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“Seek the truth and report it,” journalism minor Christa Dutton says in her senior oration.

Posted on February 12, 2024

Journalism minors Christa Dutton and Jimena Elmufdi delivered senior orations at the annual Senior Colloquium earlier this month. Here’s the link to their talks or read the full text below. WHATEVER IS TRUE by Christa Dutton, 2024 Seek the truth and report it. That is the first principle of journalism I learned in the Introduction to Journalism class here at Wake Forest. In many ways, my life, and especially my college years, can be summarized as a pursuit ofRead More→

Reflections on Returning to the Classroom

Posted on November 21, 2023

The following reflection was composed by Journalism Program Adjunct Professor Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, who joined the Journalism faculty this fall to teach JOU 270: Introduction to Journalism. It’s a hard class to teach but mostly because of timing. Two-and-a-half-hours at 9:30 on Tuesday mornings. For 19- and 20-year-old college freshmen and sophomores, that’s a marathon. Credit to the department, though, who took into consideration my long commute from Chapel Hill and respected the fact that I didn’t want to drive threeRead More→

Recent Story Published in Mongabay by Prof. Justin Catanoso explores connection between faith communities and climate action

Posted on November 3, 2023

Among the issues Professor Catanoso covers for Mongabay, an international environmental news agency, is the connection between faith communities and climate action. In a recent story, Catanoso interviews religious activists, policy makers and theologians to assess the potential impact of a new declaration by Pope Francis in defense of the planet in advance of the 28th United Nations climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.To read the full story and learn more, please click here: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/ahead-of-cop28-pope-spurs-policymakers-faith-leaders-to-push-climate-action/.

Prof. Yeoman Publishes Article “Judgment Day” in The Assembly

Posted on October 25, 2023

Journalism Program adjunct professor Barry Yeoman recently published an article in The Assembly titled “Judgment Day.” The article sheds light on the work of Sally Greene, an attorney who spent 23 years uncovering how a once-celebrated N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice, Thomas Ruffin, condoned the brutal treatment of enslaved workers in a decision called State v. Mann. Ruffin himself had a financial investment in the slave-trafficking industry. To read the full article, please click here.

Journalism Program Alumna Meagan Marks (’23) Published in Triad City Beat

Posted on October 12, 2023

Meagan Marks (’23), who graduated in May, had a September cover story published in Triad City Beat about the Athenas, an all-female weightlifting group on Wake Forest’s campus. The story originated in adjunct instructor Jeremy Markovich’s magazine writing course (JOU 340) during the Spring 2023 semester, and Marks and Markovich worked together afterward to find a home for it in print. Marks, who earned a B.A. in psychology and minored in neuroscience and journalism, is currently a Post-baccalaureate Research FellowRead More→

Connor McNeely (’23) and Christa Dutton (’24) Reflect on Journalism Internship Experiences over Summer 2023

Posted on September 12, 2023

This summer, some of our Journalism students had the opportunity to intern with local journalistic media companies. Here is what two of them had to say as they reflected on their experiences: Connor McNeely (’23) “After graduating in May 2023, I accepted an internship offer with the Greensboro News & Record for this summer. For the past month I have had an opportunity to work as a breaking news reporter for the News & Record covering all kinds of storiesRead More→

Journalism Program Adjunct Lisa Sorg Wins Two Green Eyeshade Awards

Posted on August 10, 2023

Coverage of the catastrophic 2022 Weaver Fertilizer fire in Winston-Salem earned Prof. Lisa Sorg–a Journalism Program adjunct faculty teaching Introduction to Journalism this fall–first-place honors in deadline reporting at the Green Eyeshade Awards. Sorg is an environmental investigative reporter at NC Newsline, a digital nonprofit newsroom based in Raleigh. She covers environmental issues statewide. Her series of stories examined the environmental justice issues facing the neighborhoods near the plant, where 6,000 residents were evacuated. The articles also examined the legalRead More→

Journalism Student Stories Published on WFDD, Part 2

Posted on August 7, 2023

This spring semester, students in Professor Paul Garber’s On the Air with WFDD course took a beat coverage focus, with each student covering a county in North Carolina, to explore stories they were curious about in areas that have historically been news deserts in WFDD’s listening area. Below is part two of the stories that have been published; you can find part one of this series here. Keep an eye out for more to come! Lauren Carpenter (’25) interviewed DanikaRead More→

WFU-Mellon 2023 Summer Environmental and Epistemic Justice Institute

Posted on July 18, 2023

Five early-to-mid career journalists spent the last week of June on campus for the inaugural class of the Environmental and Epistemic Justice Summer Institute. Led by Melba Newsome, an adjunct instructor in the Journalism Program, the week-long series of workshops provided fellows with feedback from editors from Undark and The Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, and High Country News. Adjunct instructor Lisa Sorg, a reporter NC Newsline, also led a workshop. Here’s a link for more information about the Institute, including a video.

Journalism Program Alumni Highlights: Julia Haines (’19)

Posted on May 31, 2023

Julia Haines (’19) is currently working as a Data Editor with U.S. News & World Report. As such, she covers a wide range of topics, including health, policy, education, foreign aid and labor. She conducts data analysis both for investigative articles and for rankings projects such as Best States, Best Countries and Healthiest Communities. Below is a message from Julia: I greatly appreciates the diligence, transparency and support that my team at U.S. News & World Report brings toRead More→

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