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| University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism | |
|---|---|
| Name | University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism |
| Established | 1879 |
| Type | Public |
| City | Chapel Hill |
| State | North Carolina |
| Country | United States |
| Campus | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism is a professional school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that trains journalists, public relations professionals, and media creators, and that operates campus media outlets and research centers. The school has historical ties to national institutions and professional associations and has produced leaders in print, broadcast, digital, and strategic communication arenas. It occupies facilities on the Chapel Hill campus and collaborates with publishers, broadcasters, nonprofits, and government agencies.
The school's origins trace to the 19th century with connections to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Daily Tar Heel, North Carolina, Gothic Revival architecture, and early American collegiate journalism traditions, and later expanded during the 20th century through partnerships with entities such as Radio Corporation of America, National Association of Broadcasters, Columbia Broadcasting System, Associated Press, and The New York Times. During the mid-20th century the school intersected with figures tied to Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Awards, Elections, Civil Rights Movement, and World War II reporting, and it adapted curricula in response to technological shifts from vacuum tube-era broadcasting to Internet journalism. In recent decades the school engaged with initiatives connected to Knight Foundation, Nieman Foundation, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Google, and Facebook to address digital transformation, data journalism, and press ethics.
The school offers undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees including programs influenced by models from Columbia University, Northwestern University, University of Missouri, Syracuse University, and Stanford University that cover topics like reporting, strategic communication, multimedia storytelling, and data visualization. Degree tracks align with accreditation standards from organizations such as the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications and incorporate coursework referencing practices used at The Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC, CNN, and The Washington Post. Graduate programs collaborate with professional fellowships like those at Knight-Wallace Fellowships, Nieman Fellowships, and research residencies associated with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of California, Berkeley.
Departments and centers include units that coordinate research and outreach similar to structures at Annenberg School for Communication, Medill School of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, and Hertzberg Institute for Public Policy, and they maintain partnerships with institutions such as Duke University, National Press Club, Newseum, Smithsonian Institution, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice. Specific centers address areas related to data journalism, investigative reporting, and media ethics, drawing on expertise linked to ProPublica, Center for Public Integrity, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders.
Faculty and affiliated researchers publish studies and reports on topics intersecting with outlets and organizations like Pew Research Center, Columbia Journalism Review, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Reuters, and The Atlantic, and they contribute to books and monographs alongside presses such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, University of California Press, and Princeton University Press. Research projects examine digital audience metrics used by Google Analytics, platform governance issues involving Twitter, Meta Platforms, and YouTube, and archival projects collaborating with repositories like Library of Congress, North Carolina Collection, and National Archives. The school's publications and reports have influenced policy discussions in venues connected to U.S. Congress, Federal Communications Commission, United Nations, and European Commission.
Student organizations mirror professional associations such as Society of Professional Journalists, Public Relations Society of America, Radio Television Digital News Association, National Press Club, and Investigative Reporters and Editors, and they run student chapters affiliated with national competitions like College Media Association, Pulitzer Prizes (student entries), and Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Extracurricular activities include collaborative projects with The Daily Tar Heel, campus chapters of Alpha Phi Omega, community engagement with Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, and internships with employers such as The News & Observer, WRAL-TV, WUNC, Bloomberg, and The Associated Press.
Facilities include newsroom and studio spaces comparable to setups at PBS, NPR, BBC North America, CNN Center, and university media labs at MIT Media Lab, and house production studios, editing suites, and mobile journalism equipment used in partnerships with ESPN, Disney, Warner Bros., and Apple. Campus media outlets operated by students and faculty include newspaper, radio, television, and digital platforms that collaborate with professional outlets like The New York Times Company, Gannett, The Washington Post Company, and public media entities including Public Broadcasting Service and Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Alumni and faculty have included professionals who worked for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg News, Reuters, Associated Press, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, NPR, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, Time (magazine), Newsweek, Forbes, The Atlantic (magazine), ProPublica, Politico, Vox (media company), BuzzFeed, The Guardian (London), Financial Times, and others who have won awards including Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award, Emmy Award, Murrow Award, George Polk Awards, and National Magazine Awards. Faculty collaborations and visiting scholars have included individuals associated with Harvard Kennedy School, Columbia Business School, Stanford Law School, Yale Law School, and research centers such as Berkman Klein Center, Shorenstein Center, and Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Category:Journalism schools in the United States