2021

Lewis Raven Wallace with Denison students
Lectures & Discussions
Getting subjective: a Q&A with Lewis Raven Wallace
Lewis Raven Wallace meets with Journalism students and faculty at Denison to discuss what is movement journalism and why do we need it?
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Connie Schultz visits Denison
Lectures & Discussions
Connie Schultz celebrates Denison’s new Journalism major
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz helps kick off Denison’s new journalism major as part of her writing residencies on campus.
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Barento
What's Happening
Barento Taha on Infant Mortality and Medical Racism
Taha shares his journey into public health and documentary filmmaking with journalism/English, global health and sociology classes.
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Alan Miller
In the News
Dispatch Editor retires to take on expanded role at Denison
After 37 years with the Columbus Dispatch, Editor Alan Miller retires to teach journalism at Denison.
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Students in a classrooom
Featured News
Denison University launches new journalism major and minor
Alan Miller, executive editor of The Columbus Dispatch, to join program full-time
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An aerial view of north quad and the IM field
Denison Magazine
On Resilience
Poetry by Riley Halpern '22
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Student News
Aaron Skubby '23 internship at Columbus Dispatch
"Journalism is the human experience," says Skubby. His internship at The Columbus Dispatch will yield plenty of opportunities to tell stories.
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Prof. Michael Croley
Faculty
Prof. Michael Croley on being Asian American in Appalachia
Prof. Michael Croley shares his story as an Asian American in Appalachia.
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Maggie Messitt
Faculty
Turning “experts” into storytellers
Immersion journalist and Mellon Fellow, Maggie Messit coaches faculty to bring journalism into their teaching and writing projects.
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Prof. Jack Shuler
Faculty
Prof. Jack Shuler's book is winning awards
Prof. Jack Shuler's recent book, "This is Ohio," recently has has won awards including the Malott Prize and the Richard Frisbie Award.
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Newark, Ohio
Internships
Uncovering a literary treasure
Denison students report on uncovered history of an influential Black writer in Newark
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Black lives matter protest
In the News
Journalism students report on young activism in Newark
Second in a series of investigative reporting by Journalism students on Black lives in Newark.
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Lectures & Discussions
The New Storytellers: Journalism in the Age of Covid
Journalism brings investigative journalists to discuss longform reporting during the pandemic, as the first of a three-part series.
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Bethel Rock House of Prayer
In the News
Students report from Bethel Rock House of Prayer
Journalism students investigate and report on Black lives in Newark in a series collaboration with the Newark Advocate and the NAACP.
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2020

Midland
In the News
Journalism profs commended
"Midland: Reports from Flyover Country," by profs Michael Croley and Jack Shuler is lauded for making reporting with ongoing value more accessible.
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Chloe Sferra '20
Student News
Chloe Sferra '20 named Fulbright finalist
Communication & English major Chloe Sferra '20 has been named a Fulbright finalist for South Korea.
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American farmland
Featured News
New Book Highlights Perils of “Parachute Journalism"
Denison professors co-edit new book, "Midland: Reports from Flyover Country," a collection of essays that negates stereotypes of the Midwest.
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Jack Shuler
Featured News
Denison Professor Explores Ohio’s Opioid Crisis from the Ground Up
Denison Professor Jack Shuler has published a new book, "This is Ohio: The Overdose Crisis and the Frontlines of a New America."
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Trish Perry and her son Billy
In the News
This is Ohio Excerpt: A New Way of Thinking About Addiction
Enjoy an excerpt from Prof Jack Shuler's recent book, "This is Ohio”: A New Way of Thinking About Addiction.
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Faculty
"'What Matters': Documenting the Fight for Racial Equality"
Denison faculty Doug Swift's new documentary looks at the fight for racial equality in the town of Zanesville, Ohio.
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Film Screenings
Full Story Film Fest with Documentarian Luke Lorentzen
Mellon "Writing in Place" grant brings place-based nonfiction storytelling by students across majors at Journalism's Full Story Film Fest.
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Garnette Cadogan
Lectures & Discussions
Essayist Garnette Cadogan visits “Welcome Beck” Thursdays
Essayist and journalist Garnette Cadogan shares on his latest work, a book on walking.
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Jack Shuler
Faculty
Prof. book highlights courage in Newark overdose 'crisis'
DU Prof. Jack Shuler’s new book reveals courageous men and women combating the overdose crisis in Newark, Ohio.
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Internships
Summer Scholars 2020
Summer scholar research projects completed in the narrative journalism department in Summer 2020.
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American flag in the sunset
Faculty
New book by Denison Profs punctures "Parachute Journalism'
Co-edited by DU Profs Michael Croley & Jack Shuler, "Midland: Reports from Flyover Country," challenges mainstream media coverage of mid-America.
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Film Screenings
Film showing with Luke Lorentzen
Documentarian-in-Residence Luke Lorentzen shows fast-paced film "Midnight Family" in a campus-wide virtual event.
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Black Lives Matter protests
Faculty
BLM protests have spread to the heavily white rural areas
An article by English Prof. Jack Shuler asks "Can the White People of Small-Town America Get Behind the Movement for Black Lives?"
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Image of man singing and playing guitar
Faculty
Prof. Doug Swift's video series on effects of COVID-19
Prof. Doug Swift's video series examine the effects of COVID-19 on the Southeast Ohio region and is featured on WOUB.
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Faculty
The unholy power of a noose
Two nooses appear in a small Maine town, and Prof. Jack Shuler provides comment.
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What's Happening
Video journalism of COVID-19 impact on Weasel Boy Brewing Co
Prof. Doug Swift's COVID-19 video journalism looks at impact on Weasel Boy Brewing Co.
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