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Study: Lack of diverse high school media contributing to fewer voices in national conversation
LAWRENCE — As media organizations downsize across the country, fewer voices are represented in the national media dialogue, and the already small number of minority voices declines further. While it stands to reason those voices could be replaced by recruiting young, diverse populations into the field, a University of Kansas...
Students win top awards in journalism contests
Congratulations to the following journalism students and student media organizations that were winners and finalists in the Great Plains Journalism Awards and the SPJ Region 7 contest. ...
Varying framing of 2017 Rohingya crisis shows misunderstandings of international events
Journalism professor awarded Budig Teaching Professorship
LAWRENCE — Jerry Crawford, University of Kansas associate professor of journalism, is the recipient of the 2020 Gretchen and Gene Budig Teaching Professorship. ...
COVID-19 presents unique challenges for news industry, professor says
LAWRENCE — As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend life and business around the globe, countless industries are struggling to adjust how they operate in unprecedented circumstances. The media industry finds itself in a similar situation of operating during a time of crisis, on the heels of a decade-plus...