UNC School of Media and Journalism

'A disappointing decision': UNC community upset after Nikole Hannah-Jones' non-tenure

By Emily Shih | May 23

The BOT's decision was met with indignation among UNC students, staff and faculty. Hussman doctoral student Sophia Noor Kiser said she felt Hannah-Jones ...

Column: Denying Hannah-Jones tenure devalues Black student journalists' degrees, work

By Clay Morris | May 23

"I’m not sure how I’m supposed to attend journalism classes next semester when I know that the opportunity to be taught by a Black journalist who ...

'Lacrosse is for everyone': Meet the co-host of ESPN's 'Sound On with Tari and Amari'

By Isabella Reilly | April 20

UNC graduate student Amari Pollard and U.S. Lacrosse Lead Clinician Tari Kandemiri recently launched their new ESPN show "Sound on with Tari and Amari." ...

'It's an island': AAPI students share experiences studying in Hussman School

By Brianna Atkinson | April 13

UNC Asian American and Pacific Islander students in the journalism field reflect on their experiences within the Hussman School of Media and Journalism ...

'Finding your peace': Students channel their creativity during a year of isolation

By Charity Cohen | March 9

“It kind of just gets me out of the work mode, it’s something that I can just pick up and just do something creative and not be focused too much on ...

Hussman student project brings campus back to life, helps students reconnect

By Macon Porterfield | October 29

UNC seniors in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media class initiated a real-life project allowing students to reconnect while bringing campus alive ...

UNC Hussman School works to gather student input for spring plans

By Chelsea Ramsey | October 26

Along with many different schools and departments within UNC, the Hussman School of Journalism and Media is grappling with student needs and faculty concerns ...

New Hussman Career Peers program brings student voices to career services

By Chelsea Ramsey | October 13

UNC launched a new program though the Hussman School of Journalism and Media to provide career support for students.

Daniels family shifts scholarship funds to executive-in-residence program at Hussman

By Natalie Johnson | September 27

Funded by the Daniels family, the new program will bring media executives to UNC to teach a one-semester course for students in the Hussman School of ...

Courage in the moment: Remembering photojournalist and DTH alum James H. Wallace Jr.

By Kyle Ingram | June 30

James "Jim" H. Wallace Jr., a former DTH photographer and critical photojournalist of the civil rights movement in Chapel Hill, died on June 14. Friends ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses The 1619 Project and the case for reparations

By Praveena Somasundaram | June 28

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and UNC graduate, spoke with UNC professor Jim Leloudis about her career, creating The 1619 Project ...

'Zoombombing' brings up questions of cybersecurity and safety for UNC students

By Maydha Devarajan | May 17

The FBI issued a warning in March about the practice of "Zoombombings," where uninvited users hijack and disrupt teleconferences, often with offensive ...

Dean Susan King will gift administration award money to Hussman students

By Katie Clark | March 4

This week, Dean Susan King of the Hussman School of Media and Journalism was named the 2019 Scripps Howard Administrator of the Year, recognizing her ...

Hussman School terminates business journalism degree, returns it to certificate program

By Lauren Cook | February 24

The Hussman School of Journalism and Media is getting rid of its business journalism major.

Reese Innovation Lab partners with brands like Lenovo to tell stories

By Macy Meyer | January 29

The Reese News Lab and Emerging Technologies Lab have merged to form the Reese Innovation Lab, which combines journalistic, computer science and business ...

UNC students hope to transform McCorkle Place through new art installation

By Anna Neil | November 7

A group of journalism students is fighting to revamp McCorkle Place by campaigning for art that recognizes the history of the location.

A Hussman history: how an Arkansas newspaper war led to a landmark UNC donation

By Mattias Miller | October 22

Hussman emerged victorious – erasing his rival’s newsroom and creating a bitterness toward Hussman among its former staffers that persists to this ...

Applications to business journalism major suspended following uncertainty

By Morgan Topol | October 15

Here's what the future of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media business journalism major will look like and what people have to say about it. ...

UNC dedicates new $15 million Media and Communications Center

By Jared McMasters | September 29

The University of North Carolina Athletics Department held its dedication ceremony for the newly opened Carolina Athletics Media and Communication Center ...

Business journalism program faces uncertain future after losing leader

By A.J. OLeary | September 12

Following the resignation of Chris Roush, former director of UNC's business journalism major, the Hussman School of Journalism and Media currently has ...