How white is Oscar?
Journalism
Since 2000, there have been 72 actors and actresses who won Academy Awards. 60 are white. Only 12 are people of color.
For Boston’s working homeless, a job is not enough
Journalism
Undergraduate November 11, 2016
A firefighter, two software developers and a baseball hackathon
Journalism
On a brisk Saturday morning last month, Chris Lamothe, a firefighter from Warwick, Rhode Island, arrived at the offices of the design firm Upstatement to participate in 2019’s Baseball Hack Day.
How one New England town fights environmental injustice
Journalism
Brownfields, industrial sites with environmental contamination that prevents new land use, are disproportionately located in low-income, minority communities. Lawrence, Massachusetts is trying to change that.
The Missing Library
Journalism
For decades, Chinatown residents have organized and agitated to get it restored. They're still fighting.
How one New England town fights environmental injustice
Journalism
Brownfields, industrial sites with environmental contamination that prevents new land use, are disproportionately located in low-income, minority communities. Lawrence, Massachusetts is trying to change that.
The Missing Library
Journalism
For decades, Chinatown residents have organized and agitated to get it restored. They're still fighting.
How white is Oscar?
Journalism
Since 2000, there have been 72 actors and actresses who won Academy Awards. 60 are white. Only 12 are people of color.
For Boston’s working homeless, a job is not enough
Journalism
Undergraduate November 11, 2016
A firefighter, two software developers and a baseball hackathon
Journalism
On a brisk Saturday morning last month, Chris Lamothe, a firefighter from Warwick, Rhode Island, arrived at the offices of the design firm Upstatement to participate in 2019’s Baseball Hack Day.
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The Missing Library
Journalism
For decades, Chinatown residents have organized and agitated to get it restored. They're still fighting.
How white is Oscar?
Journalism
Since 2000, there have been 72 actors and actresses who won Academy Awards. 60 are white. Only 12 are people of color.
For Boston’s working homeless, a job is not enough
Journalism
Undergraduate November 11, 2016
A firefighter, two software developers and a baseball hackathon
Journalism
On a brisk Saturday morning last month, Chris Lamothe, a firefighter from Warwick, Rhode Island, arrived at the offices of the design firm Upstatement to participate in 2019’s Baseball Hack Day.
How one New England town fights environmental injustice
Journalism
Brownfields, industrial sites with environmental contamination that prevents new land use, are disproportionately located in low-income, minority communities. Lawrence, Massachusetts is trying to change that.
Faculty Research
School of Journalism faculty pursue a vibrant research agenda in both scholarly and popular publications on topics ranging from the changing role of media to some of the most provocative issues of our time.
Current projects include the Reinventing Local TV News Project, funded by the Stanton Foundation, and research into how social media and the Internet change the way news is distributed and consumed. Our data storytelling lab explores how multimedia and data visualization can be used to effectively tell stories. Plus, our undergraduate and graduate students create work of their own, in collaboration with faculty members.
Recent Research Projects & Publications
Our faculty are active writers of award-winning feature articles, weekly columns, books, and research papers.
“The Return of the Moguls”
Dan Kennedy
https://www.poynter.org/news/how-three-very-different-wealthy-newspaper-owners-got-three-very-different-results
Funding the News: Foundations and Nonprofit Media
Matthew Nisbet, John Wihbey, Silje Kristiansen, Aleszu Bajak
https://shorensteincenter.org/funding-the-news-foundations-and-nonprofit-media/
Knowing the Numbers: Assessing Attitudes among Journalists and Educators about Using and Interpreting Data, Statistics, and Research
John Wihbey, Mark Coddington
http://isoj.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/isoj_journal_v7_n1_2017.pdf#page=5
Exploring the Ideological Nature of Journalists’ Social Networks on Twitter and Associations with News Story Content
John Wihbey, Thalita Dias Coleman, Kenneth Joseph, David Lazer
https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06727
Collaborative, Open, Mobile: A Thematic Exploration of Best Practices at the Forefront of Digital Journalism
Jeff Howe, Aleszu Bajak, Dina Kraft, John Wihbey
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3036984
Our faculty have founded multiple projects, many of which emphasize student involvement. These include the Reinventing Local TV News Project and online publications unique to Northeastern, including Storybench and The Scope.
Reporting from Cuba
https://nujournalismincuba2018.wordpress.com
Reporting from Greece
https://nujournalismingreece2017.wordpress.com/
Mission Hill 100 at the Boston Research Center
Meg Heckman, Dan Zedek, John Wihbey, Jonathan Kaufman
https://bostonresearchcenter.org/projects/mission-hill-100/
Reinventing TV News Project
Mike Beaudet, John Wihbey
https://news.northeastern.edu/2017/06/07/journalism-professors-lead-research-into-future-proofing-local-tv-news/
The State Financial Disclosure Project
John Wihbey, Mike Beaudet
https://web.northeastern.edu/disclosure-project/
Exploring 200 Years of U.S. Immigration
John Wihbey, Pedro Cruz
https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/3611
The Scope
Meg Heckman
http://thescopeboston.org/
Storybench
Aleszu Bajak
http://storybench.org/
Midterm Mayhem pop-up course
Aleszu Bajak, Costas Panagopoulos
https://web.northeastern.edu/midtermmayhem/
By emphasizing the use of podcast and radio technology, video, blogging, website development, VR, data visualization, and coding in the classroom, our faculty members have positioned themselves at the forefront of the changing landscape of journalism.
Beach Nourishment Boom
InsideClimate News
Felippe Rodrigues
An exploration of Donald Trump’s Twitter account
The Boston Globe
Yan Wu
http://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2017/12/president-twitter/?p1=Article_Recommended_ReadMore_Pos5
Trying to protect — and expand — Cuba’s undiscovered musical legacy
The Washington Post
Alejandro Serrano and Zach Ben-Amots
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/trying-to-protect–and-expand–cubas-undiscovered-musical-legacy/2018/07/23/7e890c06-8512-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d6c2697db45c
Student Spotlight
Isabelle Hahn applies the skills she learned in her Journalism program to every role she takes. While at CAMD, she earned her BA in Journalism and worked in co-ops in New York City and Boston.
More About IsabelleAlumni in the News
Humor is key to business success, says PR firm CEO
On the surface, the 1977 Northeastern University graduate might look like any number of suit-wearing executives, but he knows a thing or two about the value of a good laugh.
August 21, 2023
Journalism Alumna Sophia Fox-Sowell Embraces Passion for Audio Storytelling in Role as Podcast Production Strategist
November 23, 2020
Journalism Graduate Zach Ben-Amots Helps Share the Stories of Underserved Communities At Chicago’s WLS-TV
December 2, 2019