Over six months, John Branch (MA ’96) of The New York Times examined the life and death of the professional hockey player Derek Boogaard, who rose to fame as one of the sport’s most feared fighters before dying at age 28 on May 13. Read his stories.
Joanna Nasar (’09) is a freelance journalist currently working in Thailand. She previously worked as the digital media and communication specialist for the Leeds School of Business communications team at CU-Boulder and wrote frequently for the school’s Portfolio Magazine. Nasar sets out this week with fellow alum Morgan Heim (MA ’09) for Thailand to report on an [...]
Amanda Leigh Mascarelli (MA ’06) writes about science, health and the environment for major publications like Audubon, Nature, High Country News, Los Angeles Times, Science News for Kids and The New York Times. She’s traveled widely for her job, reporting on places like Argentina and Iceland and writing about topics ranging from the health of Mongolian reindeer to biological [...]
JMC Newsgathering master’s students Breanna Draxler, Ted Burnham and Mass Communication Research student Brendon Bosworth have launched an online environmental magazine The Boulder STAND. Associate Professor Tom Yulsman, co-director of the Center for Environmental Journalism, is the faculty adviser. Read all about it.
CU journalism alumna Betty Reid (’85) writes about her Navajo roots and Arizona’s American Indians in a new series for The Arizona Republic. In “Code Talker,” she interviews Chester Nez, the only living member of the original 29 Navajo Marines who created an unbreakable military code during World War II. The article recounts Nez’s journey away [...]
The online publication Climate Central is publishing a two-part series on the water woes of the Colorado River Basin co-authored by Professor Tom Yulsman and environmental journalism master’s student Brendon Bosworth. Significant portions of the series at CEJournal.
Scientists challenged the rosy-picture talk about Gulf oil spill.
Master’s students Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Lauren Seaton and Andrea Sutherland and the I-News Network reported on a loophole in Colorado’s medical marijuana rules that means thousands of pounds of surplus marijuana are left to feed the black market here and in neighboring states. A new state law, which took effect July 1, doesn’t clear up the [...]
Kevin Moloney ('87) photographs NYT's travel feature: Four Corners, Two Wheels
Andy Vuong ('00) covers Colorado business for The Denver Post
Ben Chambers, Newsgathering master's student, used his environmental reporting skills to report and write a story on how the BP oil spill could threaten the shore line along Palm Beach County.
Van Houtryve’s work will be exhibited starting on June 24 at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and at the Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan, France
Yesenia Robles and Sarah Horn cover general assignment stories.
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Kelly Kennedy (MA ’07) is one of two recipients of certificates of merit from the judges in the Oakes Award for excellence in environmental journalism. Kennedy, a reporter for the
Military Times was sited for the work, a Web-only project, about the health hazards of burn-pit smoke to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her new book "They Fought for Each Other" is about Charlie Company, a regiment that had the most casualties of any U.S. battalion since Vietnam.
Matt Nager (’05) is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Dallas. His recent assignments have included photographing Pickens for the New York Times in January and shooting a story about illiteracy for The Wall Street Journal. Check out his site here.