UA Journalism & Creative Media

UA Journalism & Creative Media The University of Alabama's department of journalism and creative media

Happy Thanksgiving from the Department of Journalism and Creative Media. We hope your day was restful and meaningful. At...
11/28/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from the Department of Journalism and Creative Media. We hope your day was restful and meaningful. At WVUA 23 news, they celebrated with a warm meal and full newscast! From left, news director (and caterer!) Dana Rosengard, Cassidy Lee, Mollee Starr, Kerrigan Brown, McKenzie Walter, Allen Smith, and Yash Trivedi.

*AWARD ALERT* C&IS doctoral student and JCM Professor Dr. Shaheen Kanthawala won a top part award at the National Commun...
11/24/2025

*AWARD ALERT* C&IS doctoral student and JCM Professor Dr. Shaheen Kanthawala won a top part award at the National Communication Association. Their paper entitled “Douyin is taming us”: Visibility, governance, and feminist discourses on Douyin, won the top paper in the Feminist and Gender Studies Division.

Interested in working in TV news. Come meet professional from Hearst!
10/29/2025

Interested in working in TV news. Come meet professional from Hearst!

C&IS PhD student and JCM graduate assistant, Lilian Onianwa, received the Top Research-In-Progress Paper award for her w...
10/28/2025

C&IS PhD student and JCM graduate assistant, Lilian Onianwa, received the Top Research-In-Progress Paper award for her work titled: Temporal Dissociation and Digital Flow: A Multivariate Model of Cognitive and Affective Predictors of User Engagement Intensity on TikTok. This was part of the BEA On-Location conference in Denver.

Students had a great time touring ! Thanks for inviting students to get a close up look at storytelling that matters.
10/22/2025

Students had a great time touring ! Thanks for inviting students to get a close up look at storytelling that matters.

Do you even concert bro? Yeah we do! But here in JCM, we get ready for the concrete by learning the new cameras we will...
10/14/2025

Do you even concert bro? Yeah we do! But here in JCM, we get ready for the concrete by learning the new cameras we will use while we record the show live in venue at the Mercedes Benz Amphitheater. Oh yeah, and we will get college credit while we do it.

It’s not every day you get to learn lighting techniques from an Oscar and Emmy winning cinematographer! But for our JCM ...
10/10/2025

It’s not every day you get to learn lighting techniques from an Oscar and Emmy winning cinematographer! But for our JCM students, Shana Hagan shared her expertise. Shana’s visit was all part of Canon‘s University EDU program. Thank you and Shana!

It’s FREE APP WEEK! That means if you start and submit an application for graduate school this week (before midnight on ...
10/06/2025

It’s FREE APP WEEK! That means if you start and submit an application for graduate school this week (before midnight on October 10th) you will not have to pay a fee. Now’s your chance to chase your dream of a graduate degree! We can’t wait to see your application come in.

It is always a great day when alumnus like stop by to chat with students! From the screen on to the halls of the dig...
10/02/2025

It is always a great day when alumnus like stop by to chat with students! From the screen on to the halls of the digital media center, he is making waves. Rolle ride!

Did you know JCM students and JCM professor Teresa Gawrych direct and operate cameras at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater...
09/26/2025

Did you know JCM students and JCM professor Teresa Gawrych direct and operate cameras at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater in Tuscaloosa? It’s part of JCM 381, which means you could get credit! This picture was from the concert. But this show won’t be the last!

Nestled among Nick Saban and Bear Bryant on the walk of champions is former coach Gene Stallings, whose love of football...
09/08/2025

Nestled among Nick Saban and Bear Bryant on the walk of champions is former coach Gene Stallings, whose love of football 🏈 is rivaled by his love for his family and those with special needs ❤️.

Want to know more about is philosophy of understanding and empathy and his legacy of football? Check out the award winning documentary Do Right: The Stallings Sandard, by JCM professors Drs. Chandra Clark and Michael Bruce. Dorightstallings.com

Oh yeah, it has also won 3️⃣ awards since April! 🏆
 
Silver Telly Awards, 3 awards for:
-Long Form Documentary
-Under $100,000 Budget
-Social Impact
 
BEA Festival of Media Arts Awards:
-Best of Festival
-Chairman’s Choice
 
Religion Faith International Film Festival
-Exceptional Merit: Viewer Impact
-Inspirational Excellence

With football comes traffic, and with traffic comes JCM students reporting stories on game day parking! Sound boring? No...
09/03/2025

With football comes traffic, and with traffic comes JCM students reporting stories on game day parking! Sound boring? Not when this is the view!

And not only do we have current students, but also alums reporting for local news and working for UA! When you live the the hands on learning and doing never stops. You can see their stories on

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