Tag: Journalism

Professor Emerita Inducted into New England Newspaper Hall of Fame

Linda Lotridge Levin, professor emerita of journalism at URI, is one of six journalists being inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame (NENPA) Hall of Fame. NENPA is the professional trade organization for newspapers in the six New England states, and its Hall of Fame recognizes the most outstanding newspaper professionals from the region.

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Amanpour tells Taricani Lecture audience: ‘My decision was to tell the truth, no matter how unpopular it made me’

“Everybody comes to the world with their own lived experiences and their own biases,” Christiane Amanpour told several hundred viewers during the recent livestream discussion of the University of Rhode Island’s Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights. “Our job [as journalists] is not to say we don’t have biases. Our job is to report the truth and do it objectively, despite whatever biases we may have.”

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Courageous journalists: URI’s Taricani Lecture Series honors late journalist with discussion on First Amendment

The University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Communication and Media honors a courageous journalist with this summer’s Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights. The series, which will be streamed live, opens Tuesday, June 16, with award-winning journalists and authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

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Dawn French ‘93 on Working at White Plains Hospital During COVID-19

Dawn French ‘93, a graduate of our journalism program, now works as Senior Vice President for Marketing, Communication and Community Relations at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY. “We have news updates coming in every day,” she says of her work during the COVID-19 pandemic, “and every day we have to synthesize them. It’s really the ability to take the same message and slice it in a specific way for each individual audience, which is something I first learned how to do at URI.”

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Kate Rogerson

Journalism

“With a variety of majors and pathways to choose from, the College really encourages students to explore their interests and passions while staying on track to determine your future career goals.”

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Ian Weiner

Communication Studies and Journalism

“What I value most about my liberal arts education is our ability to go beyond the classroom and out into the world. Every semester, I have had a class that takes me beyond our Kingston campus and out into the real world.”

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