Author Archives: Marie K. Shanahan

Marie K. Shanahan is an associate professor and head of the Department of Journalism at the University of Connecticut.

Firefighters Muster

This year, the Har­vard Mass­a­chu­setts Fire Depart­ment cel­e­brat­ed its 100th anniver­sary by host­ing the annu­al Wachusett League Fire­fight­ers Muster with a series of old-fash­ioned fire­fight­er races. Harvard’s team cap­tain, Dave Hazel, con­trolled a fire­hose in the truck pump race dur­ing the Firefighter’s Muster on Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 18, 2021 in Har­vard, Mass­a­chu­setts. Pho­to by Isabel Bar­ton,Con­tin­ue read­ing “Fire­fight­ers Muster”

Louisiana Underwater

In March 2016, five UConn Jour­nal­ism stu­dents in Prof. Bob Wyss’ envi­ron­men­tal jour­nal­ism course trav­eled with him to Louisiana to report on the envi­ron­men­tal chal­lenges in Louisiana. The stu­dents — Kim­ber­ly Arm­strong, Dil­er Haji, Nicholas Shi­go, Char­lie Smart and Julia Werth — learned about the mechan­ics of envi­ron­men­tal beat report­ing on loca­tion. They spent theCon­tin­ue read­ing “Louisiana Under­wa­ter”