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Professor Dana Coen wins Silver Bullet Screenplay Award!

June 8, 2021

Director of our Writing for the Screen and Stage Minor, Professor Dana Coen, has just won Age Inclusion in Media’s inaugural Silver Bullet Screenplay Award. Per Professor Coen, “Contestants had to be either over 40 over have a central character … Read more

Awards 2022

May 21, 2021

Special Initiative Award Winner: Samantha Hines by Elaine Schnabel Jim Lampley Award Winners: Jill O’Dell, Alyssa Wedley, and Alex Anton  by Joyce Rudinsky Lucia Morgan Scholarship Winner: Elaina Eakle by Pat Parker NC TV Award Winners: Steven Johnson and Elaine … Read more

The Search for Justice in Nicaragua

March 29, 2021

The next departmental colloquium is next Wednesday, March 31, from 3:00-4:30pm. Our speaker will be Emilia Yang, who is an activist and artist researcher, and a Ph.D. candidate in the Media Arts & Practice program at USC. Ms. Yang’s presentation … Read more

Southern Oral History Program Internship

March 4, 2021

SOHP Interns from the 2018-19 academic year presenting at the Oral History Association’s Annual Meeting in 2019.   The SOHP’s internship program provides experiential education in the intellectual, organizational, and practical work of oral history. Interns will engage with the … Read more

It’s Time for the Storytelling Festival

February 16, 2021

Starting on February 17, UNC’s Storytelling Festival begins. This year the festival features diverse, nationally known storytellers (in addition a faculty and student storytellers). Recognizing the power and potential of storytelling in its many forms at this pivotal moment in … Read more

COMM Professor’s New Film Premieres This Week

January 21, 2021

The COMM Department is happy to announce that Professor Julia Haslett’s new documentary Pushed up the Mountain premieres this week in the US at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, a festival known for its commitment to art and activism. The film … Read more

John & Tatiana Moore Internship Fund Now Open

January 14, 2021

Click here to read more about the fund. Based on a generous gift from John and Tatiana Moore, the Department of Communication is pleased to provide stipends of up to $2,000 to Communication majors who have received internships related to … Read more

Comm Professor Awarded $10,000 for Storytelling Festival

January 11, 2021

Communication Professor Joseph Megel has been awarded $10,000 for the Storytelling Festival! The Storytelling Festival was selected for this award by the Critical Project Issues Award from the Humanities for Public Good Initiative. Congratulations Joseph! The goal of the Festival … Read more

Dr. Patricia Parker featured on Bookmark This

January 8, 2021

  Check out the recent interview with Department Chair, Dr. Patricia Parker, where she discusses her new book, Ella Baker’s Catalytic Leadership: A Primer on Community Engagement and Communication for Social Justice. Find the link to the interview here!

Long Story Shorts- Now Streaming

December 17, 2020

If you missed it the first time, Long Story Shorts, 2020 is NOW STREAMING with improved audio and video! Click here to watch now!