Journalism

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Advanced Journalism Class Tests Students’ Abilities

Publication Practice is unique each semester with a different instructor and topic to give students the opportunity to delve into a single topic and become experts in it.

Jackie Wattes smiles in front of an illustrated backdrop of solar system and rocket ship.

UConn Magazine: Into the Exosphere

Before she reported on the stars of outer space professionally, Jackie Wattles spent her UConn journalism days reporting on the stars of student government

Amanda Crawford, left, and Katie Sanders, right, address an audience at UConn.

Are You Fooled by Disinformation?

Politifact's editor-in-chief gives a UConn audience a crash course on how to spot false info online

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UConn Senior Blends Disability Studies and Food Culture into Major Ready for Garnish

'Who knows? Cooking on Wheels may turn into more of a business selling adaptive cookware. The entrepreneurship possibilities are wide ranging'

Manuela Wagner and Diane Quinn stand side-by-side in the entrance of the Austin Building with a Liberal Arts and Sciences banner in the background.

CLAS Appoints Associate Deans Focused on Student and Faculty Success

Professors Diane Quinn and Manuela Wagner begin new roles in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this fall. In a recent joint conversation, they reflected on their paths to leadership and shared their priorities for the year ahead.

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UConn’s Journalism Major Offers Pathways to Legal Careers

Through courses like Media Law and Investigative Reporting, journalism students get early exposure to the legal world — inspiring some alumni to pursue law school and careers in public service.

A reporter with a camera hanging from his neck and microphone in his hand interviews a military officer.

War-Torn Central America in the 1980s Comes to Life in New Historical Memoir

It all started with a Polaroid Swinger camera and leather-bound diary

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UConn Journalism’s Smith Receives Carnegie Fellowship

“These United States” examines the USA as it turns 250 years old

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UConn Magazine: He’s GoT Game

How one alum saved his hometown Connecticut movie theater and conquered Hollywood to write for the groundbreaking “Game of Thrones”

Jahon Boothe ’25 (CLAS) and Anna Heqimi ’25 (CLAS)

Two Communication Students Named Media Fellows by the Washington Media Scholars Foundation

The scholarship is sponsored by media industry leaders.