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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→

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→

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→

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