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9News: 鈥淧ortrait exhibit honors people impacted by King Soopers shooting鈥

March 21, 2022

Featuring Ross Taylor (Journalism)

Mark Harris for ProPublica

Injustice in juvenile courts: Investigative series wins 2022 Al Nakkula Award

An investigative reporting series into the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, won the 2022 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting. Produced by Nashville Public Radio鈥檚 Meribah Knight and ProPublica鈥檚 Ken Armstrong, the series revealed systemic injustice, sparked reform and demonstrated expert reporting on a secretive system.

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CMCI faculty member documents community rebuilding after 2021 King Soopers shooting

March 14, 2022

Professor Ross Taylor turns a lens toward healing as the 麻豆影院 community recovers from last spring鈥檚 tragedy.

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After 100 years, university recognized a pioneer

March 8, 2022

Women鈥檚 history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn鈥檛 allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black. History overlooked Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado. A dogged CU journalist brought her back to the fore. Tipped off by a newspaper story, Polly McLean, a CU 麻豆影院 associate professor of media studies, spent years exhuming Buchanan鈥檚 story and, finally, correcting history.

The Denver Post: 鈥淓motional new art exhibition focuses on people directly affected by the King Soopers shooting鈥

Feb. 17, 2022

Featuring Ross Taylor (Journalism)

Tom Costello

NBC鈥檚 Tom Costello to give commencement address

Feb. 9, 2022

CMCI alumnus Tom Costello (Jour'87), an award-winning journalist and Washington correspondent for NBC News, has been selected to address the class of 2022 and campus community at the in-person commencement ceremony on May 5.

Students in Steven Frost's class

CMCI Reflects on Black History Month 2022

Feb. 7, 2022

CMCI Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lisa Flores reflects on the history of Blacks and African Americans in the United States鈥攅ncapsulated in the song, 鈥淟ift Every Voice and Sing鈥濃攁nd urges us to bring that history forward both during, and beyond, Black History Month.

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Announcing the Fall 2021 Dean's List

Jan. 6, 2022

CMCI students who have completed at least 12 credit hours of CU 麻豆影院 course work for a letter grade in any single semester and achieve a term grade point average of 3.75 or better are included on the Dean鈥檚 List. They receive a notation on their transcript and a letter...

Cover of the Fall 2021 CMCI Now

Faculty Now: Fall 2021

Dec. 22, 2021

Updates from our all-star faculty of professors, researchers, producers and innovators for fall 2021.

Bill Payden

CMCI Now: Payden's Passion

Dec. 22, 2021

Journalist Bill Payden (Jour'57) created the William R. Payden Faculty Excellence Award, the largest faculty award given at the college level at CU 麻豆影院, to recognize superior teaching, research or creative work.

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