Marie K. Shanahan, the head of the UConn Journalism Department, spoke about the future of journalism on June 25 at The Westport Library at an event sponsored by the Connecticut Mirror. Prof. Shanahan, who soon will be teaching a new course on news literacy that will be open to non-journalism majors, said the internet is […]

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the unexpected death of UConn Journalism Professor Emeritus Wayne Worcester on July 1. He had been a professor emeritus for the past 13 years and a professor of journalism at UConn from 1987 to 2013. He was 78. Professor Worcester had an impressive professional career at the […]

The UConn Society of Professional Journalists chapter, led by President Sara Bedigian, Vice President Daniel Stark, Social Media Chair Katie Servas and Treasurer Mikayla Bunnell, hosted nine networking events across different fields of journalism. Fall 2025 was focused on hosting events about different modes of storytelling. The chapter held a Radio Night in collaboration with […]

The UConn Journalism Department finished the 2025-2026 academic year with three winners in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards contest, including a national Top Five, a national Top Ten winner and a national Top 20 winner. Karla Perez won fifth place in the nation and a $1,000 award in the Personality/Profile Writing Competition. She was selected […]

Here’s a fun and wide-ranging interview of UConn Journalism Department Head Marie Shanahan and another UConn Journalism graduate, Mike Enright, on the state of news and journalism today. Marie describes the different ways the students are taught to report and cover the news and that they are encouraged to work for The Daily Campus, WHUS […]

  Since August 2025, more than three dozen stories, photos and videos produced by UConn Journalism students from their classes have been published professionally by CT Community News. The site on Substack is a news outlet led by UConn Journalism Lecturer Harriet Jones and sponsored by the CT Student Journalism Collaborative. Jones, UConn Journalism Department […]