In a continuing effort to advance science communication and science journalism, 16 students in the Stony Brook School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) joined forces with NASA researchers this spring in the...
Irene Virag, associate dean of the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) and undergraduate program director, will be inducted into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame this summer. Virag won a Pulitzer Prize...
In her four years at Stony Brook’s School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ), Melanie Formosa has done just about everything. She hosted a podcast about the return to campus after the worst of the pandemic. She...
When tragedies strike, wars break out or conflicts erupt, reporters are often among the first to arrive at the scene. They tell stories about immense suffering and pain, and are often reluctant to acknowledge their own...
In a milestone for the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ), student Viola Flowers won a 2023 Scholar Award by the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Flowers is the first SoCJ student to win the award, which...
In Fall 2023, Musa al-Gharbi, a distinguished scholar of sociology, communication and political science, will join the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) and the Alda Center for Communicating Science as an...
SoCJ Assistant Professor Ruobing Li Ruobing Li, an assistant professor of mass communication at the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ), recently received a $100,000 grant from Pfizer to research COVID-19...
This fall, a team of Stony Brook journalism students came together to tell the story of the Great South Bay, a 45-mile stretch of water between Long Island and Fire Island, an Atlantic barrier island. The story, “Can...
Keating Zelenke, a fourth-year journalism major, placed among the top 20 students in the country in the Hearst Journalism Awards’ feature writing competition. Zelenke’s piece, “The Romance of Wooden Boats,” tied for...
The war in Ukraine is being fought on two fronts: the battlefield, where Ukrainian soldiers have been holding their own for nearly a year, and the media, where the Russian government has a distinct advantage. This fall...
On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died in Tehran in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Her death fueled immediate unrest that was at first focused on the state-mandated hijab for...
Women. Life. Freedom. Those three words and the fires women are using to burn their hijab have ignited a protest across Iran, challenging the Islamic republic and the face of a nation. The Marie Colvin Center for...
The energy consumption of 21st century societies is causing the Earth’s climate to warm at an alarming rate, but our way of life is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Knowing how we came to this moment in time...
J.D. Allen Was Awarded for His Climate Change Podcast Higher Ground Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) lecturer and WSHU managing editor J.D. Allen received an Eric and Wendy Schmidt...
The Marie Colvin Center in the School of Communication and Journalism recently hosted a virtual conversation on “Putin’s Endgame in Ukraine.” The discussion was hosted by Sarah Baxter, director of the...