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Jordan Fieulleteau ’16, ’18 (M.A.) embarks on coveted research fellowship with American Voices Project

August 1, 2019, 7:19 AM
by Barbara Wiedemann
After a rigorous selection process involving more than 1,500 candidates, UNC School of Media and Journalism alumnus and Roy H. Park Fellow Jordan Fieulleteau ’16, ’18 (M.A.) has been named one of 80 research fellows at the American Voices Project undertaken by Stanford University, Princeton University and the American Institutes for Research. Spearheaded by two of America’s leading poverty and inequality researchers, the project is currently sending paid fellows to 200 communities across all 50 states plus Native American nations, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. All told, the team of researchers and support staff plan to conduct immersive, confidential interviews with a total of 5,000 households.

What’s the line between news and misinformation? UNC is working to find out

July 30, 2019, 6:00 PM
Story by CBS 17/WNCN-TV | ​Originally published July 30, 2019, on cbs17.com

Local digital experiments in today’s news deserts

July 28, 2019, 9:30 AM
Story by Ryan Thornburg, Reese News Lab Director 2017-19

2019 Chuck Stone Program for Diversity in Media and Education

July 24, 2019, 12:00 AM
Story by the UNC Office for Diversity and Inclusion | ​Originally published July 24, 2019, on diversity.unc.edu

Counteracting fake news and privacy invasions: UNC center set to examine digital life

July 23, 2019, 12:00 AM
Story by The Daily Tar Heel | ​Originally published July 23, 2019, on dailytarheel.com

New Carolina research center to address 21st century questions on digital information

July 22, 2019, 12:00 AM
Story by University Communications | ​Originally published July 22, 2019, on unc.edu

A summer in the big leagues

July 22, 2019, 12:00 AM
Story by University Communications | ​Originally published July 22, 2019, on unc.edu

Fake news? New UNC Chapel Hill Center plans to investigate, keep it real

July 22, 2019, 12:00 AM
Story by WRAL TechWire | ​Originally published July 22, 2019, on wraltechwire.com

Start Here / Never Stop Podcast: Jacqueline Charles ’94

July 16, 2019, 2:34 PM
In this episode, Dean Susan King talks with alumna Jacqueline Charles '94, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award-winning Caribbean Correspondent at The Miami Herald, a McClatchy-owned paper which circulates in greater Miami and is read throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Well Said: Helping new Tar Heels feel at home

July 10, 2019, 12:00 AM
Story by University Communications | ​Originally published July 10, 2019, on unc.edu