Congratulations to Ervin Adjei, a UConn Journalism May graduate, on being named the 2026 Southern New England Association of Black Journalists’ Emerging Journalist of the Year and recipient of the Presidents’ Scholarship. After interning at NBC Connecticut, Earvin has begun his journalism career at WTNH in New Haven, where he is a digital assignment editor.

  Many of our UConn Journalism students are doing interesting internships this summer, including Kaden Knapp, who let us know that he has enjoyed working on FOX Sports’ coverage of the World Cup this summer as an intern in Los Angeles. He passed along more good news: he’ll be interning with the TODAY show at […]

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 […]