Faculty Work

WFU Journalism Faculty Cover the 2020 Election

Posted on November 2, 2020

WFU students will see familiar bylines in a variety of publications in the run-up to the 2020 election. Jordan Green, a senior editor at the Triad City Beat, has been publishing in The Daily Beast, Triad City Beat, and Indy Week. Meanwhile, Barry Yeoman, a freelance magazine journalist based in Durham, is covering North Carolina election-related news for The Washington Post. Both have published articles about the demonstrations in Graham, N.C., where local police pepper-sprayed groups of voters on Saturday.Read More→

Wake Students Provide Election Coverage for 88.5 FM WFDD

Posted on October 12, 2020

A group of Wake Forest students are contributing to 88.5 FM WFDD’s election coverage this year. They are part of a new class taught by reporter Paul Garber that teaches the fundamentals of radio journalism for the NPR-affiliated station. The students were given a chance to select a pivotal local race to preview for WFDD’s public radio listeners. Below are two stories that aired during the station’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” broadcasts. Jordan Allbrooks previewed the NCRead More→

A Statement of Solidarity from Journalism Faculty

Posted on June 4, 2020

Dear Journalism students, I write to you on behalf of the Journalism Faculty to share the grief, anger and, for many of us, a feeling of helplessness over the murder of George Floyd and of so many Black men and women who came before him. As journalists, we have a path to action. Part of our most sacred role is the act of bearing witness, of giving voice to the voiceless, and of holding those in power to account. TheRead More→

Prof. Mandy Locke to Head COVID-19 Project

Posted on April 25, 2020

Journalism professor Mandy Locke will be leading a team of journalists from 22 daily newspapers to capture the stories of economic struggle and survival in the wake of COVID-19. The North Carolina News Collaborative won a Pulitzer Center grant to allow Locke to manage the project. Locke, an investigative journalist, looks forward to using data and surveys to find the communities that best tell these stories.

Prof. Justin Catanoso Contributes to “Slow Burn” Series in The News & Observer

Posted on January 13, 2020

This three-part series on the wood pellet industry and the different views on the role of North Carolina forests in combating climate change took six months to put together, but drew on years of experience and reporting. Saul Elbein (Part 1) has spent close to a decade reporting on forests around the world for The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Justin Catanoso (Part 2 , plus sidebars and Q&A ), a professor of journalism at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem,Read More→

Barry Yeoman’s Freelance Career Featured on Nieman Storyboard

Posted on September 4, 2019

Adjunct professor Barry Yeoman was interviewed by Allison Kirkland of Nieman Storyboard about his “self-made freelance career.” View the full interview here.

Prof. Zerwick to teach Wake Washington fall 2020

Posted on March 8, 2019

Prof. Phoebe Zerwick will be teaching Wake Washington, a set of courses and internship work that count toward the journalism minor, in Washington, D.C. in fall of 2020. This program provides 9 out of the 18 hours required for the minor. Start planning ahead now and contact Prof. Zerwick for more information.

Words Awake!: About Ammons, A Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing

Posted on November 30, 2018

On December 7-8, 2018, Wake Forest is hosting an event celebrating the poetry of A. R. “Archie” Ammons. Maria Henson will discuss the journalistic and book-loving careers with our four latest Wake Forest Writers Hall of Fame inductees: Linda Carter Brinson (WS Sentinel and Journal); Betsy Teter (founder of Hub City Books and Press); Jo DeYoung Thomas (Managing Editor, Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times); and Doug Waller (Washington Editor, Time Magazine, and biographer). We will hear from alumni/ae poets, in a session moderated by Ed Southern (NCRead More→

Friends of the Free Press, Speakers Bureau

Posted on October 19, 2018

“With journalism and the free press under attack, faculty in the Journalism Program stand ready to speak in defense of the free press, its methods, and its role in a democracy. We are available to speak in classes, with students organizations, or with faculty and staff groups about the practice of journalism or about the areas related to more specific expertise. Please contact us directly.” Speakers include Justin Catanoso, Maria Henson, Woody Hood, Cara Pilson, Mark Rabil, Ivan Weiss, andRead More→

Durham writer Barry Yeoman to teach Magazine Writing

Posted on October 15, 2018

Barry Yeoman, a freelance magazine journalist based in Durham, North Carolina, has joined the adjunct journalism faculty to teach Magazine Writing. Yeoman’s reporting has taken him around the world, from a coastline in India where industrialization threatens traditional fishing families to a training ground in North Carolina for private soldiers on secret missions. His work has appeared in The Nation, Popular Science, Audubon, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, CityLab, National Wildlife, The American Prospect, Texas Monthly, and many other publications.Read More→

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