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SoCJ’s Sarah Baxter Shortlisted for National UK Press Award

Sarah Baxter, director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting, has been shortlisted for a national journalism award in her native United Kingdom. Baxter is one of six people on the shortlist for a Media...

October 1, 2024

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SoCJ’s Colvin Center Hosts Visiting Scholars from Indonesia, West Bank

For the third year in a row, the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) will host two visiting fellows. The visitors are part of an international program...

August 19, 2024

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SBU’s Journalism Without Walls Program Sends Students to Nepal

For two weeks, a group of student journalists experienced life as foreign correspondents in Nepal. Traveling as part of the School of Communication and Journalism’s study abroad program, Journalism Without Walls, the...

August 8, 2024

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Text-based graphic reads: A message from SBU's Marie Colvin Center regarding the release of Evan Gershkovich

A message from the Colvin Center regarding the release of Evan Gershkovich

Wonderful news! Evan Gershkovich, the Moscow correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, is a free man after being released from jail in Russia. Evan should never have been jailed in the first place. He was wrongfully...

August 2, 2024

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School of Communication and Journalism (Pending)

Calvi publishes long-form piece on Japanese internment

More than two years in the making and 14 thousand words long, associate journalism professor Pablo Calvi’s latest journalistic work blends traditional shoe-leather reporting with the artistry of literary journalism. The...

July 29, 2024

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School of Communication and Journalism Hosts Solutions Journalism Academy

Earlier this month, about 20 educators from colleges and universities around the country came to Stony Brook University to explore ways to integrate solutions journalism into their courses and programs. The Solutions...

July 26, 2024

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Four SoCJ Journalism Graduates Tapped to Join Daily Mail Staff

Four recent graduates of the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) will join a competitive two-year trainee program at the Daily Mail, the largest newspaper group in Great Britain. The program only accepted...

June 21, 2024

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SoCJ Students, WSHU Win Two Awards for Environmental Justice Reporting

Nine students and alumni from the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) were part of a team that won one national and one regional award for a series of stories that aired on WSHU Public Radio earlier this year...

June 11, 2024

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School of Communication and Journalism (Pending)

SoCJ students develop “Coping with Crisis” toolkit for student-journalists

While student reporters across the country have been covering on-campus protests, a team of 10 journalism students and two recent graduates developed a toolkit about how to report on and build resilience during times of...

May 22, 2024

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Lily McInerney wears her graduation stoles. The Stony Brook Wang Center is behind her.

SoCJ’s Lily McInerney Wins Top 10 in Hearst Journalism Competition

Lily McInerney, a senior journalism major with a multidisciplinary cultural analysis concentration, placed seventh in the nation in a recent Hearst Journalism Awards competition. McInerney placed in the multimedia...

May 14, 2024

2 min read

16 Students Recognized at Annual SoCJ End of Year Celebration

In April, the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) hosted its annual End of Year Celebration, recognizing graduating students, scholarship recipients and other high achievers. In addition to awarding...

April 29, 2024

2 min read

Former visiting scholar teaches journalism from a bomb shelter

By Sarah Baxter A visiting fellow from Ukraine has revealed how she shared lessons from Stony Brook University with students while sheltering from Russian attacks. Iryna Domnenko was lecturing journalism students on...

April 3, 2024

3 min read

SoCJ Hosts WSJ’s Emma Tucker for Annual Colvin Lecture in NYC March 25

Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, and a panel of distinguished reporters and media professionals will give the annual Marie Colvin Distinguished Lecture on Monday, March 25. “Coping with Crisis:...

March 11, 2024

4 min read

School of Communication and Journalism (Pending)

SoCJ to host Solutions Journalism Educators Academy

This summer, the School of Communication and Journalism will welcome journalism educators from around the country to campus for the annual Solutions Journalism Educators Academy. This is the first time the event will...

March 7, 2024

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SoCJ’s Pablo Calvi Wins Fulbright to Chile

Pablo Calvi, an associate professor of journalism at the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ), will go to Chile as a Fulbright Scholar in the fall. He is the first SoCJ faculty member to receive the award. In...

March 7, 2024

3 min read

Lindenfeld Named Finalist for Scripps Howard Fund Administrator of the Year Award

Laura Lindenfeld, dean of the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) and executive director of the Alda Center for Communicating Science, is the finalist for the Scripps Howard Fund’s Administrator of the Year...

February 20, 2024

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SoCJ Hosts Conversation about Journalism and the U.S. Presidential Election

The School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) will host a panel conversation Thursday, February 22, on the difficulties facing reporters and media outlets in covering the 2024 presidential election. “The Unique...

February 13, 2024

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Two Buddhist monks in saffron robes walk along a wooded path lined with prayer flags

International Reporting Trip Returns for School of Communication and Journalism Students

For the first time in several years, journalism students will have a chance to travel internationally this summer and get a taste of life as a foreign correspondent with the School of Communication and Journalism’s...

February 7, 2024

2 min read

Tag: Colvin Center

SoCJ’s Sarah Baxter Shortlisted for National UK Press Award

SoCJ’s Colvin Center Hosts Visiting Scholars from Indonesia, West Bank

SBU’s Journalism Without Walls Program Sends Students to Nepal

A message from the Colvin Center regarding the release of Evan Gershkovich

Calvi publishes long-form piece on Japanese internment

School of Communication and Journalism Hosts Solutions Journalism Academy

Four SoCJ Journalism Graduates Tapped to Join Daily Mail Staff

SoCJ Students, WSHU Win Two Awards for Environmental Justice Reporting

SoCJ students develop “Coping with Crisis” toolkit for student-journalists

SoCJ’s Lily McInerney Wins Top 10 in Hearst Journalism Competition

16 Students Recognized at Annual SoCJ End of Year Celebration

Former visiting scholar teaches journalism from a bomb shelter

SoCJ Hosts WSJ’s Emma Tucker for Annual Colvin Lecture in NYC March 25

SoCJ to host Solutions Journalism Educators Academy

SoCJ’s Pablo Calvi Wins Fulbright to Chile

Lindenfeld Named Finalist for Scripps Howard Fund Administrator of the Year Award

SoCJ Hosts Conversation about Journalism and the U.S. Presidential Election

International Reporting Trip Returns for School of Communication and Journalism Students

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