Communication & Journalism

A new, cross-campus innovation is going to improve the health and livelihood of New Mexico communities. The inspiring program is called none other than NM-INSPIRES.It all began within the National Institutes of Health (NIH,) and its Environmental Health...

Samantha Soto isn’t the typical graduate from The University of New Mexico. The child of heroin-addicted parents, she decided early on that she was going to break the cycle and create a good life for her children. At the age of 41, the single parent of...

Kennedy Chavez-Silver’s life was forever changed in 2015 when her older brother was killed in a driveby shooting by a bullet intended for someone else. Jaydon Chavez-Silver, a 17-year-old with hopes of joining the United States Air Force, was standing...

UNM’s Communication & Journalism (C&J) Local News Fellowships and Internships Program is gaining steam for its next generation of journalists.   After four years, the career training program is being expanded thanks to a state appropriation of an...

One UNM Communication & Journalism Professor is seeing what all the buzz is about–and if he can change it.   Dave Keating is a purveyor of strategic communication. That entails the development of a certain message or campaign meant to reach a certain...

He’s traded an elevation of 10,678 feet for one of over 19,347 feet–just to start. The sky's the limit for how much higher he can ascend. UNM alumnus Kyle Stepp has spent the last two years hiking, running, biking, and skiing around the world on a...

A historic class at the University of New Mexico is coming back. The Communication and Journalism Department (C&J) is offering its one-of-a-kind Cannabis and Communication course this spring. After two successful semesters prior to the legalization...

It’s the latest, breaking news for some that the UNM Communication and Journalism (C&J) Department is setting the stage properly for future journalists. Yet for the minds behind the UNM-based Local News Fellowship, it’s a story they’ve been following...

UNM Communication & Journalism Professor and health scholar Tamar Ginossar has just received a prestigious career award for her extensive public health communication work. The American Public Health Association (APHA) is presenting Ginossar with the...

It’s the advice and lessons schoolchildren have been taught for ages: do your part to save the planet. Whether that’s recycling, cutting down on water use, or carpooling, you’re taught it’s critical to help the environment. Still, it's the actions of...