Today at #WorldPressFreedomDay 2024 #WPFD24 presenting work co-authored by my colleague Steve Bien-Aime from KU J-School on AI and the journalism business model. Thanks to UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and Knight Foundation for supporting this work. #WorldPressFreedomDay

We are excited to welcome students and advisers to UNC-Chapel Hill this summer!

Check out all of the opportunities and make note of the upcoming deadlines for our programs this summer.

✨Class spotlight✨
'Crisis Communications' with Professor VK Fields is a hands-on class where students learn how to implement a crisis comms plan for a company. The semester ends with a simulated press conference where students field questions from reporters. What an experience!

✨ Class spotlight ✨
Livis Freeman's 'MEJO 377: Sports Communication' class partnered with 23XI Racing to give students the opportunity to form mini-communications firms that competed for 23XI's contract as a client. Thanks to 23XI for providing this experience for our students!

🎉 Congratulations to UNC Hussman senior Ann Licharew who has been chosen as a 2024-25 Fulbright Fellow to conduct a study in Brazil. Licharew will complete a documentary project highlighting Afro-Brazilian culture in January.

Meet BrewBot, a prototype for an autonomous robotic coffee barista system created by marketing, public relations, interactive media, computer science & data science students in Associate Professor Steven King’s “MEJO 583: Advanced Interactive Media” class brewbot.co

💌 Note from Dean Reis
🥇 UNC Hussman back at the Olympics
⏪ Hall of Fame and Hargrove Colloquium
👏  Students, faculty, staff and alumni kudos

Explore recent highlights, community updates and upcoming events in the latest UNC Hussman eCommunicator ➡️ go.unc.edu/hecapril24

DEADLINE ALERT: The N.C. Scholastic Media Institute will be held June 20-22. Advisers have until June 1 to register their staffs for the three-day instructional workshop at ncsma.unc.edu/institute/.

UNC Hussman Associate Professor Lois Boynton was honored with the University's Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement after receiving an outpouring of nominations. Learn more about Boynton's long-lasting mentorship, her love of teaching and her open door. go.unc.edu/mafla24

Congratulations to Marilee Combs, whose documentary, “A Child of Ukraine”, about #UNCPharmacy graduate student Liubov Palchak, was awarded first place in the Hearst Journalism Awards! Watch the full documentary about Liubov’s journey to the U.S. here: bit.ly/4b3qpVw

📸Highlights from the 2024 Wade H. Hargrove Colloquium, hosted by UNC Media Law

✨ The NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame recognized an incredible cohort of inductees at this year's gala: Capitol Broadcasting, J.J. Carter, Skip Foreman, Melanie Sill, Ami Vitale and Eric Montross. Thanks to all involved in last week's celebration!

📸 Megan Kerns Photography

Ended my day UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media with a walk beneath perfect Carolina blue skies.

🎉 Congratulations to UNC Hussman students Heather Diehl, Emmy Martin and Shelby Swanson on being selected to join The News & Observer's 2024 cohort of summer interns!

#GoHeels Emmy Martin Shelby Swanson (she/her)

We're hosting one of these sessions at UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media!

Save your spot by May 3 ⬇️

🌟PR and StratComm folks on the job market, come work at UNC! I'm not on the search committee, but I love my community at UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and life in Chapel Hill. Feel free to reach out with questions!

AEJMC PRD ICA PR Division PRSA #PRJobs #jobad #UNC

UNC Hussman student Alyssa Ustby received the 2024 Jim Tatum Memorial Award, a Chancellor's Award presented to the varsity intercollegiate athlete who has performed with distinction in their sport and who has contributed to the University community. Congrats, Alyssa Ustby! 🎉

UNC Hussman student Emmy Martin received the Ernest H. Abernethy Prize in Student Publication Work, a Chancellor's Award presented to an undergraduate who has done the most distinctive work during the current year in the field of student publications. Congrats, Emmy Martin! 🎉

🎉 Congratulations to UNC Hussman student Parker Jones who received the William S. Carlton Intramural Sports Employee Award, a Chancellor's Award that recognizes a Sport Programs student employee at UNC who officiates intramural sports and consistently exceeds expectations.

🎉 Congratulations to UNC Hussman student Malak Dridi who received a 2024 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, a Chancellor's Award given to two students of the senior class who have best demonstrated unselfish interest in human welfare with an emphasis on humanitarian contributions.