UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications

Our Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellows just kicked off their third week at Arizona State University for the summer portion of the 2026 national reporting initiative.

Congrats to (from left to right) Jackson Ingvoldstad, Sophie Farrell and Dawson Iasillo on being selected for this year's cohort!

Thanks for the shoutout, Student Press Law Center! We're very proud of these students and so happy to see the recognition and impact of their investigative work: https://go.unl.edu/joed

'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award A University of Nebraska–Lincoln student project that investigated the overcrowding, understaffing and other multilayered issues confronting Nebraska’s prison system took home the College Journalism Award at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book and Journalism Awards on May 20.

Join us in congratulating May 2026 graduates Livia Ziskey, who won first place in the Hearst National Writing Championship, and Grace Lewis, who won third place in the same category!👏

We're honored to share that our in-depth reporting project, "Nebraska Behind Bars," won the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center's 2026 College Journalism Award!

Congratulations to the 11 student reporters (Maddie Ames, Chloe Fitzgibbon, Alex Gryczanowski, Jackson Ingvoldstad, Grace Lewis, Ryan Luetkemeyer, Fatima Naqi, Meghan O'Brien, Shelby Rickert, Paloma Sanchez-McGee, Livia Ziskey) and to our two Deepe Family Chairs in Depth Reporting, Associate Professor of Practice Chris Graves and Assistant Professor Linda White.

See the award-winning investigative depth report here: http://go.unl.edu/c4w2

Congratulations, graduates! Here, at the CoJMC, you found your voice and now it's time to share it! 🎓️
📷️: Dawson Iasillo

Our Nebraska Behind Bars depth reporting team has been nationally recognized for its work investigating overcrowding and understaffing at the state's nine prisons.

Most recently, Livia Ziskey's story won first place in the Hearst Investigative Competition, qualifying her for the National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June, and Grace Lewis won the Investigative Reporters & Editors Student Individual Award and seventh place in the Hearst Investigative Competition for her work on the project.

Stay tuned, we'll have another exciting award announcement later this month 👀 and read the team's award-winning stories here: https://buff.ly/pFvLkQc

Celebrated the legacy of broadcasting faculty members Laurie Lee, Rick Alloway and Barney McCoy (not present) this evening.❤️ Congratulations on your retirement, we miss you all already!

Join us in wishing our National Student Advertising Competition team good luck! Today, they'll present the campaign they created for the NFL at the District 9 Competition!🎉

The 2026 Seline Lecture with ESPN investigative reporter and author Paula Lavigne is this Wednesday from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Meier Studio (or via livestream).

Following the lecture, Paula will be a panelist for our "AI as Your Co-Worker" event at 5 p.m. in the Meier Studio. Join us for the professional and student panel hosted by the college's Student Advisory Board.

Read more about Paula here: https://buff.ly/wzxLLP2

On April 2, 1985, the School of Journalism became the College of Journalism; in the early 90's, we added "Mass Communications" to our name, and today we celebrate 41 years of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Here's to many more!