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 […]

Prof. Julie Serkosky’s Publication Practice class devoted its spring semester to a Solutions Journalism Network-funded project by reporting and writing eight stories that each took a deep dive into aspects of campus mental health. The class was part of the Solutions Journalism Network’s 2025-26 Student Media Challenge cohort through the nonprofit Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative. […]

By Sara Bedigian, UConn Journalism The UConn Society of Professional Journalists had a successful academic year! Led by President Sara Bedigian, Vice President Daniel Stark, Social Media Chair Katie Servas and Treasurer Mikayla Bunnell, the chapter hosted nine networking events across different fields of journalism and expanded outreach throughout campus by bringing in more journalism […]