A three-member team has recommended that Washington and Lee’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications be reaccredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.  The recommendation is the first of three steps in the accrediting process. A final decision on the recommendation will be made in early May. Team members were on campus Oct. 28-31 [...]

Three graduating seniors were honored by the department at its annual year-end reception May 22 and two were recognized for scholarships they have held during their last two years at Washington and Lee.             Two students received the Departmental Scholarship: Christina Benedetti and Brooke Sutherland .  Christina, from Derwood, Md., [...]

For the first time, Prof. Bob DeMaria is taking his class on “The Vietnam War and the Journalists Who Covered It” to the country.  He and his students left on Monday, April 30, and will spend two weeks there.  Follow their blog:  http://vietnam.academic.wlu.edu/

Glenn Proctor, the recently retired editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has words of warning for the journalism business: “We need to take back our message.” The steps needed to do this are embedded in the title of Proctor’s upcoming talk:  “Journalism: Extreme Change, Creative Thinking, Massive Resilience.” The talk, , will take place at 5 [...]