Department of Communication

Award-winning screenwriter, playwright and novelist La'Chris Jordan, (BA, Communications, 2001), tells a timely and personal story in her debut short film.

Julia-Grace Sanders (BA, Communications, 2017) discusses her experience as a journalist in Cambodia and the United States.

“Unfair, deceptive and abusive practices” by tech giants Google and Facebook have suffocated local news outlets, contributing to a critical deficit of trustworthy local journalism, according to a new minority report from the Senate Commerce Committee released by ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell. Adrienne Russell, professor of communication and co-director of the UW Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy, is quoted.

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. 

Louie Tan Vital (MPA, 2019 | BA, Political Science and Comparative History of Ideas, 2016) discusses her own experience with generational differences in Asian American voting trends. 

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. 

Ralina Joseph, a UW professor of communication, shares tips for having a conversation about race with someone you disagree with.

“Watch out Seattle. There is a totalitarian, cult indoctrination under way to promote toxic propaganda, through anti-American re-education camps. What is this insidious force? Anti-racism training and education,” writes columnist Naomi Ishisaka. Edwin Lindo, a lecturer in the UW School of Medicine, and Ralina Joseph, professor of communication at the UW, are quoted.

Asia Jones started a Facebook group to expose racist people and businesses. Members of her group have helped to get dozens of people fired from their jobs. Ralina Joseph, professor of communication at the UW, is interviewed.

A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew leaders of countries around the world were using their site to manipulate voters — and failed to act. Katy Pearce, associate professor of communication at the UW, is quoted.

Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and director of the UW Center for Communication, discusses fighting racial dialogue fatigue.

The real world is seeping into online communities and making them harder to moderate. Charles Kiene, a doctoral student in communication, is quoted.

 Dr. Ekin Yasin was named director of the University of Washington’s Communication Leadership graduate program.

Meg Spratt, a lecturer in communication at the UW, talks about how the media covered the 1918 flu.

The International Examiner concluded its Advocacy Journalism Fellowship Program. Fellows, including Isabel Wang, a communication student, reflects on their experiences.