Department of Communication

A jury summons in the mail may not bring smiles, but Professor John Gastil's research suggests that people who deliberate on a jury become more engaged citizens as a result. Gastil shares his findings as co-author of the book The Jury and Democracy. 

Two students from the Master of Communication in Digital Media Program spent a fortnight at sea, joining scientists on a research mission and capturing their activities through photographs and video.

Though the Native Voices program, students create film documentaries involving Indigenous research.

In a new book, Communications professor David Domke looks at important shifts in the use of religion in political messaging, beginning in the 1980s. 

Journalism students spent the summer interning at English-language newspapers abroad--in Sierra Leone, Indonesia, and China--through an unusual scholarship in the UW Department of Communication. 

Tim Egan ('81) has received the National Book Award for nonfiction for a book about the Great American dust bowl. 

After 51 years, a Communications Building time capsule will be opened during Washington Weekend, and a new capsule prepared by students will be installed. 

A&S alumnus David Horsey (BA, Communications, 1976) wins a Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Editorial Cartooning.

Alexa Meyer, an English Literature and Journalism & Public Interest Communication student, discusses the value of a liberal arts education.