Department of Journalism News

Egyptian protests captured by photojournalist Athanasiadis

International photojournalist Iason Athanasiadis, covered the uprising in Egypt just days before his scheduled appearance at the Bright Family Screening Room on February 9.

Journalism students get global view of Egyptian conflict

Associate Journalism Department Chair Doug Struck told students in the Semel Theater, it’s too easy—and misguided—for journalists to oversimplify the massive protests in Cairo.

Journalism Department partners with Boston Globe

Although Journalism students expect assignments that mimic actual reporting, one student recently ended up with a byline on the Boston Globe’s Boston.com website.

Journalism Chair Ted Gup to appear on popular PBS show

Journalism Department Chair Ted Gup was interviewed by TV host Barry Kibrick in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick.

Journalism institute provides real-world opportunity

During winter break, some students go skiing. Others sleep until noon. Emerson Print and Multimedia Journalism major Laura C. Morel ’11 was reporting on a murder.

Carole Simpson Remembers Martin Luther King

In her new memoir NewsLady, former ABC News anchor and current Emerson leader-in-residence Carole Simpson shares her experience as an African American woman breaking into the news business.

Recent Journalism alumna serves as war correspondent

For three weeks, Farrar was reporting from Iraq for The Keene Sentinel in Keene, New Hampshire, where she’s been a staff reporter for almost three years.

Trip to Japan Raises Awareness for Budding Journalists

“As much as you listen to world news..., it is not until you speak with the people of other countries that you get a sense of the magnitude of the issues you are writing about,” said Emerson journalism student Spencer Neustadt, MA ’12.