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A Tar Heel legend on the field hockey turf will follow a Tar Heel legend on the sidelines. Erin Matson '22, the most decorated player in program history, has been named North Carolina’s next head field hockey coach after a national search. She follows Karen Shelton, the winningest coach in the sport’s history, who announced her retirement in December after 42 years at the Carolina helm

A vibrant and collaborative interdisciplinary research culture at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media creates new knowledge, advances scholarship and helps reinvent media.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media community hosted events on Tuesday, Jan. 17, during the University’s Jan. 15-22 Week of Celebration honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The school hosted an evening conversation with Frank McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.

Lisa Villamil, an assistant professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, has been honored with an MLK Unsung Hero Award for her communications and data storytelling work helping Native Americans protect their genetic information from exploitation.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media welcomes Scott Geier ’16 (M.A.) and Nazanin Knudsen this semester as teaching assistant professors in digital storytelling and journalism. Geier and Knudsen enhance the strategic growth in the school’s faculty this semester along with new hires Assistant Professor Shelvia Dancy, Hussman Professor of Business Journalism Michelle LaRoche, Knight Chair in Local News and Sustainability Marisa Porto and Professor of the Practice Peter Sherman.

As part of activities honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media will host a conversation with Franklin McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.

Read the piece below, penned by Ira Wilder '24 for The Daily Tar Heel, about four of UNC Hussman's incoming professors. Photos in the story are by Carson Elm-Picard and Ira Wilder for The Daily Tar Heel.
 

The Bloomberg Journalism Diversity Program will start recruiting for its 2023 programs, which will be conducted in-person at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York City for students studying in the US and at Bloomberg’s London office for the students studying in the UK.

The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media (CISLM) has released findings from a statewide diversity audit of North Carolina newsrooms.

UNC Hussman's Tajahn Wilson's winding and occasionally uphill journey toward a college degree will culminate on Sunday when he officially earns his bachelor's from Carolina at Winter graduation
By Brandon Bieltz, University Communications