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Communication and Journalism

September 2: Last Day to Add a Class

Dunn Hall Room 424

September 2 is the last day to add a class according to the University of Maine Academic Calendar.

Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation

Dunn Hall Room 424

The Department of Communication and Journalism and the Graduate School of the University of Maine will be holding it's Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation from Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26.  Please contact Michael Socolow, Graduate Coordinator, for a schedule.

Pulitzer Week Event: “Why Journalism Matters: The Garrett Brown Story”

Dunn Hall Room 424

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 […]

CMJ Colloquium: “Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace”

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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 […]

CMJ Colloquium: “Here and now, there and then: The Psychological Distance of Climate Change Engagement”

Dunn Hall Room 424

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 […]

CMJ Colloquium: “The Place of Populism in American Politics”

Dunn Hall Room 424

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 […]

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