AAJA video: 'I am a Journalist'

In the midst of a communications revolution, many people are wondering what it takes to be a journalist these days — and why someone would want to be one. The Seattle branch of the Asian American Journalists Association and the Seattle Association of Black Journalists worked together to create a video to address these questions. Among those featured in the video are Hanson Hosein, director of the Master of Communication in Digital Media, and Phyllis Fletcher, a Communication master's student and KUOW reporter.

June e-newsletter released

The June 2009 Department of Communication alumni newsletter will get you up to speed with what has been happening in the department. This issue features:

• a note from David Domke, who has accepted a five-year appointment as chair
• alumnus Joseph Slate, award-winning children's book author
• innovative instructors who are using Twitter in the classroom
• the latest inductees to the Communication Alumni Hall of Fame
• notable achievements of students, faculty and alumni