UW COM and JPIC students visit Seattle Times

UW COM students spent a morning learning about The Seattle Times with managing editor Lynn Jacobson this quarter. The visit on January 16 was part of the Society of Professional Journalists University of Washington chapter’s event programming, which helps student SPJ members connect with journalists and media professionals working in the industry in Seattle.  The … Read More

Showcasing Excellence: Honors Students Present at the Fall 2024 Poster Session

Last week, our undergraduate students in the Honors Program had the opportunity to showcase their research at the Fall 2024 poster session. Honors students are required to craft a thesis based on the study of a research question. Through their time in the program, they learn how to conceptualize their research and draft a thesis … Read More

That’s a Wrap! UW Communication celebrates end-of-year student accomplishments

It was an exciting end to the 2023-2024 school year for the Department of Communication! In May, the Department held its annual Scholarship and Excellence Awards event, celebrating   the academic and research accomplishments of over 70 Communication students. Students were honored with recognition awards and donor-sponsored scholarships to support their studies. Each of these … Read More

Remembering Don Pember

UW Communication professor emeritus Don Pember, a hugely influential journalism and media scholar and beloved teacher and mentor, passed away in late June. Pember’s legacy continues to shape our program and the discipline at large, and his many students and colleagues remember him as an advocate for ethical journalism as a pillar of strong democracies. … Read More

2024 Department of Communication Graduation Commencement Speaker

Suki Dardarian is a 1980 graduate of the UW, where she double majored in journalism and political science and served as editor of the UW Daily. And last year, Suki was inducted into the Department of Communication Hall of Fame. Suki has spent her entire career in the news business, first as a reporter who … Read More

Spend Summer With Us!

Join UW COM in Summer 2024 for more than two dozen thought provoking communication courses. This summer the Department of Communication will offer a broad spectrum of courses from world class professors, including introduction to communication, public speaking, rhetoric, interpersonal communication, audio storytelling, and courses at the intersection of technology, history, ethics, law, writing, and … Read More

Mentorship For Black Professionals, Earbuds Not Included

In the past year, Tiana Cole and Brad Blackburn III have spoken with Black civic leaders, broadcasters, business owners, educators, nonprofit directors, and other successful professionals about their careers — including how race has factored into their journeys. Their unfiltered conversations are now streaming on Identity Unboxed, a podcast launched in 2023. Cole (BA, Journalism and … Read More

Where Media And Politics Meet

Where do you seek information about politics and elections? Have your sources changed over time? In this roundtable, three faculty in the UW Department of Communication — Adrienne Russell, Matthew Powers, and Patricia Moy — talk with Perspectives editor Nancy Joseph about the role of media in creating an informed public. Russell and Powers are co-directors of … Read More

UW Communication at NCA

The National Communication Association, one of our discipline’s largest scholarly organizations, will be convening this month in Maryland and UW Communication will be there in force. If you plan to be at NCA this year, be sure to connect with us! UW Communication scholar presentations: Leah Ceccarelli: panelist on “Urgent, Precarious, and Impure: Rhetoric and … Read More

UW Communication student gains valuable experience abroad in ¡SpainWorks! program

The term “study abroad” can sometimes evoke vacation mode, a fun opportunity to earn credits while exploring a different culture. However, for rising senior Skylar Strotz (Communication, Sociology) it also meant completing a challenging yet rewarding communications internship, all in a foreign language. Strotz is among the first students selected for UW’s new ¡SpainWorks! internship … Read More