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Donating to “Save the Free Press” initiative and recruiting next-gen journalists

At Western Washington University, enrollment has been rising in recent years, says journalism department chair Jennifer Keller. “We saw an uptick in those interested in news-editorial journalism (as opposed to visual journalism or PR) right after the 2016 election,” she said in a recent email.…

2020-05-26
Journalism's Brian J. Bowe publishes new article in the Detroit Metro Times 2020-05-12
Journalism's Maria McLeod wins 2019 Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest 2020-02-28
Western Alumna and Author Eowyn Ivey to Visit Campus March 6 2020-02-20
The bots who hate Rep. Ilhan Omar: A Q&A

A team of researchers waded through the hellscape of being Rep. IIhan Omar on Twitter and were floored: Of all the tweets that mentioned her, only 30…

2019-11-13
Muslim candidates in Michigan faced hate during political campaigns in 2018

A new report released last week by several scholars from four universities confirms the experiences that El-Sayed and other Muslim candidates across the U.S. faced during the 2018 political campaigns. Titled "#Islamophobia, Stoking Fear and Prejudice in the 2018 Midterms," the…

2019-11-12
Western’s Alexia Suarez Spends Summer Internship at Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston 2019-10-31
Motive: Thaddeus "T.J." Jimenez

Journalism Department Associate Professor Carolyn Nielsen, whose reporting played a role in overturning the conviction of a Chicago teen for a murder he did not commit, was featured today on the podcast "Motive." The Chicago Sun-Times/…

2019-10-04
Meet the 2018-19 Outstanding Graduates from CHSS/Humanities 2019-07-24
Journalism's Joan Connell co-authors new book, 'Healing All Creation' 2019-06-07
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