News

Brit Hume, senior political analyst for FOX News, will be delivering the 2016 Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at 5 p.m. The lecture — Election 2016: Analysis From Both Sides — will be held in the Carroll Hall auditorium.

Two UNC School of Media and Journalism graduate students and one faculty member will present at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Midwinter Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, on Feb. 26-27, 2016, hosted this year by the Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma.

A new study co-authored by MJ-school Professor Seth Noar finds that Sheen’s disclosure is among the top 1 percent of historic HIV-related media events, providing a boon and opportunities for HIV public health campaigns.

Hear from Associate Professor Terence Oliver on his experiences as the co-director of the Chuck Stone Program for Diversity in Education and Media. The deadline to apply for the program is March 1, 2016.

The UNC School of Media and Journalism has started a podcast series called Research Conversations to highlight the work of MJ-school faculty and graduate students. The first episodes feature Cole Eminent Professor Daniel Riffe talking with the 2015-16 recipients of the school's seed grants.

UNC School of Media and Journalism student Samantha Ward was in San Francisco for a week covering Super Bowl 50 for the school’s broadcast programs Sports Xtra, Carolina Week and Carolina Connection.

Cokie Roberts, a political commentator for ABC and Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio, will deliver the commencement address for the UNC School of Media and Journalism on May 7, 2016.

Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Penny Muse Abernathy and Knight Chair in Digital Advertising and Marketing JoAnn Sciarrino have been named recipients of Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Tar Heel Talks is a series produced by the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media to showcase faculty creative activity and research.
 
This edition features Francesa Dillman Carpentier and her media effects research.
 

Stembler Distinguished Professor and Senior Associate Dean Charlie Tuggle will speak with Tar Heel soccer great Mia Hamm for his Sports Focus program airing on WCHL, 97.9 FM Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at 10 a.m. Hamm will discuss Stuart Scott's legacy. The show will re-air Saturday at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at 11 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.