Journalism

School of Communications faculty and staff members, as well as upperclassmen, gathered Oct. 21 to educate first-year students about the school’s academic programs, resources and opportunities.

The School of Communications graduate serves as an immigration reporter at PolitiFact, digging deep in topical subjects, translating complex issues into digestible stories, and making sure that facts are, indeed, facts.

In the powerful 22-minute film “Breaking Chains: Surviving Sex Trafficking and the Power of Second Chances,” the Elon University alumna brings audiences face-to-face with the grim realities of human trafficking in Cincinnati and the inspiring resilience of those working to combat it.

Elon University alumni have been on the ground or helping from afar to aid recovery efforts in western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.

Morse, a senior producer with CBS News, shares about her experience leading up to and during the Oct. 1 debate between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz.

The indie film powerhouse and co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival has directed several critically acclaimed films, including “18½,” a 1970s Watergate thriller that will be screened at 7 p.m. in Turner Theatre.

Robin Newton’s ’07 time at Elon led her to both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions on behalf of C-SPAN.

The Department of Sport Management, in collaboration with the Elon in Charlotte program, Sport Management Society, and Women Influencers in Sport (WINS), hosted a Sept. 29 professional development event at the university’s Charlotte National Campus.

Balderas, an assistant professor of journalism, offered analysis about how the scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon impacted the media.

As part of Elon’s participation in the Pulitzer Center’s Campus Consortium, Rainforest Investigations Network Fellows Fernanda Wenzel and Andrew Lehren visited campus Sept. 24-26 to discuss the impact of investigative journalism and working in the news industry.