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January 14, 2022                                                                       journalism.arizona.edu



From L to R, Monica Chadha, Liliana Soto

     Chadha, Soto join faculty

The University of Arizona School of Journalism is excited to welcome two new professors to its faculty. Associate Professor Monica Chadha and Assistant Professor of Practice Liliana Soto joined the School of Journalism faculty in January.

Chadha joins us after serving as an associate professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Soto joins the faculty after working as an enterprise/investigative journalist at ABC 15 News, where she broadcasted stories in both English and Spanish.

Before going into academia, Chadha, who hails from Mumbai, India, worked at the BBC’s India bureau. She received her undergrad and master’s degrees in India before moving to the United States and enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin for her Ph.D.  Read the full story. 

     

Photo credit: Rachel Mosteller


University begins semester with new mask mandate

The University of Arizona opted to continue holding classes in-person for the spring 2022 semester. 

President Robbins strongly encouraged off-campus students to test before returning to campus. Students who live on campus have a mandatory testing requirement.

Robbins also announced that cloth masks are no longer an acceptable face covering. Students, faculty and staff all need to wear a surgical or higher grade medical mask.


Read the latest COVID-19 campus news here

Hall of Fame tickets on sale

The school still plans to hold our 2022 Hall of Fame brunch and ceremony Saturday, April 9, at the Center for Creative Photography at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are available here, and proceeds will go toward student scholarships and reporting projects. Supporters also can sponsor a student to attend the ceremony, or make a contribution in honor of an inductee.

Inductees are Edith Auslander, H Darr Beiser, Bobbie Jo Buel, Lynn DeBruin, Carmen Duarte, David Fitzsimmons, Patty (Weiss) Gelenberg, Dan Hicks, Jim Johnson, the Kramer family, Nicholas Proffitt, George Ridge, Ernest Sotomayor and Michele Stephenson.

More news 

• Gloria Gomez, our Don Bolles Fellow covering the Legislature, had her first byline in the Arizona Mirror: "Democrats diss Ducey for ignoring school funding needs, COVID-19 challenges." She's being mentored by the AZ Mirror this semester as a part of a new collaboration with the J-school.

 The Arizona Student Media Apprenticeship course recently published Confronting Scarcity, aimed at "destigmatizing and amplifying the conversation around food and basic needs insecurity." Prof. Jeannine Relly and Brett Fera worked with students for the project.  See the website

 Interim director Michael McKisson filmed drone footage for PBS News Hour about the Jan. 8 2011 shooting that killed six and wounded 19, including Rep. Gabby Giffords. See the story here

     

UPCOMING EVENTS

MLK Day
Jan. 17, 2022

Spring journalism internship fair
Feb. 25, 2022

Spring break
March 5-13, 2022

UA Journalism Hall of Fame
Saturday, April 9, 2022, 10:30 a.m., brunch and second induction ceremony, Center for Creative Photography. Meet inductees and get tickets.

ALUMNI NEWS


Jackie Kent ('14) is joining KOMO in Seattle as a reporter.

Brittny Mejia ('14) wrote an extremely powerful story for the Los Angeles Times about how COVID-19 "stole the heart of [her] family." Read the story here

Mac Colson ('16) has joined Channel 3 AZ Family in Phoenix as a senior producer.

Jordan Williams ('19) received a new beat — defense reporter — at The Hill in Washington, D.C.

Lynne Olson ('69) finished her next book, "Empress of the Nile" and has a redesigned website

Cindy Coffer Chojnacky ('77), our inaugural Bolles Fellow, wrote a story for the Arizona Daily Star about the reopening of trails in the Catalinas after the Bighorn Fire.

David J. Del Grande ('18) took part in the Vancouver Street Photography Collective’s exhibition, “Streets, Seen," in December and snagged another spot in an exhibition in Rome. See his website
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