Tag: journalism

Syndey Internship Program student meets Game of Thrones star

For this COM journalism minor, studying abroad meant more than just scenic photos and amazing food. Johanna Gruber (CAS ’17) recently had the opportunity to meet Alfie Allen, the actor who plays Theon Greyjoy on “Game of Thrones” while completing an internship with Empire Magazine during her time studying abroad in Sydney. The Sydney Internship… Read More

Three COM alumni snag Pulitzer Prizes

Monday was a good day for three COM alumni, who took each home the most celebrated award in journalism — the Pulitzer prize. Jessica Rinaldi (’01) of the Boston Globe won the feature photography prize for “The Life and Times of Strider Wolf,” a kindergartner born to poverty in rural Maine and nearly beaten to… Read More

Three students earn reporting fellowships

Three Boston University graduate students have been selected by BU and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for international health reporting this summer as part of the center’s growing Campus Consortium Partnership of 16 institutions of higher education. Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni (SHA ’08, SPH ’17), Nikita Sampath (COM ’16) and Caitlin Bawn (COM ’16) will spend… Read More

Megan Smith (’16) sheds light on human trafficking

Scholarship recipient and journalism student Megan Smith (’16) is shedding light on human trafficking by telling stories of survivors through research and video testimony. This journalistic storytelling endeavor will make for a personal way to educate people of what human trafficking looks like today. Smith’s project — a website that compiles all of her work… Read More

Elisa DiStefano, News 12 Long Island

Elisa, first off, would you tell me what you currently do for work? I am the entertainment and features reporter for News 12 Long Island here in New York. I also do their traffic in the morning. In addition, I contribute feature, entertainment and celebrity articles to a bunch of different magazines. I do expert… Read More

COM grad arrested at Trump rally in Chicago

CBS News journalist Sopan Deb (COM’10) was detained Friday, March 11, while covering clashes between supporters and protesters supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event in Chicago. According to CBS News, Deb was interviewing both supports and protesters inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, where the event was set… Read More

Kristen Lombardi ’95, Center for Public Integrity

What has your career/education path been like since graduating? I worked for a small community newspaper chain immediately after I graduated from the master’s program at BU’s College of Communication, in 1995, learning how to develop sources and cover government basics in the suburbs of Boston. From there, I worked for many years at the… Read More

BU students cover New Hampshire Primary

BU News Service, a product of the Journalism Department, traveled to New Hampshire Monday to cover the 2016 Presidential primary. The team of students published stories, videos and photo galleries from the event, offering live coverage to those back in Boston and beyond. They kept social media audiences in the loop with to-the-minute tweets, Facebook… Read More

Jason Rezaian released from Iran

Iranian officials announced today the release of imprisoned journalist Jason Rezaian. Rezaian, a Washington Post Correspondent, served 18 months in Iran’s prison on charges of espionage. Since his arrest in 2014, Rezaian was detained longer than any previous Western journalist in Iran. Throughout his trial and conviction, Iran refused to release details, allowing many journalists… Read More

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