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Tag: Journalism
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Morehouse College to Receive $1 Million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to Support Journalism and Sports-Related Studies
Morehouse College will receive $1 million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand, as part of the Black Community Commitment. The money will help fund scholarships, tech and educational programming for students in journalism and sports-related fields of study. The Black Community Commitment is an initiative by Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to fight against systemic […]
May 28, 2021
Tenure
Nikole Hannah-Jones No Longer Has Immediate Tenure at UNC. What Happened?
After graduating from the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Hussman School of Journalism and Media in 2003, Nikole Hannah-Jones could not have possibly known that her alma mater would one day ask her to return as a faculty member. She also could not have known the controversy that appointment would bring.
May 20, 2021
Opinion
Through Perseverance, North Carolina A&T Journalism Major Lands Coveted Internship at The Washington Post
Lauren Mitchell could become a case study for how to successfully navigate the demands of college life. She also could serve as a reminder, especially to her fellow HBCU colleagues, that it is important to take advantage of every learning opportunity your university offers while also learning to believe in yourself, although every once and a while you might need a little nudge from a friend.
April 29, 2021
African-American
MSNBC’s Joy Reid to Join Howard University Faculty in Spring
MSNBC’s Joy Reid is joining the Howard University faculty as a visiting professor in the Spring semester. Reid, who hosts “The Reid Out,” will teach a course titled, “Covering Race, Gender & Politics in the Digital Age,” and will hold the Hearst visiting professorship in the university’s Department of Media, Journalism and Film housed within […]
December 5, 2020
African-American
Ida B. Wells Wins Posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
Ida B. Wells received a posthumous Pulitzer Prize citation on Monday for her “courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching,” announced the Pulitzer Prize board on Monday. The citation comes with a bequest by the Pulitzer Prize board of at least $50,000 in support of her […]
May 5, 2020
News Roundup
University of Oklahoma Professor Compares Age-Related Jibe to ‘N-Word,’ Apologizes
A professor at The University of Oklahoma has been criticized for putting on par ‘Ok boomer,’ a phrase used to mock older people, and the N-word, reported OU Daily. “Calling someone a boomer is like calling someone a n—–,” said the professor, Dr. Peter Gade, director of graduate studies and Gaylord Family Endowed Chair. Gade […]
February 12, 2020
Opinion
Maybe UC Needs an Adjunct President?
The University of California is looking for a new president. UC is hosting town halls around the state looking for input. As a public service, here is my input: I hope the search committee realizes that someone with an adjunct’s qualities would be worthy of being on any list to lead the world’s finest public institution of higher learning.
January 28, 2020
Students
Higher Ed’s Impeachment Role
Make no mistake, Higher Ed must play a role in impeachment. Not as partisans. But as the context makers. The fact-checkers. The knowledge filters.
November 4, 2019
Students
Temple University Scholarship Honors Journalist Alumna
Starting this spring, Temple University will memorialize journalist Lorraine Branham through a new scholarship awarded to a Klein College of Media and Communication student every year, The Temple News reported. Branham, a Temple University alumna and former Syracuse University dean, died of uterine cancer this year at age 66. Branham attended Temple University as a […]
September 27, 2019
Students
Scholarship Created to Diversify Local News Industry
The Local Media Consortium (LMC) and the Local Media Association (LMA) is looking to increase diversity in the local news industry through a new scholarship opportunity. Alongside the Google News Initiative, LMC and LMA has established 50 scholarships for underrepresented individuals to attend a journalism professional development event in Chicago from Sep. 17-19. The conference, […]
September 10, 2019
News Roundup
NCCU Opens New ‘State-of-the-Art’ Television Studio
North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) more than 250 mass communications students have a new training ground with the opening of a $1.86-million television studio on campus this week. Unveiled to the campus and community on April 23, the state-of-the-art television studio will serve as a high-tech, high-touch facility for students to receive “extensive” training in […]
April 26, 2019
News Roundup
John Kasich to Join Otterbein Faculty
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich has been named a senior fellow at Otterbein University, a private, four-year liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio. The CNN senior political commentator will have an office in Roush Hall, where he will film live shots for the cable news network, according to Columbia Business First. “Otterbein University is a great […]
January 18, 2019
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