The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media played a significant role in the 2008 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) convention with more than 30 papers accepted from the school’s students and faculty.
AEJMC held its annual convention in Chicago Aug. 6-9. This year’s theme was transformation in the journalism and communication disciplines and industries.

Students covering the Olympics in Beijing 
Thirty-one UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media students supported international journalists covering the Beijing Olympics.

Monday, Aug. 20, 2012Carroll Hall auditorium11 a.m.
Congratulations to Deanna Alrutz — winner of the trivia competition at the 2012 opening convocation.
The following were the answers to the trivia: 1) Saturday Night Live, 2) CNN, 3) Congress, 4) Charles Kuralt, 5) Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, 6) Ecuador, 7) ESPN, 8) Julia Child, 9) water, 10) Jones Angell

 HGTV founder to speak Sept. 11

Scripps Networks Interactive chair, president and CEO Ken Lowe, a Carolina alumnus, will give the Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Sept. 11, at 5:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall room 111.