UNC School of Media and Journalism

Republicans take the back seat... in voter registration

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | September 14

 The number of voters registered as unaffiliated has surpassed the number of voters registered as Republican— making unaffiliated voters the second ...

Student journalists nominated for national award

By Katie Rice | August 29

 Over spring break this year, students admitted to Media and Journalism 584: Documentary Multimedia Storytelling were given the opportunity to travel ...

Q&A with award-winning filmmaker

By Mark Burnett | August 27

Staring Down Fate received the Best Feature Film award this month at the Sunrise 45 film festival. Filmed and edited by UNC alumnus, Jeff Mittelstadt, ...

The keynote speaker, Chris Wallace from FOX News, joined the lecture through a video call with the Carroll Auditorium.

Chris Wallace talks covering Trump and career in journalism

By Varun Kasula | April 7

Every year since 1999, the School of Media and Journalism at UNC has hosted the Park Lecture Series. This year Fox News anchor Chris Wallace gave ...

North Carolinians are worried about the impact of fake news, poll shows

By Rebecca Ayers | March 22

A poll conducted by Meredith College revealed that the vast majority of North Carolinians believe fake news is a problem and confuses citizens about politics ...

George Freeman, executive director of the Media Law Resource Center, gave a lecture on threats to press freedoms under the Trump administration at the UNC School of Law on Tuesday.

Media law speaker talks press freedoms under a Trump administration

By Jacob Hancock | March 22

The UNC Center for Media Law and Policy held a talk Tuesday night to discuss the potential challenges to freedom of the press that may arise under President ...

From left, media and journalism majors Alma Washington and Lindsay Carbonell work in class with global studies major Peyton Chance (in the foreground). They are part of a journalism class that will spend spring break in Cuba. Photo courtesy if Tamara Rice.

MEJO 584 will take students to Cuba this semester

By Charlie McGee | February 20

Students at the UNC School of Media and Journalism will have a once-in-a-lifetime experience this semester to use their skills in another country: Cuba. ...

When false news goes mainstream: strategies to analyze and identify it

By Caroline Metzler | January 25

Though false news stories were far from the only unprecedented factor in the 2016 election cycle, they continuously attract attention.

Brooke Baldwin, a CNN Newsroom anchor, will be the commencement speaker for spring graduation.  Photo courtesy of Pamela Gomez.

Q&A with Brooke Baldwin, the 2017 spring commencement speaker

By Acy Jackson | January 11

A 2001 graduate of UNC, Baldwin joined CNN in 2008 and became an anchor in 2010. University Editor Acy Jackson spoke with Baldwin about being the ...

Students or staticians: Survey says students are frustrated with required research

By Madeleine Fraley | November 29

Every year UNC students experience the familiar pleading Facebook, GroupMe or email request to take a survey for class.

WRAL reacts to censoring Dave Chappelle's SNL monologue

By Olivia Slagle | November 17

This weekend’s episode of "Saturday Night Live" included something different for viewers watching the show through WRAL-TV — several gaps in audio. ...

With presidential polls even, North Carolina plays a key role nationally

By Olivia Slagle | November 8

With three races too close to predict before Election Day, North Carolina has emerged as one of the most watched — and important — swing states of ...

The covers of fashion magazines hang framed in the halls of the UNC School of Media and Journalism. The school recently received a one million dollar donation by alumni Leigh and Bill Goodwyn to start a fashion program in the school.

Media and Journalism school gets fashionable with new program

By Kayla Drake | November 4

The School of Media and Journalism is now providing opportunities for students interested in careers in fashion media and advertising.

Journalism class aims to teach students financial skills for adulthood

By Ashley Cruz | October 6

Students in a personal finance class have the opportunity to learn real life skills — like paying a mortgage and buying a home.

Susan King, the Dean of the School of Media and Journalism, spoke first at the First Amendment Day opening ceremony.

First Amendment Day panel addresses use of trigger warnings

By Brinley Lowe | September 28

Student panelists debated if UNC should support trigger warnings, safe spaces and regulation of free speech on First Amendment Day at the panel “Trigger ...

Release of student created documentary will celebrate 100th anniversary of NC State Parks

By Dhvani Bhatia | September 26

Over the past four years, students have worked under the guidance of Tom Linden, professor of medical journalism and director of the Medical and Science ...

Junior Interdisciplinary Studies major Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme experiments with Adobe Photoshop in the design lab of the Undergraduate Library.

Adobe Creative Cloud now available for all students

By Harris Wheless | September 21

UNC students are on cloud nine over having access to the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Sophomores Zane Geiser and Matt Gilleskie use Poll Everywhere to answer questions during lecture in Comp 110.

New participation methods spark debate

By Anyssa Reddix | September 8

Many professors at UNC struggle with measuring participation in an effective way. Some turn to in-class discussion while others find technology the solution. ...

The UNC Media and Journalism students while taking a break from covering the Rio Olympics. Photo courtesy of Paul Beam

UNC journalism students cover Rio Olympics and have cool stories to prove it

By Alli Ehrman | August 26

This summer, 29 students in the School of Media and Journalism had the opportunity to go to Rio de Janeiro and cover the Olympic Games as reporters with ...

UNC student journalists headed to the Olympics

By Jamie Gwaltney | July 20

Amanda Lalezarian has been fencing since she was 10 years old. She grew up practicing and competing in a tight-knit community of fencers.