Washington Post reporters Katie Mettler and Jessica Contrera will visit UMaine at the end of March as this year's visiting journalists for the Alan Miller Fund for Excellence in Communication and Journalism Program.  In addition to attending journalism classes, Mettler and Contrera will give a public talk entitled, "Clickbait, Fake News, and The Fourth Estate: […]

Lambda Pie Eta is the National Communication Association's Honor Society, celebrating academic excellence in the fields of Communication and Journalism. The University of Maine chapter, Mu Epsilon, will welcome its new members at the 2017 Induction Ceremony, which will, for the first time, include the induction of MA students. We expect approximately 30 new members […]

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 […]

“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.

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 […]