If Tragedy Strikes: What would you do?
This Friday, 20 students will take part in a “If Tragedy Strikes” workshop where they will grapple with how they’d cover a shooting on campus. Fifteen students from The Daily and/or the journalism program and five students interested in public…
Professor Pearce to deliver talk on Azerbaijani Internet usage
Assistant Professor Katy Pearce is giving a talk titled “Networked Authoritarianism in Azerbaijan: How the Azerbaijani government uses the Internet to deter dissent” on May 2 at 7 p.m. in HUB 214. Pearce holds affiliation with the Ellison Center for…
Two alumni from the Gates Foundation offer advice to students
Over a dozen Communication students joined recent grads KC Cowen (B.A., 2008) and Almeera Anwar (B.A., 2012) for a career chat over lunch. Cowen and Anwar met through the Association for Women in Communications (AWC) during their days as students…
Career Kickstart: Resume and Networking Bootcamp
Last Thursday was the Career Kickstart event for resume building, networking, and interviewing skills. Twenty-two graduating seniors of the Communication Department came dressed to impress with resumes in hand and their two minute elevator speech prepared. With the students’ dream…
Professor Joseph talks race on KOUW
On Monday, Professor Ralina Joseph spoke about her new book “Transcending Blackness” and mixed-race African American representations on KOUW. When asked about what transcending blackness means, she replied, “I chose this phrase because I think it’s a really disturbing one;…
Professor Bennett wins Outstanding Article Award with co-author Segerberg
International Communication Association (ICA) president Cynthia Stohl informed Professor Lance Bennett that his article published with Alexandra Segerberg has won the Outstanding Article Award. Bennett is Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication and Professor of Political Science here at the…
Pearce featured in latest edition of the Economist
Assistant professor Katy Pearce, who joined the UW Communication team just last year, was featured in The Economist, a publication that offers “authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, finance, science, and technology.” The article discusses how other countries…
