Leysia Palen , professor and founding department chair of Information Science, was recognized at CHI 2015 with a SIGCHI Social Impact award. In her acceptance talk, she discussed Frontiers in Crisis Informatics. Watch now. SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction) is the premier international society for professionals, academics and...
Faculty, students and their families gathered in Macky Auditorium to recognize 130 graduates from the Department of Communication and journalism and mass communication program.
A new article offering advice to journalists covering Donald Trump’s high-profile presidential campaign includes insights from two professors in the College of Media, Communication and Information. Journalism professors Elizabeth Skewes and Paul Voakes were interviewed for an article by Michael Wagner at the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University...
Savannah Sellers, a recent CU journalism graduate, took home an Emmy from the 36th Annual News & Documentary Awards as part of an NBC News team. Sellers, working as a producer for NBC Nightly News , helped to arrange interviews of individuals struggling with heroin addiction for the Emmy-winning story,...
Alumni Kelly Graziadei, Facebook's director of global marketing solutions, spoke candidly to graduates about embracing their fears to accomplish their dreams.
This weekend at the Society of Professional Journalists​ Region 9 Conference, the CU Independent received five awards. Four of them were top honors and will also compete for the national award in their respective categories, which will be announced in May. 2015 SPJ Mark of Excellence Region 9 Awards Here...
The winner of the 2015 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting is Brad Heath, a reporter with USA Today. Join him at a public fireside chat on Thursday at 7pm. He will also be honored as part of the Denver Press Club’s 21st Annual Damon Runyon Award Banquet, to be held Friday, April 24, at the Denver Marriott City Center. To purchase Runyon tickets, visit www.blacktie-colorado.com and go to April 24.
The Nakkula Award is named for the late Al Nakkula, a 46-year veteran of the Rocky Mountain News, whose bulldog tenacity made him a legendary police reporter.
Heidi L. Wagner, vice president of global government affairs for Alexion Pharmaceuticals, is an attorney with more than 20 years of experience in health care legislative and regulatory policy issues. Not all journalism degrees lead to careers in the industry, but Wagner says the skills she obtained while studying journalism at CU proved essential to her success in the booming field of health care policy. Join us for a free lunch and learn how she puts her journalism skills to work in unexpected ways.
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