Communication & Journalism

David Weiss, the Chair of the Communication and Journalism Department at The University of New Mexico and his student, undergraduate Andrew Schumann, are currently researching foreign criticism of U.S. presidents. In particular, they are looking at...

In just two short days, 60 students walked the pathways around The University of New Mexico passing out 300 stickers and 200 cards with positive messages of affirmation to complete strangers – not part of a class assignment – just a friendly gesture to...

On Monday, April 19, 2021 – nearly three months following his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States – Joe Biden issued a memo directing the nation’s two largest immigration enforcement agencies, Customs and Border Protection, and...

UNM student Marisa C de Baca will be graduating this spring after spending time in Mexico, working within another culture, improving her Spanish and learning the art of jewelry making. She will be graduating with a degree from the UNM Communication and...

Moving to a new country where you don’t know the language is difficult endeavor for anyone at any age. For immigrant and now U.S. citizen, Amenah Adi, it’s exactly how she began her journey in America—not knowing much about the English language.  It was...

In detail, Myra Washington can explain the very moment media literacy seized her attention and never let go; it was during her years studying communication as an undergraduate, at Vanderbilt University where she vowed to never again consume media the...

In 1912, Las Vegas businessmen bid $100,000 to host a prizefight that they hoped would bring national prestige to their town. But it was tiny Las Vegas, New Mexico, not the famous gambling capital in Nevada, that hosted the fight. The boxers were Black...

Eight faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2020 Women in STEM awards. Their work includes research on the impact of global warming on alpine stream biology, the creation of a better way to identify missing and...

A sophomore going into her junior year at the University of New Mexico, Sharon Chischilly is a photojournalist at the Daily Lobo, UNM's student-run newspaper. A native of Manuelito, N.M., near the Arizona border, she is Navajo, born and raised on the...

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has announced the regional and national winners in its 'Mark of Excellence Awards,' and the lists include New Mexico News Port, an independent news lab based at The University of New Mexico's Communication...