Student Work

Bynum Shaw Prize Awarded to Rafael Lima & Alexandra Karlinchak; Finalists Lauren Berryman & Logan Bolton

Posted on May 12, 2021

The annual Bynum Shaw prize for excellence in student journalism is shared this year between Alexandra Karlinchak and Rafael Lima. The Journalism faculty also selected two finalists, Logan Bolton and Lauren Berryman. The annual prize is named for Bynum Shaw, a WFU graduate who worked as a Washington correspondent, European correspondent, and editorial writer for the Baltimore Sun before returning to Wake in 1965 to lead the journalism and creative writing programs. Shaw’s spirit of skepticism and belief that independentRead More→

Students Report on Downtown Winston-Salem

Posted on April 28, 2021

Students in Phoebe Zerwick’s Community Journalism class spent spring semester reporting on downtown Winston-Salem. They wrote about the impact of COVID-19 on the small businesses, the homeless population, the arts scene and along the way found the stories that make downtown a community. Read their work at Heard it Here.

Wake Screens is Here

Posted on April 20, 2021

We have another amazing selection of the best student film work from the previous semester’s classes in Communication and Journalism. Please join us to screen and discuss the work on: Tuesday, April 27 from 7pm to 9pm. You must register for the event here.

Journalism Program Hosts Candid Roundtable on Race and the Media

Posted on November 13, 2020

“I don’t get emails that say, you know, You’re short. I don’t get emails that say, You have short hair. I don’t get emails that say, Oh, I hate your glasses. I get emails that almost always start at race, and, you know, I would be lying if I didn’t tell you it’s exhausting.” Audra D.S. Burch, national enterprise correspondent for The New York Times, said the above quote about an hour into an expansive, intimate, and candid roundtableRead More→

Join us for Wake Screens Fall 2020 – November 17, 7pm

Posted on November 10, 2020

Join us on Tuesday, November 17, at 7:00pm, for the Fall 2020 installment of Wake Screens! The Journalism Program and the Department of Communication present a virtual screening event to showcase some of the best work in film and audio created by Wake Forest students studying the narrative arts last spring. Please register here. After registering you will receive an email with the event links. Add it to your calendar!

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→

Christian Green (’19) Creates Audio Stories About the Carolina Coast

Posted on August 31, 2020

This summer, Christian Green ’19 had an internship with Working Narratives – “a non-partisan social justice organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering communities to address issues that affect their lives.” The Journalism Program believes experiences like this are essential for developing journalists, and was proud to provide stipends to Christian and other Wake students to support their work beyond Wake’s campuses. As part of the internship, Green produced “The Living History of Core Sound Decoys.” “Hunters and carvers along theRead More→

Rafael Alves de Lima (’21) Reflects on Pulitzer Center Project in Brazil

Posted on June 9, 2020

When I first saw the Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium posting, I instantly knew I wanted to focus my project proposal to highlight one of the less visible issues in Brazilian societies. We were fresh off the 2018 elections and President Jair Bolsonaro’s first semester in office already brought abrupt and controversial changes on Brazil’s health, education and environmental policies. One of the biggest changes Bolsonaro’s government brought forward was the shrinking of the FUNAI (National Indian Foundation) and the looseningRead More→

Journalism students produce piece on sale of Crystal Towers

Posted on May 21, 2020

Prof. Jordan Green and his journalism students composed a complex piece of journalism on the sale of Crystal Towers, a subsidized high-rise in downtown Winston-Salem. Students interviewed residents, public officials and advocates to provide readers with this deeply reported and contextualized look at the human cost of government action. Read the piece here: Crystal Towers residents look with uncertainty to sale of public-housing community.

Students Contribute to Murrow Award-Winning WFDD Program

Posted on May 15, 2020

Journalism students contributed significant research to an hour-long WFDD program, On the Margins, which has won a regional Murrow Award for the “News Documentary” category. Five WFU journalism students joined the effort through an independent study led by adjunct instructor Mandy Locke. The students built a database that allowed WFDD reporters to quantify the role that the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem played in evictions. The students visited eviction court and helped interview tenants on the verge of losing their homes. The program “exploresRead More→

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