Ashley Hopko and Tessa Diestel

Hate in America

As students in the Carnegie-Knight News21 fellowship program, Tessa Diestel (Jour'18) and Ashley Hopko (Jour'19) traveled the country investigating intolerance, racism and hate crimes. Their project, Hate in America, won the 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting.

Students pose for a selfie after attending a theatre outing with Willis.

Willis-in-residence

Assistant Professor Erin Willis is faculty in residence for CMCI’s Communication and Society Residential Academic Program, known as CommRAP, which is based in Buckingham. The unique position allows her to connect with students outside of the classroom or office hours.

Erin Willis

Beyond the classroom: Fall 2018

Students think, innovate and create outside classroom walls, from a workshop that bridges the generation gap to a program that lets first and second-year students learn where they live.

Orange illustration

"Is that 'juice?'"

Sometimes, the elephant in the room is a glass of orange juice. Or more likely, a glass with something added to the juice.

Richard Rocklin and Rebekah Sosa (MStratComm’18) take a selfie after Richard attended three consecutive workshops.

Generation exchange

When graduate student Matt Isola's family friend, Ted, received an iPad for his 90th birthday, Isola volunteered to show him how to use the tablet. The experience was a revelation for both.

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Game-changing moments

Before that iconic red circle appears on the stage and speakers deliver punchy TedTalks, hundreds of hours of preparation take place behind the scenes.

student work

Campaign to combat food waste

For her Strategic Communications Campaigns class, Assistant Professor Jolene Fisher assigned students to pitch graphic and messaging ideas to a committee of representatives for Boulder County's first Food Waste Awareness Week.

Como Fue poster

From Cuba to America, and back again

An immigrant’s story becomes a cultural journey for CMCI students.

Nick Mundinger

Audio explorations

Update: Nick Mundinger, now a graduating senior, is the 2020 William W. White Outstanding Senior for the Department of Critical Media Practices. Chosen by department faculty, this award recognizes academic merit, professional achievement and service to the college. Meet more students from the Class of 2020 » Nick Mundinger pulls...

Erin at her internship

On the record: Advertising student Erin Baptiste interns with local music label

Junior Erin Baptiste has an eclectic group of interests: media, design, history and music. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Baptiste is the type of person who looks both backward and forward. As a dual major in Strategic Communication (in the Media Design track) and History, she informs her ideas for the...

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