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Noar awarded 5-year, $3.35 million grant to develop, test e-cigarette prevention messagingJune 22, 2020, 2:27 PMUNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Professor Seth Noar has received a five-year, $3.35 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to lead a national study to develop and test messages that discourage adolescents from using electronic cigarettes. |
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UNC Hussman Dean Susan King joins 10 deans at leading journalism schools in statement of shared valuesJune 20, 2020, 8:02 PMThe deans at the 11 journalism schools that lead the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education met at the Knight Foundation in Miami in January 2020 for their annual meeting at which newspaper publisher Walter Hussman challenged the deans to create a statement of shared values. |
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Ruth Samuel '21 writes Teen Vogue op-ed: The ‘Strong Black Woman’ Stereotype Is DangerousJune 19, 2020, 11:54 AM |
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Sarah Frier '11 talks 'No Filter' with Susan King and Daniel KreissJune 12, 2020, 9:56 AMUNC Hussman alumna Sarah Frier '11, a technology reporter for Bloomberg News, joined the school's alumni community on May 28 for a fascinating conversation on social media's role in the biggest events of 2020. |
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‘What is a journalist?’ with Eugene Scott ’03June 11, 2020, 9:23 AMWashington Post political reporter, UNC Hussman alumnus and Board of Advisers member Eugene Scott ’03 writes about identity politics for The Fix. We spoked with him about a journalist’s role at this moment in history. |
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Rising senior Landon Bost ’21 one of 16 students nationwide invited to attend Sports Journalism InstituteJune 9, 2020, 9:23 AMFounded in 1992, the Sports Journalism Institute’s (SJI) fellowship program for minorities and women seeks to diversify sports journalism by training and then placing select students into internships. Sixteen students make up SJI’s class of 2020, including UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media student Landon Bost ’21, a Harrisburg, North Carolina, native. Bost just returned from the program’s weeklong sports journalism boot camp that began on June 1. It was held remotely — thanks to coronavirus health concerns — rather than at the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. |
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Two UNC Hussman students named Hearst champions, as school wins 2020 national awards overallJune 9, 2020, 8:43 AMBy Grace Lamb-Atkinson UNC Hussman already swept the overall 2020 Hearst Awards, winning the national championship, but now the finalist students have made the school even more proud with their strong showing in the individual national championships last weekend. |
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A Message from Dean Susan KingJune 3, 2020, 11:14 AMUNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Dean Susan King sent the message below to our student and alumni communities this week. Dear Hussman students, |
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UNC Hussman wins 2020 Hearst Awards; five students advance to individual championshipsJune 3, 2020, 7:36 AMBy Grace Lamb-Atkinson UPDATE (June 6, 2020): The five UNC Hussman students competing for individual national championships all had strong showings. Annabeth Poe and Payton Tysinger won national championships while Cambria Haro and Jared Weber placed third in their respective categories. Lucas Pruitt finished as a runner-up in the multimedia category. Updated story to come. |
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A mark of excellence: UNC Hussman students win national SPJ awardsMay 26, 2020, 2:48 PMStudents from the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media scored major wins in the Society of Professional Journalists 2019 Mark of Excellence awards with first place winners and finalist honors in the national contest, which recognizes collegiate work published or broadcasted during 2019. |
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