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UNC 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.

The 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.

UNC 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.

Washington 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.

Founded 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.

By 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.

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Dean Susan King sent the message below to our student and alumni communities this week. 
Dear Hussman students,

By 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. 
 

Students 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.