What historic African American Cemeteries can tell us about our past and ourselves February 12th at 4:15 pm Jepson 127.
Damaso Reyes is the executive and investigative editor of the New York Amsterdam News, a Fullbright Specialist, and an Ida B. Wells Award winner.
Reyes will discuss with students the ins and outs of running a weekly newspaper in New York City and his work for a newspaper founded to serve the African American community in Harlem.
This event will take place on Wednesday, September 25th at 10:00 AM in the Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall.
Journalism students representing every class year in the department gathered in the lab on Election Night to report on state and local races for news outlets across Virginia.
Andrew Grace, assistant professor of journalism, was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Podcast for his work on the second season of the NPR podcast “White Lies.” The Murrow Awards, presented each year by the Radio Television Digital News Association, are one of the major awards for broadcast television and radio.
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Shahan Mufti was promoted to professor of journalism. Mufti specializes in the literary and narrative non-fiction genre, tackling complex social issues through in-depth storytelling and on-the-ground reporting.
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Shahan Mufti, associate professor of journalism, won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Alan Poe Award for his book American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C.
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Thomas P. Kapsidelis, visiting assistant professor in journalism, published the article, "Curbing Gun Violence Demands Focus on Stronger Laws, Helping Those Who’ve Been Hurt," in the Richmond Free Press.
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Richmond has once again been named to The Princeton Review’s list of “Best Value Colleges” for 2025. Richmond has been included on this list since 2013.
Four members of the Class of 2025 heading to Syracuse University, Penn, Oxford, and MIT are among the 100-plus recent Richmond alumni on their way to graduate school this fall.
University of Richmond is ranked No. 5 in the top small schools’ category among Peace Corps’ 2025 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list.
Mailing Address:
Department of Journalism
414 Weinstein Hall
231 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8263
Fax: (804) 287-6052
Department Chair: Shahan Mufti
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Robin Mundle