News: Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies

Micah Powel
People |

This junior journalism student gets social, covering the debate using Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.

Debate Illustration
Campus News |

UNLV is hosting the final presidential debate of 2016. Here’s how we landed the big event and what that says about the rise of our university and our city.

Student operating a tv camera
Campus News |

Journalism students to broadcast live from the presidential debate media center for UNLV-TV and KUNV radio.

students talk in class
Campus News |

As the campus gears up to host the final presidential debate, UNLV professors are making direct connections between their course materials and this year's ground-breaking election season.

Mike Vardakis
People |

Undergraduate Mike Vardakis couldn’t settle on his academic path until an internship showed him the possibilities.

Nicole Santero
People |

When she noticed boy band fans controlled worldwide Twitter trends, journalism grad Nicole Santero wanted to know why.

Nikki Davis
People |

Journalism student Nikki Davis was selected by an advertising organization as one of the 50 Most Promising Multicultural Students of 2016.

Jon Castagnino
People |

Alumnus and new Greenspun School of Journalism instructor reflects on his fight with cancer, passion for journalism, and the inspiration he finds in students.

Illustration of a drone with a human eye
Campus News |

Drone regulation may come down to better defining reasonable expectations of privacy.

Benjamin Burroughs
People |

The journalism professor talks about why we’re posting, liking, tweeting, and Snapchatting our way through digital conversations.

four portraits
People |

Our Alumni of the Year tell us what the learned when they faced a (fake) fire, a blank canvas, a dreaded phone call, and a mother's mortality.

Lawrence Mower
People |

Lawrence Mower jumped into journalism just as newsrooms were cutting back. That gave the young reporter a chance to dig into the numbers to expose corruption in public agencies.