Communication and Journalism

Final Exam Week, December 14-18, 2015

Classes Begin Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

Mark Brewer Department of Political Science University of Maine Populism undoubtedly has a long history in the politics of the United States, but this history is too often fuzzy around the edges. Additionally, what exactly is meant by "populism" is frequently ambiguous and ill-defined. Finally, the significance of populism in the American political experience is […]

Laura Rickard Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) & Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine Despite real and present impacts, climate change remains largely an abstract risk to most people in the U.S. Using a survey with an embedded experiment, this study explores responses to messages about climate “departure dates” by manipulating the spatial […]

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CMJ Colloquium: "Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace" Joshua Roiland, CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Journalism and Assistant Professor, Communication and Journalism University of Maine When the writer David Foster Wallace died in the fall of 2008, he was mourned as “the most brilliant American writer of his generation.” Most of the posthumous praise […]

Pulitzer Week Begins with a visit from Washington Post Science and Health Reporter Amy Ellis Nutt to Orono & Bangor. Nutt, the author of Becoming Nicole (2015), and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for Feature Writing for her series, "The Wreck of the Lady Mary," will speak at an event moderated by […]

Pulitzer Week Event: "Why Journalism Matters: The Garrett Brown Story" Erin Rhoda, Editor, Maine Focus Garrett Brown, a young man from central Maine, opened up his life to BDN editor Erin Rhoda, and the public, by allowing her to follow him for what turned out to be two-and-a-half years. Through some of the hardest times […]

“Service Not Included”: Talk by Kathleen Kingsbury, Deputy Managing Editor of the Boston Globe, introduced and moderated by Marc Cryer, Director, Bureau of Labor Education, University of Maine.

Jim Sheeler was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for “Final Salute,” his poignant story for the Rocky Mountain News on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice. The event will be moderated by Captain Sean M. Christensen, Marine Officer Instructor, University […]