Airiana Mohr and Campbell Wood, students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, were recognized at the University of Iowa’s Finkbine Dinner for their leadership, academic achievement, and contributions to communication and media initiatives.

Timothy Arnold and Rebecca Obu received 2026 Stanley Award for International Research to support their work in Brazil and Eswatini, respectively.

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.

SJMC doctoral students presented on-going research at the annual AEJMC Midwinter Conference.

In early March, Kevin Ripka and six SJMC students attended the annual IRE and NICAR data journalism conference.

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."

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.

Students in the Adler Agency prepare to produce the second season of Pitchfork and Paintbrush.