Communication & Journalism

It’s not every day a Lobo becomes a published author alongside a NASCAR legend and remembers to thank their professor. UNM alumnus Dominic Aragon is celebrating the release of All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story. Aragon’s...

A University of New Mexico Communication & Journalism (C&J) student is being recognized as an exemplary young journalist nationwide. UNM multimedia journalism and statistics junior Lauren Lifke was just named a member of the National Association of...

Barely 20 percent of adults can name their state legislators, according to a semi-recent survey. Half couldn't say if their state had a one- or two-house legislature. Over 60 percent didn’t know if being a state legislator was a full-time job. UNM’s...

Local journalism in New Mexico is pressing forward, thanks to Press Forward.  A coalition of some of the nation’s largest nonprofit foundations has just announced that New Mexico is joining 10 other new Press Forward Chapters, as part of a $500...

UNM Communication & Journalism Professor Michael Lechuga is not only paving the path for research on virtual reality, but an all too real one.  Lechuga has just co-authored and published the book Migrant World Making, a harrowing collection of...

Four years, three surgeries and three concussions, two states and one well-earned bachelor's degree–that’s just a few of the stats for UNM senior Syaire Riley.  The kind-hearted, hardworking winter graduate is flipping his tassel with a degree in...

Every May and December, it is exciting to see Lobos walk the graduation stage to receive their diplomas. As the campus community watches our rising stars soar to great new heights, it is a bittersweet time for the campus community as another group of...

Kevin Mullet earned his first college credits in 1983 while a U.S. Navy photographer aboard the USS Saratoga. Over the next four decades, five universities — online and brick-and-mortar, and three changes in majors, he continued his education and will...

UNM’s Department of Communication & Journalism (C&J) has just played a critical role in Indigenous storytelling for years to come. The Department hosted NPR’s Next Generation Radio Program, an outstanding project based out of the decades-old media...

UNM’s Department of Communication & Journalism (C&J) is now home to one of the first ever U.S. Statehouse Faculty Champions. This national recognition goes to C&J Professor in Practice Gwyneth Doland, and comes from the University of Vermont’s (UVM’s)...