Deepa Kumar Promoted to Full Professor
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On June 16, 2020, the Rutgers University Board of Governors conferred the title of full professor with tenure to Deepa Kumar, effective July 1, 2020.
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Life as a Journalist in 2020: “It is Probably the Best and Worst of all Worlds”
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At a time when misinformation is on the rise, journalists themselves are under attack, and newsrooms are shrinking, American journalists are covering the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, police violence, systemic racial injustice, riots, protests, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Heather O’Rourke ’94: “Don’t Tell me I’m Not Going to Make it, Because I Will”
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As a ’94 Rutgers JMS alumna, Heather O’Rourke speaks about her life after graduating from SC&I, how her Rutgers education helped her get to where she is today, and advice for current students.
Rutgers Department of Journalism and Media Studies Statement Condemning the Arrest of NJ Journalist Gustavo Martínez Contreras
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The faculty of the Rutgers Department of Journalism and Media Studies most strongly condemns the arrest on June 1 of Asbury Park Press (APP) reporter Gustavo Martínez Contreras while covering protests in Asbury Park against police brutality. Contreras was shooting video of the protests when he was taken into custody.
AAUP Names Deepa Kumar Recipient of the 2020 Marilyn Sternberg Award
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The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has awarded Kumar for her “vision, courage, and role in developing and leading a contract campaign that that culminated in a strike vote and a groundbreaking contract for Rutgers faculty.”