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Roy H. Park Fellow and doctoral candidate Deborah Dwyer has been selected for a 2020-21 fellowship at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, headquartered at the Missouri School of Journalism.

by Barbara Wiedemann
We talked with alumna Caroline Bass ’19, a health writer and communications specialist for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, about being a communicator on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A spotlight on the ways UNC Hussman students, faculty and staff are innovating to connect our community online and continue education remotely. 
Talking remote work with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan

by Barbara Wiedemann
Jamie Williams ’10, executive communications manager at UNC Health, has been with the 11-hospital health system for over five years. At Carolina, Williams majored in journalism and political science with a minor in creative writing. He honed his skills at The Daily Tar Heel, UNC’s student newspaper. We spoke with him on Wednesday, March 25, about how his work is transforming under the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic.

On the first week of remote classes at UNC-Chapel Hill, The Well featured UNC Hussman's Steven King, associate professor and chief innovation officer at Reese Innovation Lab, who is using virtual reality to connect with students remotely:

 
A spotlight on the ways UNC Hussman students, faculty and staff are innovating to connect our community online and continue education remotely.
 
Remote photojournalism and the creative process 

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is adopting the Emergency Grading Accommodation for 2020 Spring and Summer, including Maymester, Summer I and Summer II.

 
Read UNC Research's article below on how UNC Chapel Hill's experts at the Gillings School of Global Public Health are doing their part in the fight against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19: