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Barnes awarded KTA grant for research on visual storytellingOctober 21, 2021, 10:39 AMCreating immersive, explanatory storytelling is expensive, but cloud computing can help by allowing creators to take advantage of the power of dozens of computers at one time. Spencer Barnes, associate professor in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, plans to prove that. |
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Spotlight on filmmaker Spencer Bakalar ’13, a Carolina Covenant twinOctober 21, 2021, 9:37 AMby Barbara Wiedemann UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media graduate Spencer Bakalar ’13 is a senior video producer at Time magazine, where she has the opportunity to film world leaders and newsmakers on a regular basis. She and her twin sister, Madison, were Covenant Scholars at Carolina. Both have found their way to successful storytelling careers, in part thanks to the path towards a debt-free graduation that was paved by the signature scholarship program. |
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Remembering Don Shaw: 1936 — 2021October 20, 2021, 10:00 AMDon Shaw '59, '60 (M.A.) — alumnus, professor, eminent communication historian and theorist, retired U.S. Army Reserve officer and writer — passed away Oct. 19, 2021. Shaw taught at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media for 46 years. He was the Kenan Professor Emeritus at the school. |
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Visiting International Scholars infuse global perspectives at schoolOctober 19, 2021, 1:06 PMThe UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is hosting eight media professionals and academics from Asia as part of its Visiting International Scholars (VIS) program. The scholars spend one year learning about the American media landscape and performing their own research. UNC Hussman Associate Professor Suman Lee is the program’s faculty adviser. |
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UNC Hussman Professor Daniel Kreiss’ October 13 public lecture on social media and democracyOctober 15, 2021, 11:49 AMby Barbara Wiedemann UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Professor Daniel Kreiss, whose research explores the impact of technological change on the public sphere and political practice, gave a hybrid public lecture to a Carolina Public Humanities audience on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 13, on social media and democracy. Listeners participated in person at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill and from the professionally filmed and mixed live Zoom broadcast. |
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Search for UNC Hussman Dean underwayOctober 13, 2021, 11:34 AMThe University of North Carolina at Chapel is seeking a transformational leader to serve as dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media with a vision for the future and the ability to lead change. |
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User friendly: Laura Ruel teaches students the art and science of UX while engaging community clientsOctober 8, 2021, 2:11 PMBy Beth Hatcher Good web design puts the user first, and at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Associate Professor Laura Ruel makes sure her students know their way around making a website user friendly. It’s just good business. |
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UNC Hussman moves to strengthen, diversify faculty ranks with multiple searchesOctober 5, 2021, 11:37 AMWith a slate of faculty searches this semester, the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is invested in the future and poised to add significantly to its scholarly and professional depth and expertise — a traditional hallmark of the school. |
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Zucchino ’73 and Dean Susan King have wide-reaching conversation about AfghanistanSeptember 29, 2021, 8:54 PMby Barbara Wiedemann More than 230 UNC Hussman community members from around the country logged into Zoom at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 29, under the UNC Hussman Webinar Series banner for a unique opportunity to hear from one of the country’s most widely respected foreign correspondents, David Zucchino ’73, on his 20-year-long view of Afghanistan. |
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Research Publication Roundup: September 2021September 29, 2021, 3:59 PMA vibrant and collaborative interdisciplinary research culture at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media creates new knowledge, advances scholarship and helps reinvent media. |
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