News

Four undergraduate students and one faculty member were honored on Thursday, May 17, when public relations professionals from across North Carolina joined together for a gala celebration at the City Club of Raleigh to recognize recipients of the 2018 NCPRSA InSpire Awards.

Eight graduate students and 10 faculty members will represent the UNC School of Media and Journalism May 24-28, 2018, at the 68th annual conference of the International Communication Association in Prague.

Saturday's commencement ceremony had us thinking about the far-flung places where MJ-school graduates land after leaving the nest. We checked in on the career paths of five Carolina public relations graduates to the edge of North and South Korea; the center of the Republican National Committee; the intersection of North and South America for a global networking corporation; the doorstep of our colleagues at the University of South Carolina; and center stage at Saturday Night Live at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Five UNC School of Media and Journalism students are among 82 that were selected for paid Down Jones News Fund (DJNF) internships in Summer 2018.

On a muggy May 10 afternoon in a well-outfitted Google DC auditorium high above Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., 12 Tar Heels broke new ground when they presented “Recoding the Boys’ Club: Women vs. the Political Tech Ceiling,” the first-ever in-depth look at women’s experiences working in political technology at the presidential campaign level.

Listen in to the Start Here / Never Stop Podcast with MJ-school Dean Susan King and alumna Lindsay Shookus '02, Emmy Award winner and long-time television producer at Saturday Night Live.

The 2018 Bloomberg-UNC-Berkeley Diversity Program begins Monday, May 14, with 11 university students competitively selected from across the country arriving at the UNC School of Media and Journalism.

For public relations students, taking a class with Teaching Associate Professor Valerie “VK” Fields is a rite of passage.

Each year, the UNC School of Media and Journalism recognizes faculty and staff members for their commitment to excellence and their contributions to the school.

Story by University Development | Originally published May 9, 2018, on stories.unc.edu