🎓 The countdown is on! Only 30 days until graduation! ICYMI: Erin Matson will be giving UNC Hussman's commencement address ⬇️

Join UNC Media Law for the 2024 Wade H. Hargrove Media Law and Policy Colloquium and hear from an esteemed panel of experts on critical topics in media law in the age of artificial intelligence.

🗓 April 16 at 7 p.m.
📍 George Watts Hill Alumni Center
ℹ️ go.unc.edu/lawai

🚨Tomorrow is Media and January 6th🚨

Don't miss out on this fantastic event as we delve into the events of January 6th, 2021, and explore crucial avenues for safeguarding democracy.

Attend in-person or via webinar, but be sure to attend!

citap.unc.edu/events/media-a…

Congrats to these *three* UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media doctoral alumnae and faculty member Seth Noar on their latest publication!

Want to gain the skills needed to succeed in a political communication career? Learn more about our newest experience, 'MEJO 593: Washington D.C. In-Residence Semester,' at an information session on April 17 from 4 - 5 p.m. in Carroll Hall 283 ➡️ go.unc.edu/dcinfosession

💻 Register to join UNC Hussman School Graduate Studies for an info session on the M.A. in Digital Communication, an online master’s degree designed for working communications professionals and their ambitious schedules.

🗓 Thursday, April 11 at noon on Zoom
📎 hussman.unc.edu/madc-is-240411

Great piece on celebs impact on health by the uncchilab alum dream team, led by Jessica Gall Myrick, PhD with Jessica Willoughby, Dr. Diane B. Francis, and Seth Noar 👇👇👇

Students in Grayson Mendenhall's 'MEJO 482: Media Design' course produced zines on a subject of their choosing and presented the content in two languages, exploring topics such as the Cuban Revolution, Cape Town and coffee. Check out their work below ⬇️
hussman.unc.edu/academics/stud…

V happy to see this open access essay out with my OG collaborators on this topic: @j_willoughby, Dr. Diane B. Francis, & @sethnoar! 'The Impact of Celebrity and Influencer Illness Disclosures' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media UNC Hussman School Graduate Studies PSU Bellisario COMM Grad Ed Penn State Bellisario College

🎥 UNC Hussman students in the 'Environmental & Science Documentary Television' course partnered with
PBS North Carolina to tell the story of Jim Sander, the farmer behind Wildflower Lane Farm who wanted to grow food and give back to his community.

youtu.be/IRW6lqZ0r8Q?si…

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Thank you!! I am very grateful and excited for the opportunity to intern at World News Tonight this summer!😊

The Daily Tar Heel has selected UNC Hussman’s Laney Crawley to be its 2024-25 editor-in-chief — the first Black woman named to the position. She hopes to address editor burnout, plus restructure investigative reporting and DEI efforts. Congrats, Laney Crawley!
go.unc.edu/dthneweic

Our graduate program coordinator is THE BEST! ❤️🎉

🎉 UNC Hussman student Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata was named an NAHJ internship recipient! Congratulations, Nayeli Jaramillo!

Congratulations to the 298 UNC students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society — and a special congratulations to our 10 UNC Hussman students inducted at the ceremony on Wednesday!

go.unc.edu/pbk24

👕 The school has teamed up with Underground Printing in Chapel Hill to create its first online shop featuring a limited number of UNC Hussman-branded apparel items! The store will be open until April 16: go.unc.edu/MEJOmerch

*Please note this is not a school fundraiser.

🎉 Join us in congratulating Graduate Program Coordinator Ann Schmitt who was awarded the 2024 Excellence in Graduate Student Services Award for her hard work in supporting graduate students' academic success and professional development! Learn more: go.unc.edu/AnnSchmitt.

Busy journalists and comms pros: There's still time to apply by the May 14 final application deadline for fall admission to our online master's program. We hope you'll consider spending your lunch hour with us Thursday to learn about this opportunity!

Pride Week at Carolina brings together UNC-Chapel Hill LGBTQ Center, student and community organizations and #UNC departments to host events highlighting the history, expression and advocacy within LGBTIQA+ communities. 

Learn about this year's events, beginning April 6 brnw.ch/21wIxLt

Happy to announce that Shelby Swanson (she/her), sports editor of The Daily Tar Heel, has been awarded the 2024 Rick Bonnell Memorial Scholarship by the Charlotte Hornets Foundation (@HornetsGive).

She'll be honored on-court during the Hornets game tonight. charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot…