journalism
- The graduate student body of CMCI has officially formed a student association to support the needs of CMCI graduate students.
- Mitch Utterback served a tour of duty in Iraq as a member of the U.S. Special Forces. In early 2017, he returned as a journalist.
- Each year, five exceptional journalists are awarded a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism. Applications are now being accepted for the 2017-2018 fellowship.
- The national writing contest recognizes outstanding 2016 law enforcement reporting. The first-place prize is $2,000. The award will be presented at Denver Press Club’s annual Damon Runyon dinner, on March 31, 2017. Entries are due Feb. 12, 2017.
- More than 100 students gathered with their families and faculty members on Dec. 16, 2016 to celebrate their graduation from CMCI. View photos from the ceremony.
- CU Boulder’s student news site, CU Independent, is one of four student news sites to receive the 2016 Online Pacemaker award from the Associated Collegiate Press.
- Professors and students are about to get a new level of support when using Google apps in their work. CMCI is part of the newly created Google News Lab University Network.
- Native advertising's very effectiveness can make it deceptive and endangering to journalistic credibility, say a group of journalists and advertising and public relations executives interviewed by CMCI researchers.
- The student-run radio station is now broadcasting on both AM and FM channels in Boulder.
- As an officer in the U.S. Special Forces, Mitch Utterback spent years deployed in conflict zones. Now, he’s training to return abroad as a war correspondent.