Journalism

Antonucci with cast and producers of “Game of thrones

UConn Magazine: He’s GoT Game

How one alum saved his hometown Connecticut movie theater and conquered Hollywood to write for the groundbreaking “Game of Thrones”

November 22, 2024 |

Alumni
Jahon Boothe ’25 (CLAS) and Anna Heqimi ’25 (CLAS)

Two Communication Students Named Media Fellows by the Washington Media Scholars Foundation

The scholarship is sponsored by media industry leaders.

November 13, 2024 |

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Journalism students left to right: Ally LeMaster ’24 (CLAS), Izetta Asikainen ’24 (CLAS), Coral Aponte ’25 (CLAS), Luke Feeney ’24 (CLAS).

Journalism Students Cover the Capitol and State Issues

Four journalism students had internships covering the comings and goings affecting Connecticut this spring

May 14, 2024 |

Alumni
Delan Li stands on stage during awards presentation.

Journalism Student Wins First Place in Planet Forward Competition

Delan Li ’24 (CLAS) wrote her winning article for Associate Professor Scott Wallace’s Environmental Journalism class

May 8, 2024 |

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Students pose for a photo with a cardboard poster.

Students Celebrate as Year of Experience Culminates in Long River Review Launch

Dozens of students, faculty, and supporters gathered to celebrate the 27th edition of UConn’s award-winning journal of literature and art

April 30, 2024 |

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Katie Barnes

Neag School Hosts Award-Winning Journalist Katie Barnes for Book Talk

The Sport Management Program and other UConn departments recently co-sponsored the author for a discussion of their first book, “Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates"

March 22, 2024 | Amanda Ameral

Jake Sherman, the journalist, author, and co-founder of Punchbowl News, speaks with UConn journalism and entrepreneurship students about the future of the press in a moderated discussion held at the Toscano Family Forum on April 11, 2023.

Political Journalist and News Entrepreneur Encourages Students: ‘Be Really Good at One Thing’

'Good journalism matters and it needs to be financially supported to survive. Entrepreneurship is one way that happens'

April 12, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance

Entrepreneurship
Katherine Jimenez (CLAS '24), a recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship, poses for a photo on campus

Katherine Jimenez Named UConn’s First Beinecke Scholar

The journalism and English major has already begun work on a novel based on her mother's experiences during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua

April 5, 2023 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

UConn Voices University News
People display portraits of Sandy Hook elementary school shooting victims as they take part in the March for Our Lives in New York on March 24, 2018.

Ten Years After Sandy Hook, Alex Jones is Being Held Accountable for Spreading Falsehoods

... but those sorts of lies now plague the US, writes Assistant Journalism Professor Amanda Crawford

December 14, 2022 | Amanda Crawford, Assistant Professor of Journalism

A group of graduating students toss their caps into the air while standing in front of the UConn gateway sign on April 28, 2020.

Why You Went to College

'You came here to learn to question beliefs, to think independently, to recognize injustice and to have the tools that you need to change the world'

May 6, 2022 | Maureen Croteau, Professor Emeritus of Journalism