Recent graduate Jamie Verwys' story on lower salaries for women in university leadership roles took first place nationally in the 2019 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest in the investigation and analysis category.

University of Arizona School of Journalism student Shayne Tarquinio’s profile of the Raging Sage coffee shop captured first place nationally in the 2019 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest in the specialized business category.

Students will receive more training in audio storytelling and can participate in a reporting project on local evictions, thanks to faculty engagement grants awarded to new professor Ruxandra Guidi and adjunct instructor Joe Ferguson.