{"id":12171,"date":"2023-08-22T11:15:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/?page_id=12171"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:48:02","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/journalism-b-a\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalism News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Journalism B.A.<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/paige-aniekan-copy-2.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div 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menu-item-object-page menu-item-11531\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/journalism-b-a\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11532\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11532\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/journalism-b-a\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-12343\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12343\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/journalism-b-a\/news\/\">Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section><\/p>\n<h2>Featured Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/student-journalists-tackle-local-beats\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2026\/student-journalists-tackle-local-beats\/\">Student Journalists Tackle Local Beats<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rimonthly.com\/uri-community-news-lab\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-6-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-6-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-6-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rimonthly.com\/uri-community-news-lab\/\">RI Monthly: On the Beat with URI\u2019s Community News Lab<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-harrington-school-launches-new-lab-to-bolster-local-news-coverage\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-2-2048x1365-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-2-2048x1365-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/CNL-2-2048x1365-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-harrington-school-launches-new-lab-to-bolster-local-news-coverage\/\">URI Harrington School launches new lab to bolster local news coverage\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/uri-filmmaker-puts-spotlight-on-vulnerable-saltmarsh-sparrow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Sparrow.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/uri-filmmaker-puts-spotlight-on-vulnerable-saltmarsh-sparrow\/\">URI filmmaker puts spotlight on vulnerable Saltmarsh Sparrow<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jason Jaacks\u2019 new documentary, \u2018Between Moon Tides,\u2019 now airing globally on Guardian Documentaries.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbayri.com\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/stories\/documentary-follows-attempts-to-save-saltmarsh-sparrow-along-warrens-coastline,133904?newsletter=134041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jaacks_BetweenMoonTides_06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jaacks_BetweenMoonTides_06-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jaacks_BetweenMoonTides_06-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jaacks_BetweenMoonTides_06-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jaacks_BetweenMoonTides_06-768x768.jpg 768w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/MichaelMalone.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/alan-k-and-isabelle-derkazarian-foundation-establishes-scholarship-to-support-aspiring-journalists\/\">Alan K. and Isabelle DerKazarian Foundation establishes scholarship to support aspiring journalists<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/jonah-steinweh-adler-25\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jonah-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jonah-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jonah-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Jonah-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, 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