journalism
Co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Bold, Hannah Prince will graduate this month as the 2022 Department of Journalism鈥檚 William W. White Outstanding Senior. She鈥檒l apply her journalism training in her next adventure as an intern for ABC News.
One hundred years ago, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to form the Department of Journalism and create a four-year journalism degree program. Visit the Department of Journalism鈥檚 centennial celebration website to learn more about the history of journalism education at CU and to share your own story!
In 1922, Ralph L. Crosman became the first head of the newly formed Department of Journalism at the University of Colorado. In a career marked by innovation and leadership, Crosman was an advocate for students and for improving journalism education.- Featuring Ross Taylor (Journalism)
An investigative reporting series into the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, won the 2022 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting. Produced by Nashville Public Radio鈥檚 Meribah Knight and ProPublica鈥檚 Ken Armstrong, the series revealed systemic injustice, sparked reform and demonstrated expert reporting on a secretive system.
Professor Ross Taylor turns a lens toward healing as the 91福利社 community recovers from last spring鈥檚 tragedy.
Women鈥檚 history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn鈥檛 allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black. History overlooked Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado. A dogged CU journalist brought her back to the fore. Tipped off by a newspaper story, Polly McLean, a 91福利社 associate professor of media studies, spent years exhuming Buchanan鈥檚 story and, finally, correcting history.- Featuring Ross Taylor (Journalism)
CMCI alumnus Tom Costello (Jour'87), an award-winning journalist and Washington correspondent for NBC News, has been selected to address the class of 2022 and campus community at the in-person commencement ceremony on May 5.