Program News

Documenting Hate Independent Study

Posted on October 4, 2017

“Documenting Hate is a project that began in January of 2017 after an extremely contentious presidential election and a spike in both national hate crimes and bias incidents. There is no government agency to document lower-level incidents of harassment and intimidation, and there is a current lack of reliable data on hate crimes overall. The non-profit newsroom, ProPublica, decided to address this issue by using social media and the internet to collect data. In partnership with news organizations, civil rights groups,Read More→

Christian Green (’19): Photojournalism

Posted on September 27, 2017

“While I was studying abroad at DIS Copenhagen in the Spring of 2017, I took a class in photojournalism. I had enjoyed photography for a while, but had never taken any sort of class in it, nor any journalism courses, so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. On the first day of class, my professor, Mette, walked in with a smile and told us our first task was to leave the classroom immediately and wander the streets and thatRead More→

Jordan Green Addresses Political Extremism, Culture Wars and Race Relations

Posted on June 4, 2017

Jordan Green is the senior editor of Triad City Beat and has also had his work appear in The Nation, The Guardian and Scalawag. His interests include political extremism, rural America, race relations, poverty, voting rights and culture wars. He addressed the protests in Charlottesville in his piece “In Charlottesville, It Felt Like the Confederacy Was Trying to Rise Again” for The Nation. Green wrote about a conservative activists’ gathering in Kernersville for Triad City Beat in “Local Conservative Activists PrepareRead More→

“Unmasked” Student Podcast

Posted on April 30, 2017

Out of their desire to cover investigative and feature stories on Wake Forest campus, reporters Heather Hartel and Melissa Libutti and technical producer Emily Eisert created the podcast series”Unmasked” in Spring 2017. Podcasts have become increasingly popular in recent years. Anyone with access to a smartphone or computer can listen to a podcast on practically any topic imaginable. After taking the Journalism program’s Niche Reporting: Audio & Podcasting course, Hartel, Libutti, and Eisert were inspired to create a podcast asRead More→

Phoebe Zerwick Writes About Abortion, Darryl Hunt and Refugees

Posted on February 15, 2017

Phoebe Zerwick, Program Director and Associate Professor of journalism, has written for a range of magazine publications and produces web-based documentary. Her piece “The Rise of the DIY Abortion” for Glamour magazine features the voices of women who had taken matters into their own hands to end an unwanted pregnancy. She explores Darryl Hunt’s life after exoneration in “The Last Days of Darryl Hunt.” Zerwick gets close with a refugee family in National Geographic‘s “Fleeing War, a Syrian Family Makes aRead More→

Maria Henson Addresses Domestic Violence in Kentucky

Posted on September 10, 2016

Maria Henson is a part-time lecturer in journalism and oversees Wake Forest Magazine. She also serves on Advancement’s senior leadership team. Henson joined Wake Forest as Associate Vice President and Editor-at-Large in June 2010. In 1991, Henson wrote a series of investigative editorials entitled “To Have and To Harm” that addressed the trials faced by battered women in Kentucky. For this, Henson was awarded the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Read about her motivation for this seriesRead More→

Sarah Fahmy – Pulitzer Center Student Fellow

Posted on April 17, 2016

Sarah Fahmy (’17) served as a Student Fellow at the Pulitzer Center in 2016. She is majoring in politics and international affairs and double minoring in film studies and anthropology. She is passionate about storytelling and interested in environmental and social justice issues. Half-Egyptian and half-American, Sarah traveled to Egypt in summer 2015 to create a documentary film about Egyptian women and their experiences with the hijab in a post-Arab Spring context. Sarah reported from Hawaii on the subject of underwaterRead More→

Amanda Ulrich – Pulitzer Center Student Fellow

Posted on April 17, 2016

Amanda Ulrich (’16) served as a Student Fellow at the Pulitzer Center in 2016. She studied communications, journalism and entrepreneurship at Wake Forest. During her time as an undergraduate, she developed her passion for journalism by writing news and feature articles for her university’s student-run newspaper, the Old Gold and Black. She is excited about pursuing a career in journalism and continuing to report on international affairs, politics and culture. Amanda currently works as a reporter for the Daily Mail in Norwich, EnglandRead More→

Charlotte Bellomy – Pulitzer Center Student Fellow

Posted on April 17, 2015

Charlotte Bellomy (’17) served as a Student Fellow at the Pulitzer Center 2015. She majored in politics and international affairs and had a double minor in journalism and entrepreneurship. Her French heritage and affinity for travel sparked her interest in the international community. She covered issues including environmentalism, race relations, religious inclusion, and food sustainability for the Old Gold and Black. Ultimately, Charlotte hopes to pursue a career in international journalism and human rights. View her project “Muslim Youth in Paris:Read More→

Molly Dutmers – Pulitzer Center Student Fellow

Posted on April 17, 2014

Molly Dutmers (’15) served as a Student Fellow at the Pulitzer Center in 2014. At Wake Forest, Dutmers studied communication and journalism. She served as the editor-in-chief of the Old Gold & Black, and her work has appeared on the Huffington Post. When not writing or editing, Dutmers enjoys photography and playing tennis. View her project “The Catholic Church and the Modern Era” here.

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