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CMCI Now: Spring 2021

May 24, 2021

Read our latest digital issue, full of fresh-picked stories to read, watch and explore!鈦

Spring Blossoms (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado)

Announcing the Spring 2021 Dean's List

May 18, 2021

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 from CMCI Founding Dean Lori Bergen. Congratulations to all honorees!

Tayler Shaw

Class of 2021: Tayler Shaw

May 4, 2021

When she first arrived at CU 麻豆影院 from her nearby hometown of Littleton, Tayler Shaw was deeply shy. She overcame that fear by taking journalism classes, which forced her to talk to strangers and showed her the beauty in sharing their stories. Now a senior, Shaw is well known as a student leader in the college. With majors in both Journalism and Spanish for the Professions, along with minors in Leadership Studies and Anthropology, Shaw is the Department of Journalism鈥檚 William W. White Outstanding Senior.

Chuck Plunkett

Why news matters: Film spotlights instructor's fight to save local journalism

April 28, 2021

鈥淭here is nothing like a big, strong local newsroom to watch out for corruption and hold the government accountable,鈥 says Chuck Plunkett, who joined CU 麻豆影院 in the Fall of 2018, as the director of the capstone program for journalism students in the College of Media Communication and Information. 鈥淲hen newspapers die, so does democracy.鈥

CU 麻豆影院 Today: 鈥淧roPublica鈥檚 Series on NYPD Impunity wins 2021 Al Nakkula Award鈥

April 21, 2021

Featuring Chuck Plunkett (Journalism)

Daniel Zender, special to ProPublica

CMCI Now: ProPublica鈥檚 Series on NYPD Impunity wins 2021 Al Nakkula Award

April 8, 2021

ProPublica鈥檚 10-part series 鈥淭he NYPD Files鈥 is a searing investigation into how the country鈥檚 largest police department maintains impunity from public oversight and the toll that impunity takes on the city鈥檚 civilians鈥撯揺specially those who are marginalized and most at risk. The series is the winner of this year鈥檚 Al Nakkula Award for police reporting, co-sponsored by The Denver Press Club and CMCI.

CMCI grad students

Celebrating Graduate Student Appreciation Week

April 7, 2021

Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week from CMCI and CU 麻豆影院!

9News Denver: 鈥'I hope I can be here again': CU super fan Peggy Coppom says she'll keep coming to games after death of twin sister鈥

April 2, 2021

By Kim Christiansen (Jour鈥 84)

Denver Post: 鈥淜iszla: How did CU Buffs celebrate biggest 鈥淲鈥 in this season of the Rona? By giving imaginary high-fives to fans unable to attend victory against USC.鈥

April 2, 2021

Featuring Evan Battey (Journalism student, Colorado Buffaloes Men鈥檚 Basketball)

he Conversation: 鈥淭wo stereotypes that diminish the humanity of the Atlanta shooting victims 鈥 and all Asian Americans鈥

April 2, 2021

By Angie Chuang (Journalism)

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