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Melissa Abbey, a UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication senior reporting major from Winston-Salem, N.C., placed first in the feature writing category of the Hearst Journalism Awards.

Carolina journalism students won 15 of 19 multimedia awards given in the 67th College Photographer of the Year competition. The school’s Powering a Nation won gold for the fourth consecutive year with “100 Gallons.”

Hussman School student Emily Booker blogs for Huffington Post College about lecturer Gary Kayye’s new media technology class, which has pitted rival teams against one another to come up with the most successful new media campaign. Follow the teams on Twitter: @BestAwayGame and @buzzaboutFUZZ.

Assistant professor Daniel Kreiss discussed the role of social media during the 2012 Presidential election — how it was used by the campaigns and by voters — with Simon Constable on The Wall Street Journal's News Hub.

Multimedia student Carolyn Van Houten documented the world-famous ponies of Virginia's Chincoteague Islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Students and faculty member Steven King traveled north to cover the effects of the storm for The Washington Post.

Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief for Bloomberg News, spoke with Dean Susan King in the Carolina News Studio and delivered the Reed Sarratt Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 16. Watch both talks.

UNC will host a one-time only screening of 2003 J-school grad Jason Arthurs’ documentary “Without a Fight,” featuring a live musical accompaniment from the Durham-based band Megafaun and a host of special guests at UNC’s Memorial Hall on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. The J-school co-sponsors.

UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication electronic communication students and “Carolina Week” crew members placed in seven of eight student categories at the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) annual convention.

Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, gave the first talk in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Student Leadership Series on Oct. 4, 2012.

The school will accept nominations through Dec. 31, 2012, for 2013 inductees to the N.C. Halls of Fame in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations.