New video: Curtis Media Center construction
July 9, 2020
UNC Hussman’s new state-of-the-art Curtis Media Center is on its way, after demolition occurred on the former Phillips Annex site on Polk Place this month.…
Associate Professor Trevy McDonald named Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
July 1, 2020
“Without diversity there is no excellence.”That truth, the motto of the Carolina Association of Black Journalists (CABJ), is something that UNC Hussman Associate Professor Trevy…
Producing ‘The College Test’ for ‘60 Minutes’
June 25, 2020
by Barbara Wiedemann“A great opportunity for this generation to step up,” says “60 Minutes” producer about campus plans to reopen this fall.On Sunday evening, June…
Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (M.A.) talks with Carolina historian Jim Leloudis
June 25, 2020
by Kyle YorkUNC Hussman Park Fellow alumna Nikole Hannah-Jones (M.A. ’03) of The New York Times Magazine joined Professor James Leloudis of the UNC Department…
2020 report from UNC Hussman Knight Chair on the state of local journalism
June 24, 2020
The latest report on the state of local news by Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics at UNC Hussman, was…
Noar awarded 5-year, $3.35 million grant to develop, test e-cigarette prevention messaging
June 22, 2020
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…
UNC Hussman Dean Susan King joins 10 deans at leading journalism schools in statement of shared values
June 21, 2020
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…
Ruth Samuel ’21 writes Teen Vogue op-ed: The ‘Strong Black Woman’ Stereotype Is Dangerous
June 19, 2020
UNC Hussman student Ruth Samuel ’21, a member of Teen Vogue’s 2020 Youth Voter Committee, has written her first solo article for the publication. The…
Sarah Frier ’11 talks ‘No Filter’ with Susan King and Daniel Kreiss
June 12, 2020
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…
‘What is a journalist?’ with Eugene Scott ’03
June 11, 2020
by Barbara Wiedemann“What’s a journalist supposed to be now…,” Margaret Sullivan asked in a thought-provoking piece for The Washington Post on Sunday, June 7. From…
Rising senior Landon Bost ’21 one of 16 students nationwide invited to attend Sports Journalism Institute
June 9, 2020
by Barbara WiedemannFounded in 1992, the Sports Journalism Institute’s (SJI) fellowship program for minorities and women seeks to diversify sports journalism by training and then…
Two UNC Hussman students named Hearst champions, as school wins 2020 national awards overall
June 9, 2020
By Grace Lamb-AtkinsonUNC Hussman already swept the overall 2020 Hearst Awards, winning the national championship, but now the finalist students have made the school even…
