Program News

Yasmin Bendaas (’13) and Climate Change in Algeria

Posted on October 26, 2017

“Thomson Reuters Foundation News recently picked up a story where I looked at how climate change is affecting rural sheepherding practices in Algeria. The mountain region where I completed interviews is not one dealing with desertification like areas a bit further south in Algeria that are confronted with an expanding Sahara Desert. It’s also not a region particularly hit by extreme weather conditions and isn’t on the coast, facing rising sea levels. I wanted to see if this place, seeminglyRead More→

Open Spaces: Lives Impacted by Incarceration Exhibit

Posted on October 23, 2017

Everyone is welcome to an exhibit opening program tomorrow, Tuesday October 24 at 5:30 at Self-Reliance Hall in the Goodwill building (2701 University Parkway). This exhibition of photographs and narratives, titled Open Spaces: Lives Impacted by Incarceration, was created through a collaboration between Wake Forest undergraduate students, Professors Eranda Jayawickreme and Lisa Blee, member of the Journalism Advisory Committee, Project Re-entry, and Goodwill Industries. With guidance and feedback from Project Re-entry staff, Blee, and the artists, Studio Art major Rebecca BoolbaRead More→

The Humanities Institute Presents Masha Gessen

Posted on October 20, 2017

Tuesday, November 7th 6:00PM Kulynych Auditorium, Byrum Welcome Center Free & Open to the Public Journalist and author Masha Gessen will give a public talk on journalism and truth in the age of Trump and Putin. Her visit caps off a month of programming sponsored by the Humanities Institute on HOW WE KNOW/WHAT WE KNOW: Humanities Common Knowledge. A contributing writer for the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and Slate among other publications, Masha Gessen is also the author of nine books,Read More→

JOURNALISM UNDER ATTACK: Is Democracy Really at Stake?

Posted on October 20, 2017

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 4:00-6:00pm Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium Room 404 A Symposium on Journalism, truth, and democracy, featuring an historical overview of Journalism in the Early Republic by US Historian Jake Ruddiman, followed by a panel discussion of Journalism faculty on the various ways Journalism makes knowldge. The symposium will explore Journalism’s professional methods, Journalism’s encounter with uncertainty, recent efforts by Journalists to document hate crimes, and the importance of Journalism for democratic polity. This program is partRead More→

Deep Dive Photojournalism Course

Posted on October 19, 2017

Join award-winning photojournalist Daniella Zalcman for “Deep Dive Photojournalism,” a short course organized by the Wake Forest University journalism program and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. This 1.5-credit independent study takes students through the fundamentals of photojournalism: basic photographic skills development and review of more advanced techniques as well as consideration of how journalists develop story ideas, cultivate sources and create their ultimate published reported project. A unique hands-on assignment will involve alternative photo processes and multipleRead More→

Phoebe Zerwick’s Environmental Humanities Project Opens October 21

Posted on October 19, 2017

Winston-Salem, NC, September 2017 – DANCE FOR THE RIVER, an exhibit and interdisciplinary education and awareness program spearheaded by Photographer Christine Rucker, will make its debut on Saturday, October 21, from 6:30 to 9PM, at the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center in Yadkinville, NC. Tickets to the exhibit and opening are free. VIP tickets to see the interdisciplinary performance from 7-8PM in the Willingham Theatre that night also are free, however reservations are required. Call 336-679-2941 to reserve. The exhibit runsRead More→

Smithsonian Displays WFU Research Addressing Global Challenges

Posted on October 10, 2017

Wake Forest University has participated in a yearlong process with the Atlantic Coast Conference, partner ACC universities, and the Smithsonian Institution to create the first “ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival.” Presented by Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the ACCelerate Festival is three-day celebration of creative exploration and research at the nexus of science, engineering, arts, and design. Visitors to the festival will interact with leading innovators from ACC universities and engage with new interdisciplinary technologies that drawRead More→

WFU Accepting Applications for Journalism Teaching Professional

Posted on October 6, 2017

The Journalism Program at Wake Forest University invites applications for a non-tenure-track, teaching professional position to teach the introductory course in news reporting and storytelling as well as specialized journalism courses. We offer undergraduate students an interdisciplinary minor that grounds them in the principles and practice of verified, independent, and accountable journalism through required introductory courses and electives that teach the skills and the subjects they will need to practice journalism in an ever-changing news environment. The ideal candidate wouldRead More→

Mankaprr Conteh (’17) Being a Journalist

Posted on October 6, 2017

“I’m proud to call myself a journalist, and even more proud that I became one in college, with the help of the journalism minor. I primarily write about arts and culture, and I consider race and gender issues as I do it. One of the first journalism classes I took at Wake Forest was called “Writing for a Social Purpose”—I always want to be doing public interest work, even if I’m writing about a rap album. For sites like Elle.com,Read More→

Amanda Wilcox’s (’20) Internship at PBS

Posted on October 4, 2017

“I spent this past summer working as an intern for the PBS NewsHour outside of Washington, D.C. Originally, the purpose of my internship was to assist with NewsHour Extra, a branch of the PBS NewsHour website that adapts content from the broadcast to make the news and politics accessible for school-age children. I enjoyed the work that I did for that a lot, but my supervisor saw that I ardently desired a greater challenge so she connected me with theRead More→

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