The Daily Tar Heel profiles Reese Innovation Lab app that tracks students’ COVID-19 testing compliance
Feb. 3, 2021
The Daily Tar Heel profiled the HallPass app, a web application built by UNC Hussman’s Reese Innovation Lab, being used by students to schedule tests…
Research Publication Roundup: January 2021
Feb. 1, 2021
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.…
Associate Professor Trevy McDonald honored as Unsung Hero
Jan. 28, 2021
UNC Hussman’s Trevy McDonald, the Julian Scheer Term Associate Professor, has been honored by UNC for her commitment to inclusion with one of this year’s…
UNC Hussman Career Services’ virtual internship fair delivers real-world advice
Jan. 27, 2021
By Beth HatcherEven in a virtual environment, the career services staff at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is still connecting students to…
Undergraduate research at UNC Hussman reveals a decline in public health funding trends in NC
Jan. 22, 2021
by Barbara WiedemannLed by junior Rachel Crumpler (near right), a team of four UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media undergraduate students in Associate Professor…
UNC Hussman scholars weigh in on social platforms and Trump
Jan. 13, 2021
by Barbara WiedemannA week ago, supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, in an attempt to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election, stormed the U.S.…
Research Publication Roundup: December 2020
Jan. 12, 2021
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.…
UNC Hussman Dean Susan King statement on the value of a free press when democracy is challenged
Jan. 7, 2021
Democracy is fragile, and its lifeblood is a robust and independent media.Yesterday when the Capitol, a symbol of our nation’s great democracy, was breached, journalists…
Hussman’s Barrett and Kreiss join Stanford expert panel on tech and 2020
Dec. 18, 2020
by Barbara WiedemannUNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Associate Professor Daniel Kreiss and Ph.D. student Bridget Barrett were two of six panelists at a…
Sharif Durhams ’99 to lead newsrooms of Raleigh’s News & Observer and Durham’s Herald-Sun
Dec. 17, 2020
By Courtney MitchellUNC Hussman graduate Sharif Durhams ’99 will return to his home state of North Carolina this spring to lead the newsrooms of two…
Groundbreaking researcher and former media executive Penny Abernathy leaves legacy of mentorship at UNC Hussman
Dec. 17, 2020
When Penelope ‘Penny’ Muse Abernathy was a high school senior in Laurinburg, N.C., her school newspaper made a projection: their editor would one day be…
Student entrepreneur Caitlyn Kumi’s brand Miss EmpowHer finds empowering culture at Hussman
Dec. 15, 2020
By Beth HatcherWhen Caitlyn Kumi `21 felt her self-esteem sinking in the wake of a difficult relationship, her aunt gave her waist beads symbolizing the…
