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A gender and inclusion advocate and the deputy director of the Journalism Program, Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development

North South University (NSU) celebrated the first anniversary of “Media, Communication, and Journalism” programme operating under the Department of Political Science & Sociology on August 6.

Meredith Seaver/APIn June, Texas A&M University held a public ceremony announcing the hiring of Kathleen McElroy—a veteran journalist, former New York Times editor, and Texas A&M alumnus—as the director of the school’s revived journalism program.The university celebrated the hire in Texas A&M Today, and in a “recap” of the online reaction to the announcement obtained by The Daily Beast, the university’s social media coordinator wrote that ...

In his first comments as interim president, Mark A. Welsh IIII cast recent concerns over political interference in Texas A&M’s employment decisions as “communication breakdowns.”

Political appointees should have no role in faculty hiring decisions.

Today, the Media and Journalism Program at North South University (NSU) partnered with the Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) to organise a comprehensive workshop on Media Literacy and Fact Checking. The event aimed to uphold the integrity and reliability of news by tackling the spread of false or deceptive information.

A new study shows that both conservation and agricultural production can improve when women farmers more widely participate in group decisions about sustainable practices. The report, published in February in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, highlights that agricultural production and conservation outcomes  improved among the study group when gender diversity was increased. The findings […]

The findings complement a growing body of research that highlights the important influence women can have in effective and efficient management of both natural resources and agricultural pursuits

News that staff at the Spanish-language paper will be reassigned to Dallas Morning News teams stoked complaints and concern in the newsroom.

The thought of Bruce Willis and his family going through what my Doug and his family endured for years with this rare degenerative brain disease is to relive a nightmare, Alan Miller writes.