Articles from March 2026

This is a photo of the politics and sports desk at The Daily Iowan

Daily Iowan Wins Online Edition Pacemaker Award

Monday, March 30, 2026
For the second time this academic year, The Daily Iowan (DI) has earned the prestigious Pacemaker Award: College news’ equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize. This time, the award applies to the online edition of the paper.
Rafaela at the midwinter conference

SJMC Doctoral Students Present at 2026 AEJMC Midwinter Conference

Monday, March 23, 2026
SJMC doctoral students presented on-going research at the annual AEJMC Midwinter Conference.
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SJMC Students Learn about AI and Data Visualization at Annual NICAR Conference

Monday, March 16, 2026
In early March, Kevin Ripka and six SJMC students attended the annual IRE and NICAR data journalism conference.
Sang Jung Kim

SJMC Faculty and Graduate Students Publish New Research

Friday, March 13, 2026
Sang Jung Kim, Queenie Zhou, and Lei Chen recently published “’You Are Not Fat’: The Postfeminist Contradiction in #RejectBodyAnxiety—A Computationally Assisted Critical Thematic Analysis."
Brian Ekdale

Brian Ekdale awarded CSSI Faculty Research Fellowship

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
The University of Iowa’s Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) has selected Brian Ekdale, professor of journalism and mass communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as its next CSSI Faculty Research Fellow.