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Dorothea Lange Exhibit Comes to Reynolda House

Posted on September 26, 2018

This fall, The Reynolda House is featuring an exhibit called “Dorothea Lange’s America.” Lange was a Depression-era documentary photographer whose work has come to symbolize resilience in the face of 1930’s poverty. Her photographs will be supplemented by other documentarians of the era, including Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Mike Disfarmer. The exhibition will run from September 14 to December 30, 2018. Learn more and buy tickets here: http://reynoldahouse.org/exhibitions/detail/dorothea-langes-america

Update from Kiley Price, winner of the Pulitzer Center Fellowship

Posted on September 26, 2018

As Wake Forest’s Pulitzer Fellow this year, I was able to travel to Thailand to report on the role of Buddhist monks in the Thai environmental movement. The Buddhist religion is deeply integrated into daily life throughout Thailand and Buddhist monks are stepping up not only as spiritual guides, but as environmental leaders. Many of these monks, known as “ecology monks,” are using their position of respect in society to add a moral dimension to the Thai environmental movement andRead More→

Applications for Scholarships and Stipends Due Soon

Posted on March 22, 2018

The deadlines to apply for scholarships and stipends are quickly approaching. The Journalism Program supports unpaid summer journalism internships for students minoring in journalism with stipends of between $500 and $1,000. They also offer scholarship funding for students taking journalism courses abroad, but independent study projects that require travel are also considered. Apply for stipends for unpaid internships in journalism here. (Due April 9 at 9 a.m.) Apply for funding from the Journalism Program for travel here. (Due March 26 atRead More→

Study Abroad in Peru: Information Session

Posted on February 28, 2018

Thursday, March 1 4:45 p.m. Tribble A209 Join Professor Catanoso and Professor Silman this summer on a biological and journalistic trek across Peru. They are still accepting applications, but space is limited. Professor Catanoso will be holding an information session on Thursday at 4:45 in A209 Tribble regarding the Summer I course he co-teaches in the Peruvian Amazon with Biology Professor Silman. If you’re interested, please plan to attend. The session won’t go longer than 30 minutes, and you can come late if youRead More→

Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Reporting Workshop

Posted on February 26, 2018

Saturday, March 24 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Farrell Hall, Classroom A23 The Ida B. Wells Society will hold an investigative journalism workshop on March 24, 2018, sponsored by and held at Farrell Hall. This one-day workshop will offer skill development that can be applied to both beat and project reporting and will be suitable for journalists for all levels of experience including professional journalists and student journalists. Some of the nation’s top journalists from media outlets including the New York TimesRead More→

Carl Bernstein Speaks at the Temple Emanuel

Posted on February 24, 2018

Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist and author and was one of the two reporters who broke the story on the Watergate scandal in 1972. Bernstein addressed the Winston-Salem community and met with Wake Forest University journalism students at the Temple Emanuel on Feb. 24. See the full story here from the Old Gold and Black.

ESPN Journalist to Speak on Sports and Politics

Posted on January 24, 2018

Tuesday, January 30th 4:00-5:30pm Annenberg Auditorium, Carswell Hall 2018: A Collision of Politics, Sports, and Journalism Award-winning sports journalist and columnist for The New York Times, Robert Lipsyte, will speak at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, January 30th. Lipsyte is a former ESPN Ombudsman and the author of “An Accidental Sportswriter.” For more information, contact Dr. Alan Brown in the Department of Education at brownma@wfu.edu or Dr. John Llewellyn in the Department of Communication at llewelly@wfu.edu.

WFDD Features Student Work in Community Journalism

Posted on December 8, 2017

Today WFDD shared select works from Phoebe Zerwick’s Community Journalism course on their website.Throughout the semester, students produced local journalism for the online publication Heard it Here. WFDD highlighted stories by Erin Stephens (’18), Jessica Clifford (’20), Stephen Bechtel (’19), and Meredith Happy (’20).

Tommy Tomlinson Hosts New Podcast “SouthBound”

Posted on November 14, 2017

Tommy Tomlinson is an adjunct professor at Wake teaching Magazine Writing, and contributes to national magazines like Esquire, ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Reader’s Digest, Southern Living and Garden & Gun. This week he is launching a podcast by WFAE (an NPR affiliate) in Charlotte titled “SouthBound,” centered on conversations with people from the South from all walks of life. Find more of Tomlinson’s work on his website.

Justin Catanoso Reporting from his fourth United Nations Climate Summit (COP23)

Posted on November 12, 2017

Justin Catanoso teaches journalism courses and regularly contributes to Mongabay with a focus on climate change. He will be reporting for Mongabay at his fourth United Nations Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany this week. He has published five pieces so far that can be found on the Mongabay website here or on his personal website. He has also been live tweeting from the Summit.

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