Journalism

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike Stanton teaches a journalism class in Storrs Hall. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Art of Muckraking

Mike Stanton, a Pulitzer Prize winner and a key player in the hit podcast 'Crimetown,' teaches tried-and-true 'shoe leather' investigative journalism. He hopes students will turn his old-school skill set into new-medium magic.

Among her many travels, Olivia Balsinger '14 CLAS) has hobnobbed with camels in the Masada Desert in Israel. (Photo courtesy of Olivia Balsinger)

Recent Alum Has Whole World in Her Hands

Travel journalist Olivia Balsinger ’14 (CLAS) has 75 nation stamps in her passport.

Mayor 'Buddy' Cianci, a codefendant in the Operation Plunder Dome trial, talks with then-Providence Journal reporter Mike Stanton on the steps of the federal courthouse on Kennedy Plaza while the jury in the trial continued negotiations.

Journalism Professor Relishes Supporting Role in Popular Podcast

“Hopefully it creates some excitement about journalism, and shows that the reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated," says Michael Stanton, associate professor of journalism, about the podcast "Crimetown," set in Providence, R.I.

Prof. Mike Stanton’s newswriting class on 'Journalism in the Age of Trump' at the Konover Auditorium on April 10, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Now is a Good Time to Be Training Young Journalists

With hostility toward the press at a historic high and public trust in the media low, why are UConn journalism professors so excited to be teaching the next generation of reporters?

Collage of seven people screaming from close. (bowie15/Getty Images)

Op-ed: How News Sites’ Online Comments Helped Build our Hateful Electorate

'Civility took leave of open discussions years ago – online,' says journalism professor Marie Shanahan.

Michael Correia '19 (CLAS) discusses election polling in Professor Charles Venator-Santiago's political science class on Nov. 4, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Students Energized, Engaged in Election 2016

In recent weeks, students have played the parts of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a class debate, organized a Voter Education Day in Stamford, and signed up to help report election results for the media outlet Associated Press.

Glen Canyon Dam. (iStock Photo)

The Man Who Built Environmentalism

A journalism professor’s new biography explores the reckless life of the Sierra Club’s most influential leader, a father of the environmental movement.

Vintage press camera with flash. (iStock Photo)

Extra! Extra! Read (Listen, Watch, and Tweet) All About It!

UConn's journalism department marks 50 years in the news business.

“To look like that and be a cop reporter, it really takes something,” said Smith’s first boss at Charleston’s The Post and Courier. (UConn Magazine photo)

The First Draft of History

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Smith ’87 (CLAS) has had a front seat to turmoil and tragedy. But he has used good journalism to force political change.

Student-athlete Kyle Huson studying at the Homer Babbidge Library on Jan. 12, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Kyle Huson

For ice hockey player Kyle Huson, to be a Husky is to be part of an outstanding athletic and academic tradition.