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Marty Baron, former executive editor for The Washington Post, will deliver the Frank A. Daniels Jr. Lecture on January 30, 2024, at 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center.

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumna Erin Matson ’22 — considered the Michael Jordan of field hockey — will present the commencement address to the school’s graduating students on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 3 p.m. in Carmichael Arena.

The “Rising Voices” exhibit is the inaugural digital installation in the Curtis Media Center’s Carter-Tinson Gallery. The gallery is the result of years of planning and support from UNC Hussman alumni and donors J.J. Carter ’96, global chief operating officer and president for the Americas at FleishmanHillard, and David Tinson ’96, chief experiences officer at Electronic Arts — for whom the gallery is named.

UNC Hussman alumnus David Zucchino ’73 — a foreign correspondent and contributing writer for The New York Times and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner — returned to the school as an adjunct instructor in fall 2023. 

The students in Professor of the Practice Jules Dixon-Green's upper-level public relations classes spent much of the past year asking her to teach a class focused on celebrity and entertainment PR. This semester, those students finally got their chance in Dixon-Green's special topics course, MEJO 490: “Celebrity/Entertainment PR.”

Erin Siegal McIntyre uses traditional journalism, historical research, and photography to investigate the roots of international human rights abuses.

Jessica Gall Myrick ’13 (Ph.D.) produced a profile on her “Healthy Media” blog and newsletter about the work of her fellow UNC Hussman alumnus Ryan Comfort ’14 (M.A.), who explores the intersections of environmental and health communication within and about Indigenous communities.

The man who introduced Cam Neuwirth to sports media at Carolina directed the camera operator’s first NFL broadcast.

Four UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media graduate students and two faculty members will present their research Nov. 16-19 at the National Communication Association 109th Annual Convention in National Harbor, Maryland.

Philip Edward Meyer died Saturday, November 4, at home in Carrboro, N.C., at the age of 93 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He will be remembered for his gentle humor and sage advice, his love of journalism and his deep love and pride for his family.