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Story by University Communications | ​Originally published July 8, 2019, on unc.edu

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Story by University Communications | ​Originally published July 1, 2019, on unc.edu

Story by University Communications | ​Originally published June 28, 2019, on unc.edu

The UNC School of Media and Journalism granted more than $526,343 in the 2018-19 academic year, making a difference in the lives of more than 240 undergraduate and graduate MJ-school students.

For the ninth consecutive year, student designers from the UNC School of Media and Journalism won the most overall awards of any university at the Society for News Design's annual international student design competition.

Alumna Corrie MacLaggan '02 is the managing editor of The Texas Tribune, located in Austin, Texas. Previously, she worked as a national correspondent for Reuters, writing and editing stories about Texas and nearby states and overseeing a network of freelance writers.

Story by the University Gazette | Originally published June 17, 2019, on gazette.unc.edu

Alumnus Bill Morton '62 is chair emeritus of Jack Morton Worldwide, a leading experiential marketing agency founded by his father, Jack Morton, in 1939. As chairman and CEO from 1977-04, Bill Morton oversaw the company’s transformation from a respected meetings and events firm to a global experiential marketing agency that today has approximately 700 full-time employees worldwide in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Story by the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media | Originally published June 4, 2019, on cislm.org