Journalism

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Twenty-Nine New Faculty Join CLAS

Nearly 30 new faculty members will teach and conduct research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Journalism students left to right: Ally LeMaster ’24 (CLAS), Izetta Asikainen ’24 (CLAS), Coral Aponte ’24 (CLAS), Luke Feeney ’24 (CLAS).

Journalism Students Cover the Capitol and State Issues

Four journalism students had internships covering the comings and goings affecting Connecticut this spring

Delan Li stands on stage during awards presentation.

Journalism Student Wins First Place in Planet Forward Competition

Delan Li ’24 (CLAS) wrote her winning article for Associate Professor Scott Wallace’s Environmental Journalism class

Students pose for a photo with a cardboard poster.

Students Celebrate as Year of Experience Culminates in Long River Review Launch

Dozens of students, faculty, and supporters gathered to celebrate the 27th edition of UConn’s award-winning journal of literature and art

Katie Barnes

Neag School Hosts Award-Winning Journalist Katie Barnes for Book Talk

The Sport Management Program and other UConn departments recently co-sponsored the author for a discussion of their first book, “Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates"

Jake Sherman, the journalist, author, and co-founder of Punchbowl News, speaks with UConn journalism and entrepreneurship students about the future of the press in a moderated discussion held at the Toscano Family Forum on April 11, 2023.

Political Journalist and News Entrepreneur Encourages Students: ‘Be Really Good at One Thing’

'Good journalism matters and it needs to be financially supported to survive. Entrepreneurship is one way that happens'

Katherine Jimenez (CLAS '24), a recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship, poses for a photo on campus

Katherine Jimenez Named UConn’s First Beinecke Scholar

The journalism and English major has already begun work on a novel based on her mother's experiences during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua

People display portraits of Sandy Hook elementary school shooting victims as they take part in the March for Our Lives in New York on March 24, 2018.

Ten Years After Sandy Hook, Alex Jones is Being Held Accountable for Spreading Falsehoods

... but those sorts of lies now plague the US, writes Assistant Journalism Professor Amanda Crawford

A group of graduating students toss their caps into the air while standing in front of the UConn gateway sign on April 28, 2020.

Why You Went to College

'You came here to learn to question beliefs, to think independently, to recognize injustice and to have the tools that you need to change the world'

Left to Right: Kerri Raissian, Lisa Singh, Amanda Crawford, Jeremy Stein, and David Pucino speak at a Gun Violence Misinformation Panel at the Hartford Times Building on April 5

Gun Violence Misinformation Panel Speaks to Creating Informed Policy Debate

The panel, titled Misinformation: Creating a Misfire for American Gun Policy, convened an interdisciplinary group of experts to weigh in on how misinformation shapes gun policy debates and how to combat it.