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  • UA Freshmen win Telly Award for Best Student Film 

    UA Freshmen win Telly Award for Best Student Film 

    Chris Chaei Washington and Alexz Adriyel have won a Gold People’s Telly for Best Student Film for their short film, “ONLY ONE NIGHT THO.”

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  • C&IS honors faculty and staff at awards luncheon

    C&IS honors faculty and staff at awards luncheon

    The 2024 C&IS Faculty and Staff Awards Luncheon occurred Monday, May 6, at the Hotel Capstone. This yearly event honors members of the C&IS community who go above and beyond in their work within the college, as well as those promoted into the next phase of their tenure or contract. The people who were honored…

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  • Journalism Professor Receives Award for Outstanding Public Service

    Journalism Professor Receives Award for Outstanding Public Service

    Chris Roberts, Ph.D., won the Dorothy Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award honors his work with the AEJMC election committee and the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) ethics committee.   He is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media…

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  • Alabama Forensics Council wins ten national championships

    Alabama Forensics Council wins ten national championships

    The AFC has won ten championships in recent tournaments, including sweepstakes champion at the National Online Forensics Championship tournament.  

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  • C&IS Alumni Recognized for Professional and Service Achievements 

    C&IS Alumni Recognized for Professional and Service Achievements 

    On April 5, C&IS held its Honors Day ceremony and presented awards to nine college alumni.

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  • WVUA 23 student named finalist for Student Employee of the Year

    WVUA 23 student named finalist for Student Employee of the Year

    The University of Alabama has named WVUA 23 student reporter Avery Boyce a finalist for the 2023-2024 Student Employee of the Year award.

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  • C&IS student inducted to 4A’s Foundation’s Multicultural Advertising Internship Program 

    C&IS student inducted to 4A’s Foundation’s Multicultural Advertising Internship Program 

    The 4A’s Foundation has selected UA graduate student Trinity Hunter to participate in the foundation’s Multicultural Advertising Internship Program.

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  • SLIS donates $15,000 in books to Alabama public school libraries 

    SLIS donates $15,000 in books to Alabama public school libraries 

    The University of Alabama’s School of Library & Information Studies donated over $15,000 worth of children’s and young adult books to five public schools in Alabama. 

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  • Pat Duggins: A Radio Icon 

    Pat Duggins: A Radio Icon 

    Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio news director, has had many career moments in his time as a journalist that make for exceptional stories. This is his.

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  • Through thick and thin: What support means for Madison Brainerd

    Through thick and thin: What support means for Madison Brainerd

    From childhood, Madison Brainerd and her parents would make short videos where she pretended to be a news anchor on television. This is her first-gen story.

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