Latest news from the Department of Journalism


Colorado Daily: CU «Ƶ lands $700K grant to support reporting on water issues

April 3, 2019

A journalism initiative to expand coverage of Western water issues is launching this month at the «Ƶ with support from a two-year, $700,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation

Lake Mead

CU «Ƶ launches initiative to support coverage of the Colorado River Basin

April 2, 2019

A journalism initiative to expand coverage of Western water issues is launching this month at the «Ƶ with support from a two-year, $700,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation . Visit The Water Desk The Water Desk, based in the College of Media, Communication and Information’s Center...

New Yorker: “Richest Hill,” a Must-Listen Podcast Butte, Montana

April 1, 2019

“Richest Hill,” a new podcast from Montana Public Radio, made me care intensely about the former copper-mining boomtown of Butte, Montana—and urgently want to understand it better. Reported and written by Nora Saks and edited and produced by Nick Mott (MJour'18) and Eric Whitney, “Richest Hill” has a mood of straightforward friendliness, but it’s also full of surprises.

TEDxCU 2019

TEDxCU: Push & Pull

April 1, 2019

Journalism Chair Elizabeth Skewes and Assistant Professor Ross Taylor will speak at TEDxCU, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on this Friday, April 5, in the Glenn Miller Ballroom

NPR: Pat Ferrucci: How Does The Language Of Sports Journalism Reveal Racial Biases?

March 28, 2019

That's the voice of Pat Ferrucci on the TED stage. Pat teaches journalism at the University of Colorado.

USA Today: 13 were murdered in Binghamton, NY, in 2009. Why has the world forgotten?

March 27, 2019

"The narrative of the story did not resonate with the mainstream," said Angie Chuang, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado at «Ƶ, who has studied the media reaction to Binghamton's mass murder. "It was very much a perception of immigrants killing other immigrants."

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Mongabay founder to discuss environmental journalism at CU «Ƶ campus

March 18, 2019

The founder of Mongabay, one of the most successful environmental journalism startups in the world, will join journalists this Wednesday, March 20, for the panel, “Global Environmental Journalism: Under Siege or Dawning Anew?”

Colorado Daily: NBC’s Savannah Sellers to deliver CU «Ƶ spring commencement address

Feb. 25, 2019

Savannah Sellers, a University of Colorado alumna and co-host of NBC's Snapchat show "Stay Tuned," will deliver the spring commencement address, the university announced this week.

Discover: Plastered! Images from space show just how much snow has accumulated in large parts of the U.S. West

Feb. 25, 2019

After a shocking dearth of snow last year, the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and Nevada truly have been getting plastered, helping to build up the snowpack that millions of people depend on for water.

Colorado Sun: Plunkett: The awful lessons of Goodloe Sutton, racism and hate

Feb. 24, 2019

A strong editorial can change things. Its power comes from the fact it represents a voice far greater than any one individual. Writing editorials isn’t the same as other types of writing. Reading them puts you in a different state of mind. Chuck Plunkett, former Denver Post editorial page editor, directs the CU News Corps program within the journalism department at the «Ƶ. @chuckplunkett

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