Broadcast Package: Gas and Oil Prices Causing Stress
By Corina Wallenta | UConn Journalism April 25, 2022
Broadcast package: Storrs businesses before and after the pandemic
By Corina Wallenta | UConn Journalism March 21, 2022
WNPR Live Town Hall: The Press, The President, And The Public
What’s the role of the local press in a Donald Trump presidency?
CT Law Tribune Web Editor Karen Ali (’88) Recalls Her ‘Sudden Death’ Lucky Break
Karen Ali, a 1988 University of Connecticut graduate, discovered her passion for journalism while writing for The Daily Campus. Ever since, she has immersed herself in the journalism world. After stints at the Waterbury Republican-American, The (Danbury) News-Times and Patch.com, Ali now works for the Connecticut Law Tribune in Hartford. As the CT Law Tribune’s…
ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier ’09: ‘You’ll never be more valuable than you are right now’
Justin Verrier graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2009 with a double major in Journalism and English. He currently serves as the contributing NBA editor for ESPN.com. Verrier is responsible for organizing the National Basketball Association editorial content on the sports website while also contributing to blogs, columns and features. In the Q&A below, he talks about his…
An Interview with Talent Booker, Writer and UConn Alumna Ashley Papa ’05
Ashley Papa works as the guest segment producer for “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson.” The live news show on at Fox News Channel covers topics ranging from general news to investigative reporting to politics. Papa books the various talents for on air commentary and does all the pre-interviews with the guests. Papa also writes about…
A Conversation with Hartford Business Journal Editor Greg Bordonaro ’08
Greg Bordonaro landed the top editorial job at the Hartford Business Journal in June 2013. Bordonaro is a graduate of the University of Connecticut who earned his degree in Journalism and History in 2008. In his role as editor, he oversees the Hartford Business Journal’s award-winning weekly business-to-business newspaper, website and special sections. Founded in 1992,…
7 Questions with Caitlin Emma ’11, Politico Pro Education Reporter
As an education reporter at Politico Pro, Caitlin Emma gets to feed her passion for Washington D.C. politics and policy. Emma, who graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2011 with degrees in journalism and political science, credits her UConn professors with nurturing her interest in politics and storytelling, and really pushing her toward her…
Two Pulitzer Prize Winners Join UConn Journalism Faculty
Two new faculty members join the UConn Journalism Department faculty for the 2013–14 school year. They are Steven G. Smith and Mike Stanton. Steven G. Smith is a Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer from Colorado. Smith won the Pulitzer as part of a group award for breaking news photography of wildfires, Rocky Mountain News, 2003. Smith received an…
Expressing our gratitude
The UConn Journalism Department would like to thank the many guest speakers who took the time to travel to Storrs and speak to our students during the 2012–2013 school year. They are: Dan Barry, columnist, New York Times Elissa Bass, senior regional editor, Patch.com Stephen Busemeyer, breaking news editor, Hartford Courant Jeff Cohen, reporter, WNPR Hartford Sean…