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Listen in to the Start Here / Never Stop Podcast with MJ-school Dean Susan King and alumna Rachel McMahan '17 (M.A.), the first-ever graduate of the UNC Environment and Science Communication dual-degree program.

Vanity Fair columnist James Wolcott recognized alumna Emily Steel ’06 and her New York Times colleagues Michael Schmidt, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey for their ongoing investigative reporting on systemic sexual misconduct issues.

CB Cotton, a 2016 graduate of the UNC School of Media and Journalism, has been named the 2017 Michele Clark Fellow by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation — marking the latest in a string of accomplishments for the MJ-school alumna.

Recent UNC School of Media and Journalism graduate Robert Kinlaw ’17 received an Excellence in Filmmaking Award on Sunday, Nov. 19, at the twelfth annual Carrboro Film Festival.

Allen Mask ’10, the VP of marketing, intelligence and partnerships at Santa Barbara, California-based smart speaker company Sonos, was recently named to the 2018 edition of Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” in the marketing and advertising category.

Susan Fowler Credle ’85 — global chief creative officer of advertising giant FCB and a creative powerhouse in the field — will deliver the 2018 Spring Commencement address to graduates of the UNC School of Media and Journalism on Saturday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m. in Carmichael Arena.

Check out Dean Susan King's Start Here / Never Stop Podcast episode with founder of TwentyFifty Productions, 2017 Whicker’s World Funding Award winner and MJ-school alumna Pailin Wedel '04.

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Professor Seth Noar received the prestigious J. Mayhew Derryberry Award at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Atlanta.

The National Public Relations Student Society of America selected Carolina PRSSA and North Carolina State University PRSSA chapters to host the 2018 Southeastern Regional Conference.

Phi Beta Kappa, the prestigious academic honorary society founded in 1776, recently inducted six students from the UNC School of Media and Journalism as new members.